John Abou-Ghannam

Island Hospitality Management, the premier third-party management company for select service and upscale extended stay hotels in the United States, has named John Abou-Ghannam as Senior Vice President of Corporate IT Ops & Business Intelligence.

John joined Island Hospitality Management in 2004 as a Financial Analyst, where he made a sweeping rollout of newly designed operational budget models for all hotels within his first year, which promoted accuracy and efficiency to the entire budget process. Since then, John has worked his way up the ranks to become a recognized visionary leader, successfully implementing initiatives that further Island Hospitality's business goals. Additional accomplishments include developing an Enterprise Windows application to streamline complex processes related to hotels and corporate operations and spearheading the cloud migration of the company's IT infrastructures and technology platforms.

As Senior Vice President of Corporate IT Ops & Business Intelligence, John is responsible for building a responsive business intelligence team that consistently delivers results through aligning technology initiatives with business goals, with substantial improvement to solutions delivery, standardization, business, and processes performance.