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David Chestler a rejoint PROVision Partners en tant que Senior Managing Director – Distribution and Technology

PROVision Partners International is pleased to announce David Chestler as Senior Managing Director - Distribution and Technology. Nicknamed "The Revenue Catalyst," the 30-year industry veteran is well-known for being a deeply engaged leader of sales strategy, sales operations, and people management process. Chestler joins the PROVision Partners executive leadership team of Co-Founder and CEO Greg Pesik, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director - Commercial and Revenue Matt Busch, and Senior Managing Director - Business Development and Marketing Gregg Hopkins.

PROVision Partners
New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States
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Katherine Grass a été nommé(e) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) chez Optii Solutions Inc.

Optii Solutions, the provider of the most advanced labor optimization solution for hotel housekeeping teams, announced today the appointment of Katherine Grass as Chief Executive Officer. Grass has over 20 years in the IT and travel sectors. She joined Optii Solutions from their lead investor, Thayer Ventures, a travel-tech focused venture capital firm and has held senior-level positions with Amadeus IT Group and Amadeus Ventures.

Optii
Austin, Texas, United States
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Bryan Steele a été désigné(e) comme Non-Executive Member of the Board chez Nonius - Hospitality Technology

Bryan has extensive experience in the hospitality sector having held CIO/IT Director level positions at Thistle and Guoman Hotels and the Royal Automobile Club and as a consultant to a number of leading hoteliers and vendors in the sector over the past 14 years. He brings to the board a broad range of skills and experience including strategy, data privacy and technology.

Nonius - Hospitality Technology
Moreira da Maia, Portugal
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Noelle Eder a été nommé(e) EVP & Chief Information and Digital Officer chez Hilton

Innovation and technology have kept Hilton at the forefront of the hospitality industry. Eder's expanded role will deliver technology alignment across the business and continue the ongoing digital transformation benefiting Hilton's guests, owners and team members. Eder joined Hilton three years ago, bringing with her more than two decades of cross-industry business and technology experience. She has successfully led the consolidation of Hilton's technology architecture, creating a foundation that supports the company's continued global growth.

Hilton
McLean, Virginia, United States
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Daniel Blanchard a été nommé(e) Chief Technology Officer chez InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) in Atlanta

Blanchard joins IHG with more than 25 years of experience in IT business management, strategy, transformation, architecture governance and program management. In his new role, Blanchard will oversee infrastructure and operations, enterprise architecture, IT security operations, application development, and corporate support. He will be based out of IHG's Americas headquarters in Atlanta, and report to George Turner, Chief Commercial & Technology Officer, IHG.

IHG
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Micah Friedman a été désigné(e) comme Member of the Board of Governors chez Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG)

Rosewood Hotel Group's Chief Information Officer, Micah Friedman, joins Hospitality Technology Next Generation's (HTNG's) Board of Governors, the direction-setting body of the organization. Bringing over thirty years of hospitality and technology experience, Micah leads the global IT organization of Rosewood Hotel Group and work with the company's leaders to craft and drive a digital business transformation that will create better experiences for guests, associates, management and owners. Most recently, Micah led travel and hospitality management consulting for Cognizant Technology Solutions and previously oversaw Oracle Corporation's hospitality industry business unit. Prior to joining Oracle, Micah served as Enterprise Architect for a major private equity firm and held technology leadership positions at renowned clubs and resorts. In addition to Micah's extensive experience in the hospitality technology industry, Micah has been engaged with HTNG for about 15 years, including his service as a former workgroup member, workgroup leader, Co-chair on HTNG's Vendor Advisory Council, event speaker and evangelist. Moving forward, Micah told HTNG he is proud to join as a leader of Rosewood. HTNG's Board of Governors now consists of 21 top IT leaders from hospitality companies around the world. These individuals are responsible for technology in over three million hotel guest rooms and world-leading hospitality venues.

Rosewood Hotel Group
Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
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Morten Larsen a été nommé(e) Hospitality Applications Manager chez Core Hospitality

Morten Larsen is among the most experienced IT profiles in the hospitality industry, and he now transferring to Core Hospitality, a white-label hotel operator in the Nordics. His new role as Hospitality Applications Manager makes him responsible for developing and improving the hotel operator's technologies.On November 1st, Morten Larsen began in his new role as Hospitality Applications Manager at Core Hospitality, the Danish hotel management company that operates Moxy in Copenhagen, Best Western Plus near Copenhagen Airport, and Hotel Marina north of Copenhagen. Morten wi ll take on responsibility of the development and improvement of the operator's technologies, among which is the property management system Opera. Morten has experience from Micros-Fidelio (since acquired by Oracle), which owns the Opera system, and many years' experience as implementation specialist, IT project manager, IT manager and hotel application consultant from, among others, Bella Sky, RAW IT and, most recently, Brøchner Hotels.

Core Hospitality
Høje Taastrup, Denmark
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Connie Rheams a été nommé(e) Global Vice President, Global Accounts Sales chez Oracle Hospitality

Prior to joining Oracle, Connie was Vice President Hospitality at Beekeeper, and served as senior vice president and general manager of Indra North America, an SAP co-innovation partner for hospitality. She also held senior leadership roles at Pegasus Solutions, Sabre and American Airlines. Rheams holds a Master"s in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

Oracle Hospitality
Columbia, Maryland, United States
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Tyler Schulte a été nommé(e) Vulnerability Scanning Engineer chez VENZA MSP

Prior to working at VENZA, Tyler spent five years working with the public and assisting with their highly personal and confidential needs. Tyler finds helping others to be the most rewarding aspect of the business. Tyler says if you can help others to achieve their goals, you can end the day on a high note knowing that you made a difference. Tyler looks forward to making a positive impact on our client's security and technology goals in the same way.

Venza
Pensacola, Florida, United States
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Sean Hoggard a été nommé(e) Director of Technology chez ProfitSword

Sean Hoggard takes on the role of Director of Technology after having initially joined ProfitSword in 2008. Previously recognized for his ability to enhance team collaboration and ensure full customer satisfaction, Hoggard's new position will task him with providing oversight for development and technical support teams, and will report to Crutchfield in this capacity. Hoggard is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), and is further credited by colleagues for his expertise in strategic planning, leadership and customer service.

ProfitSword
Orlando, Florida, United States
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Travis McElfresh a été désigné(e) comme Senior Vice President, Technology chez Virtuoso

Veteran technologist Travis McElfresh has joined global luxury travel network Virtuoso® as its Senior Vice President, Technology. McElfresh serves as a member of the organization's leadership team while also driving a technology strategy that spans the group's online presence as well as the development of tools that serve the network's travel agency membership across 50 countries and the 20,000 travel advisors they represent. The scope of his role includes product management, software engineering, IT operations, business intelligence and data services.

Virtuoso
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Vikas Bhalla a été nommé(e) Chief Transformation Officer chez Choice Hotels International, Inc.

As a key member of Choice Hotels' senior executive leadership team reporting directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pacious, Bhalla will advance the company's data-driven culture and lead the corporate strategy, business transformation, and data analytics teams. In addition to identifying new business opportunities, Bhalla will work closely with Pacious to develop strategies that fuel the company's long-range growth.

Choice
Rockville, Maryland, United States