Risk Management Training for the Hospitality Industry
The Hospitality Risk Academy delivers practical, field-tested courses in fraud awareness, risk oversight, internal controls,
Founded on Experience. Built on Discipline.
Leadership Rooted in Real-World Hospitality Oversight
David M. Bleser Founder, Hospitality Risk Academy U.S. Marine | Hospitality Industry Veteran | Internal Audit Specialist
David Bleser brings more than thirty years of hands-on fraud investigation and internal audit experience to the hospitality industry — built not in classrooms but in the operational realities of hotels, resorts, private clubs, and restaurants where financial risk is real, and consequences are significant.
Throughout his career, David has personally conducted more than 2,300 hospitality internal audits — identifying revenue leakage, internal control breakdowns, and material fraud exposure across a wide range of property types and operational environments. His work has consistently focused on strengthening oversight maturity, reinforcing governance discipline, and improving operational efficiency and financial performance across the hospitality industry.
He has spoken at national industry conventions on hotel fraud and internal controls, worked directly with ownership groups, asset managers, management companies, and Directors of Finance, and developed the structured audit and risk frameworks that form the foundation of every program in the Hospitality Risk Academy curriculum.
The Academy was founded on a simple but hard-earned conviction — that proactive financial risk awareness and disciplined oversight do more than safeguard margins. They improve decision-making clarity, reinforce accountability, strengthen operational performance, and protect the careers and reputations of the professionals responsible for financial leadership across the hospitality industry.
Effective governance is not reactive. It is intentional. It is proactive.
