Sheryl E. Kimes is an Emeritus Professor of Operations Management at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and a Visiting Professor of Analytics and Operations at the Business School at the National University of Singapore.   Her area of specialization is revenue management.  She has been teaching, conducting research and providing consulting services in this area for over 25 years.   She has published over 100 articles and book chapters and has received multiple awards for her research including the Lifetime Achievement Award by the College of Service Operations of the Production and Operations Management Society and the Industry Relevance Award by the Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

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In 2017, she was given the Hotel Sales and Marketing International Association Vanguard Award for Lifetime Achievement in Revenue Management. She was the third recipient of this award. 

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She has won multiple teaching awards including the Hospitality Teacher of the Year in 1993, 1997 and 2003 and a Ted Teng Teaching Award in 2012.  In 2014, she was honored with the Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellowship from Cornell University.  She was the fourth recipient of the award.

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Professor Kimes serves as a consultant to many business enterprises around the world including SevenRooms, Ticketmaster, Olo, the Panama Canal, Great Harvest, Atlantis Dubai, Walt Disney World Resorts, Intercontinental Hotels and Marina Bay Sands.