Academic Affiliate, Nathan Associates Inc.; Assistant Professor, Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism, Ohio University
Education
Professor Silver specializes in the gaming industry, including commercial casinos, racinos, Indian gaming, sports betting, and online gaming. He has extensively studied the fledgling gaming industry in Ohio, as well other emerging gaming jurisdictions nationally and internationally, including Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, and Russia. His areas of expertise include casino resort development and operations, marketing, advertising, economic impact analysis, gaming manufacturing, and development of players’ clubs and player tracking systems.
Professor Silver offers a unique combination of private sector and academic experience. He is frequently called upon as a private industry consultant, providing consulting to gaming operators, gaming machine manufacturers, and Native American tribes. He previously served as a marketing executive for numerous casinos and high-tech gaming machine companies, including Red Lake Gaming, Sigma Game Inc., Aristocrat, and Leisure Time Casinos & Resorts. He also founded and operated a successful, award-winning advertising agency in the Los Angeles market for over ten years.
Professor Silver currently teaches casino management and casino marketing at Ohio University, in which capacity he has been frequently cited by the media on the economic impact of gaming in Ohio and elsewhere. Before coming to Ohio University, he served as founding director of the casino resort management program at Tulane University. He was also an adjunct professor of casino marketing and hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has led executive seminars and lectured on gaming topics across the United States and in Macau and Singapore. He has also organized, moderated, and participated in numerous conference panels and workshops on casino marketing and customer service at regional, national, and international levels.
Ohio University Expert Page Link:
https://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=2220935
Nathan & Associates Economic Consulting Link:
http://nathaninc.com/company/staff/alan-l-silver