Janssen has over 15 years of tech experience starting in San Francisco, over to Malaysia and now in Boston, MA. Coming recently from Booster, a company focused on group based fundraising and with experience building the Hotwire.com hotel’s system, he has worked with startups as well as large corporations with more than 2,000 employees building systems and teams that deliver.
Mansoor will be responsible for driving Direct Sales in Hospitality, in Dubai, the UAE and all GCC countries. Mansoor will mainly focus on the new Hospitality CloudSuite applications with an emphasis on Sun Financials, EAM, d/EPM and HCM. Mansoor has held various Sales roles over the last 14 years, bringing a wealth of expertise to his role at Infor. He’s spent the last five years at Al Futtaim Technologies. There he enjoyed success in driving business with new clients - holding the track record for “new business” performance. Prior to that he spent five years at Oasys Infotech as Sales & Marketing Manager, responsible for dealer management & direct sales in Europe, ME and Africa. He is married with two daughters aged six & three named Zoya and Zareen
Monika Nerger, Chief Information Officer of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, succeeds Jeremy Ward as President of the association. Nerger has served on the Board of Governors since 2012 and as Vice President since 2013. She has been active in HTNG for more than ten years, having previously served as a forum and workgroup chair. "Monika Nerger has been a great evangelist and supporter of HTNG, and no one is more qualified than she to take on the leadership role," said Douglas C. Rice, Chief Executive Officer of HTNG, who continues to manage HTNG's day-to-day operations. Richard Tudgay, Vice President of IT for Omni Hotels & Resorts, was elected as Vice President to fill the vacancy created by Nerger's appointment. Tudgay has served on the Board of Governors since 2009.
Former SVP of IT of the Kempinski Hotel Group, Jeremy Ward, has always been a great innovator in hospitality technology and a supporter of iRiS' products in particular, making his appointment a natural one. As COO, his role will be to make sure iRiS achieves its strategic goals as the company continues to grow and expand its Guest Experience Platform (GXP), their revolutionary cloud-hosted solution that powers iRiS' broad range of guest service applications, delivering content, communication and interactive services.
The Marcus Corporation today announced the promotion of Kim Lueck to chief information officer. Lueck will also continue to serve as vice president of technology for the Marcus Theatres division, and will join The Marcus Corporation’s executive management committee.
Donnellon brings a strong track record of driving strategic improvement and guiding high-performing teams. He has advised various Fortune 500 corporations on corporate strategy and operations issues for over 10 years, most recently with the Boston Consulting Group. Donnellon earned a Masters of Business Administration from The Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania, and also holds a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University. Donnellon will report to Sabre Hospitality Solutions President and General Manager Alex Alt.
Murphy brings an extensive background in the travel and tourism industry as well as experience with a number of top technology companies. He most recently served as the Global Travel & Hospitality Leader with consulting and IT services company NTT Data Inc. He has also worked in various leadership roles at AMR Corporation, Global-Res Inc., Avis Rent A Car, Perot Systems Corporation and was a partner at BearingPoint before he and his team were acquired by NTT Data Inc. Murphy will report to Sabre Hospitality Solutions President and General Manager Alex Alt.
In this role, Singleton will help drive the company’s strategic business objectives by providing the enterprise-wide information technology (IT) vision and leadership for operating a reliable and stable infrastructure, fostering innovation to enhance guest services and operations, and leading the deployment and management of current and emerging technology products, services and systems across the organization. She will report to Mike Deitemeyer, president of Omni Hotels & Resorts. A 24-year veteran of the technology industry, Singleton has more than a decade of experience in the hospitality industry. Most recently she was chief information officer for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas where she oversaw the technology strategy for the hotel, casino, pool district and other amenities associated with the property. Previously, she held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, including chief information officer and vice president of technology for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants and IT vice president of business solutions for MGM Mirage. In addition, Singleton has also served as chief information officer for Chasm Industries, Inc., an electronic recycling company, and spent 15 years at Hallmark Cards, Inc. Singleton earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration, with a double major in computer information systems and management from Central Missouri State University. She is a member of the CIO Council, Hotel Technology Next Generation, Hotel Financial and Technology Professionals, as well as Newmarket and Guest-Tek Customer Advisory Boards.
Vishwas (Vish) BHATIA IMHI is now the President & Co-Founder of Hotelsoft Inc. a San Francisco Bay Area based company that offers full service revenue management and information technology services to hotels and other travel partners. It has received over $1 million in seed funding. Prior to this Vish was the VP of Revenue Optimization at Aston Hotels & Resorts, overseeing revenue management and distribution for 28 properties. Previously, he held senior leadership positions at Morgan’s Hotel Group, Miami; The Plaza Hotel, New York and at Oberoi Hotels & Resorts. Vish currently also serves on the HSMAI Revenue Management Advisory Board.
