Interview With Mike Kennedy, CIO and Senior Vice President Hotel Information technology, Cendant Corporation - Internet Enabled PMS - Expectations vs Reality of ASP Solutions (HITEC 2002 Video)

About Cendant Corporation
The hotel group of Cendant Corporation [NYSE: CD] , based in Parsippany, N.J., is the world's largest lodging franchisor with 6,599 open hotels representing 547,706 rooms on five continents under the Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Travelodge®, Howard Johnson®, Knights Inn®, Villager, Wingate Inn® and AmeriHost Inn® brands. All hotels are individually owned and operated under franchise agreements with Cendant subsidiaries.

BIO
Mike Kennedy, CIO and Senior Vice President Hotel Information technology
Cendant Corporation
Mike Kennedy is responsible for overseeing the company's Hotel Information Technology department.

A veteran with 20 years' experience in the lodging industry, Kennedy comes to Cendant from Purchasepro.com of Las Vegas, where he had been Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President since 2000, directing all aspects of technology planning and operations.

He began his career in 1982 with Holiday Inn Worldwide in Atlanta as manager, operations management systems, and worked his way up to vice president, Holiday Inn Worldwide information technology, in 1993. During his tenure, he received the company's highest award, the Chairman's Award, in the area of expert skill. He also initiated, developed and implemented the industry's first fully integrated yield management system for hotels, the Holiday Inn Revenue Optimizer.

In 1994, he moved to Intrawest Resorts in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he served as vice president, information technology, until 1996. From 1996 to 1997, he worked for Best Western International in Phoenix as vice president & chief information officer, becoming chief information officer & vice president worldwide in 1997. From 1997 to 2000, he was chief information officer & senior vice president of Starwood Hotels and Resorts in White Plains, N.Y.

Kennedy earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from Memphis State University, Memphis, Tenn., in 1980 and his master's degree in telecommunications and information systems from Christian Brothers University, Memphis, in 1989.

Kevin Heilbronner is the US Editor for hsyndicate.com, wiredhotelier.com and hospitalitynet.org, providing content for these websites in the form of articles and both audio and video interviews. Based outside of Washington DC, Heilbronner has worked with Hospitality Net to conduct interviews at several hospitality trade shows in the US and Europe over the last year. A familiar voice in Washington, DC, Heilbronner is the stadium announcer for the NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's Washington Mystics, WUSA's Washington Freedom and DC United of MLS. He resides in Centreville, VA and can be reached via [email protected].