Rangachari will oversee the Hotel Group’s information technology department and will lead the overall strategic direction for the Hotel Group’s technology efforts, ensuring alignment of the company’s technology vision with its business strategy. Most recently, Rangachari was chief information officer at StarCite, a global leader in meetings management solutions, where he developed technology strategy, reduced operating expenses by 20 percent and implemented a company-wide learning management system that helped prepare employees for the company’s next generation products. Prior to joining StarCite, Rangachari was vice president of operations at Jacent Technologies, an on-demand solutions provider for the restaurant industry. While there he managed the Web operations order management system for the Pizza Hut® and Quiznos® chains. Tecnologie India Gurugram, Haryana