Hemant CHAUHAN - IMHI 2011 has been promoted to Head of Digital - South East Asia & Australia, Team Unilever Mindshare based in Singapore. Prior to that Hemant was Head of Digital for the same Company, based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Barry Shuler was selected as the 2014 inductee to the HFTP International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame for his role in developing a model for hotel industry enterprise architecture and IT strategic planning. After a long career as a lead technology strategist for Marriott International, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and International Hotels Group, he is currently CIO and IT consulting principal with Design Management Associates, Inc. The induction into the Hall of Fame, which is Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals' (HFTP) highest level of recognition in the area of technology, will take place at the 2014 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) on Tuesday, June 24 at 8:30 a.m. at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, Calif. USA.
TSA Solutions, a leading global provider of measurable and sustainable revenue performance enhancing solutions for the hotel industry, announces the appointment of Vinay Dhavala as Chief Technology Officer. Dhavala will lead TSA's Information Division, which continues its rapid expansion in order to serve an ever-increasing portfolio of worldwide hotel partners eager to use TSA services to increase their property RevPAR and financial performance. As the company continues its commitment to significant investment in technologies, Dhavala's appointment will serve to further strengthen the impact of TSA's hotel partner programs. An experienced technology, product and program leader, Dhavala brings to TSA Solutions a wealth of expertise in business solutions architecture with a solid track record of conceptualizing, developing and delivering major software applications.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced the appointment of Martha Poulter, former Chief Information Officer of GE Capital, as the company’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer effective June 23, 2014. Poulter will be a member of Starwood’s Senior Leadership Team and report to President and CEO Frits van Paasschen. She succeeds Roger Berry, who is set to retire in the end of June and will stay on as a consultant to Starwood through year-end to ensure a smooth transition. A 25-year technology veteran, Poulter most recently served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer, GE Capital, with global responsibility for IT strategy and operations leading a 4,000-person global organization. Since joining General Electric in 1995, Poulter held a series of senior information technology leadership positions such as eBusiness Vice President, Quality Leader, and regional Americas Chief Information Officer for GE Capital, where she was responsible for many operational excellence improvements and the completion of key digitization projects, including the Company’s first customer mobile apps for commercial businesses.
Lanyon, a leader in global meetings, events, and hospitality technology, today announced the appointment of John Pulling as its Chief Technology Officer. Pulling joins Lanyon shortly after its merger with ACTIVE Network™ Business Solutions and its acquisition of Passkey, an industry leading group reservation technology provider. Lanyon is a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on long-term value added investments in software and technology-enabled services. Pulling has a deep relationship with Vista Equity Partners, having served as Senior Vice President of Products for BigMachines, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company that was recently acquired by Oracle. Prior to his role as Senior Vice President of Products at BigMachines, Pulling served as Vice President of Product Management at Infor. In this role, he directed product strategy for the company’s strategic edge applications, such as its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and supply chain, enterprise asset, and product lifecycle management solutions. Prior to Infor, Pulling was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Provia Software, where he was responsible for all product management, product development, professional services, and support services.
HandHeld Hospitality™, LLC a leading forerunner in mobile technology for hotels, announced today the board appointment and investment partnership with Bob McCarthy, COO of Marriott International, Inc., who has announced his retirement from Marriott, effective February 2014. HandHeld Hospitality is also collaborating with AT&T to introduce its SmartGuest™ app to the hospitality industry. “Bob brings a wealth of knowledge and insight into improved guest satisfaction and revenue optimization through mobile technology,” said Elmer Coppoolse, CEO of HandHeld Hospitality. “His expertise combined with HandHeld’s advanced technology in developing breakthrough apps make a powerful team.”
David Reed has been promoted to director, systems and programming. Reed held several positions in hotel operations with Outrigger before information technology, initially as systems control coordinator, then as programmer analyst, senior project engineer and most recently as manager of application programming.
StayNTouch 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.
Prior to joining Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts, Floor Bleeker was Vice President Business Solutions at the Jumeirah Group, Mr. Bleeker worked as Director of IT for the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management in Dubai (UAE) and as an IT Manager for the Radisson SAS regional office in Brussels (Belgium). He worked in different IT positions in Europe, the United States and the Caribbean. Mr. Bleeker holds a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) with a Marketing specialisation from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and a Bachelors (BSc) degree in Hospitality Administration with a Finance specialisation from the Hotel School The Hague. He is currently serving on the Board of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), the world’s leading hospitality technology trade association and holds a number of advisory board positions for other non-profit organisations. Mr. Bleeker is living in Dubai with his wife Anne and daughter Lauren.
Craig, who will be a member of the Board of Management of Wyboston Lakes, was previously Chief Information Officer. He has more than 18 years’ experience in the hospitality IT sector, from business analysis to application development.
Benchmark Hospitality International®, a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, has named Kirk Coleman director of corporate information technology. Gerald Lampaert, vice president of information technology, made the announcement. Mr. Coleman is based in Benchmark's Home Office in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston.A native Houstonian, Kirk Coleman joined Benchmark Hospitality in 2011 as information technology manager with portfolio-wide IT responsibilities. He served as regional Texas director of information technology for Destination Hotels & Resorts prior his employment with Benchmark.