Salt Lake City | iBAHN, the only global provider of digital entertainment and Internet solutions for the hospitality and meeting industries, announced today that Thomas Duke has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. Duke will be based at iBAHN’s digital convergence center of excellence in Stirling, Scotland.
“We are excited to have someone of Tom's caliber join the iBAHN executive team,” said David W. Garrison, iBAHN’s CEO. “His depth of experience in different technologies will be a considerable asset both to hoteliers and to our company as we continue to address their current and future challenges."
Prior to his new role at iBAHN, Duke served as chief technology officer for nearly five years at Memex Technology, where he was instrumental in the development and delivery of real time data management tools. Additional experience includes serving as director of engineering at Sopheon (formerly Orbital), and several years in consultative roles at Andersen Consulting.
“I am looking forward to helping hoteliers make smart investment decisions about new technology opportunities,” said Duke. “The mix of established networking expertise and cutting edge technology creates a top class solution – the iBAHN service. It is my objective to positively contribute to keeping iBAHN’s solutions at the forefront of the industry.”
About iBAHN | iBAHN is the only global provider of digital entertainment and Internet solutions for the hospitality and meetings industries. Monthly, more than 1.3 million travelers and meeting attendees rely on iBAHN to increase productivity with secure high-speed Internet access options in more than 2,200 hotels, conference centers and meeting spaces in 28 countries worldwide. It’s all digital entertainment and information services feature leading programs from ETVi in Europe, Asia, Australia and India. Operating one of the largest MPLS networks in the industry, iBAHN provides connectivity and technology solutions to more than 50,000 events annually, ranging from small groupmeetings to major industry conferences, while serving more than a third of the Fortune 100 corporations. For more information, please visit
www.ibahn.com.
Shannon R. Michael
The Lodging Conference
International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show® 2011 (IH/M&RS)
