Following an accomplished business career, Raymond Cote became an educator and achieved the rank of full professor at a major hospitality university in the United States. For 18 years Professor Cote taught undergraduate and graduate courses in hospitality accounting, hospitality financial management, taxation, and advanced accounting subjects. His teaching experience includes setting up hospitality accounting courses in the United States and abroad for an international hospitality college.
In the private sector, he has held the positions of vice president, controller, MIS Director, and chief accountant for a major food and lodging corporation. His business career transcended to the entrepreneurial level as president of several business conglomerates consisting of a food and beverage operation, retail and service companies, and a consulting/certified public accounting firm.
Professor Cote is a graduate of the graduate and undergraduate schools of Suffolk University and Burdett College, both located in Boston, Massachusetts. The professional credentials of Raymond Cote have included Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Computer Professional (CCP), Enrolled Agent (EA) authorized to practice before the Internal Revenue Service, and an Accreditation in Accountancy by the American Council for Accountancy. His civic and professional positions were President of a Chamber of Commerce and Vice President and Director of Education for the Florida Accountants Association.
Professor Cote has written four hospitality accounting text books and supporting material for the Educational Institute: Basic Hotel and Restaurant Accounting, a managerial text Accounting for Hospitality Managers, and the prior versions these two books, Understanding Hospitality Accounting I and Hospitality Accounting II. Previous works include another text, College Business Math (1984-1988, Par, Inc.), and numerous training and procedures manuals for private industry.
