Mike Blake, CIO at Commune Hotels & ResortsStayNTouch Inc., a developer of next-generation cloud-based staff & guest mobility solutions for hotels, is pleased to announce that Mike Blake, CIO at Commune Hotels + Resorts has joined the StayNTouch Board of Directors. With more than 20 years of experience in finance and technology, Mike is currently CIO at Commune Hotels where he provides strategic leadership and perspective contributing to the ongoing evolution of Commune's global IT functions for the brands Joie De Vivre Hotels, Thompson Hotels and Tommie Hotels. Prior, Mike served as CIO at Hyatt Hotels Corporation, as Senior Vice President of IT for First Data, VP of IT Finance at Kaiser Permanente, and Director of IT Finance for Sears. In each of these roles, he was the highest ranking IT Finance resource and a key advisor to national senior leadership teams. Prior to that, Mike was Director of Financial Planning for United Airlines. He has an MBA in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and an MS in Information Technology from Northwestern University. Mike is based in the Bay Area.