He has been with RIT since 2002. His work’s focus is on Employee (and student) training, education and development in preparation for supervisory, managerial and/or international assignments; progressive leadership and management techniques which encourage employee engagement, participative organizational systems/processes within organizations and effective methods on the following; pedagogy, student retention, and student placement into ‘leading corporations.’ Horne is an active member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM); the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE); and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)