Jagath is a data-driven executive with over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry. A people-focused leader, Jagath is driving change within The Thinnai through original concepts of "Imagineering". He has a reputation for building high performance teams that embrace change.
In his new role as Vice President of Engineering for ProfitSword, Wallace will leverage his more than 15 years of expertise in IT, software development and data management to spearhead ProfitSword's vision and strategy in meeting hospitality's latest business intelligence needs and priorities. Wallace's efforts will specifically focus on providing leadership and expert guidance for ProfitSword's development teams as well as for the company's Technical, Data and Systems Integration Services.
With world-class meeting venues in Los Cabos, Vallarta - Nayarit and Riviera Maya, Mexico's Velas Resorts announces Cynthia Kunz will lead its MICE group sales, effective immediately. Spearheading meeting and incentive bookings for all six company resorts internationally, Kunz was promoted to Senior Global Sales Director - Meetings & Incentives. Based in the company's Los Angeles sales office, Kunz can be reached at [email protected].
Inn at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, an Autograph Collection Hotel, is pleased to announce the recent hire of Fernanda Jaime to director of event planning and operations.
SuitePad has brought in Alex Fong to head up its engineering arm, as it seeks to progress to a true global leader. As VP of Engineering, Alex will be tasked with managing and expanding the firm's team of engineers, while also overseeing strategic product development. SuitePad's offering is built on a service-orientated architecture that powers tens of thousands of devices throughout hotels across the world, and Alex will be responsible not only for maintaining its efficiency, but also projecting its far-reaching growth.
Knowland, the leader in AI-powered group business data for hotels, convention and visitor bureaus, conference centers and other meeting venues, announced today the selection of Rob Landon as its vice president of engineering.
The Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel in San Francisco, appointed Lilian Tolliver as Chief Engineer of the 556 room historic property. The Palace is very proud of Lilian as she accepts the position as the hotel's first female Chief Engineer and continues to make history at the iconic landmark.
McKibbon Hospitality, an award-winning leader in hotel management is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Weejen Lynch as Vice President of Engineering.
Pendry Chicago is proud to announce the appointment of Mario Orrico Jr. as Director of Engineering, to the leadership team of the hotel, slated to open its doors late spring 2021.
Sigita is a veteran of 18 years at the Arora Group, where she worked her way up from room attendant to Executive Housekeeper of the Heathrow Hotels. Sigita's passion for her profession will make every guest feel like royalty from the moment they step into the building.
The Seattle-based employee safety solution provider welcomes a new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to its Engineering and Leadership team. Riley Eller has been involved with technology and security since the beginning of his 30-year career. He has applied his skills in places like Unium (formerly known as CoCo), where he was a part of a successful acquisition to Nokia in 2018. His recent role as the CTO of Rubica, involved leading engineering and security teams in the cybersecurity space to protect data from real-time threats. He is a contributor to several inventions and patents and is recognized for his technology expertise. At React Mobile, Riley manages and supports the development of a modern employee safety solution's hardware and software elements. He leads the company with a custom lean manufacturing process that outputs a reliable and high-quality safety solution. He has defined innovative plans to improve the existing employee safety solution and expand our technology partner integrations. Some of the plans focus on enhancing the locator service, reducing the meantime to respond, and expanding immediate incident alerting and resolution options. Besides being passionate about employee safety, Riley takes much interest in the digital transformation: from hardware forward and reverse engineering, through the operating system and driver implementation, to application algorithm design, into machine-derived solution science, with international recognition for incredible depth in internet security. His credits include the Black Hat Security Briefings and Training series, "Meet the Enemy" seminars, the books Hack Proofing Your Network: Internet Tradecraft (Syngress, ISBN: 1-928994-15-6), and a founding member of the only team ever to win the DEF CON Capture the Flag content, the world's most prestigious hacking competition, three times in a row.
Jason Reid has over 20 years of contact center experience that he leverages to provide a consultative approach to the needs of Cloud5 clients and his teams. Most recently Jason served as President of One Contact, Inc. His leadership has spanned Sales, Operations and Account Development teams at both large and niche contact center providers including Bill Gosling Outsourcing and Concentrix.
Schmidt has been a Westin Riverfront team member for the past four years, starting at the Front Desk and moving up to serve as a Guest Service Manager. He previously worked at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Flagstaff and The Lodge & Spa at Cordillera. A graduate of the International Hotel & Restaurant Management program at Northern Arizona University's W.A. Franke College of Business, Schmidt volunteers with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Claudia originally from Sardinia Italy, has been with the property one year already holding the position as Guest Relations Manager. Prior to that she spent four years in London where she started as a Receptionist at Hilton until leaving as Guest Relations Manager at InterContinental London - The O2.In her new role Claudia will oversee front office, concierge and the pool while working with th e relevant departments to drive new projects, incremental revenue & overall guest satisfaction and creating memorable moments for the guests.
Gregersen joined Montage from The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe where he was the Director of Engineering. He's also served a previous role in Sonoma wine country, working with Fairmont Mission Inn & Spa.
Prior to joining Montage Healdsburg, Pagano was the Director of Rooms at Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego, Calif. and held previous roles at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, including Grande Lakes in Orlando, Fla. and the brand's San Francisco property.
Dat, who was born in Hanoi, studied hotel operations at Hanoi Tourism College before graduating in 1997 to become a food and beverage attendant at the Sheraton Hanoi Hotel and Towers. He rose up the ranks with the Sofitel Plaza Hotel, Sunway Hotel Hanoi, Silk Path Hotel Hanoi, InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, Hotel de l'Opera Hanoi - MGallery, Vinpearl Luxury Nha Trang Resort, and Lotte The Residence and Lotte Center Hanoi.
As SVP, Engineering Lim will be responsible for scaling Duetto's revenue strategy platform.
Cem Tanyel has been named executive vice president, chief services officer, of a newly formed professional services, consulting and support organization that brings together the company's delivery and care teams together under his leadership. Tanyel's centralized organization is not only designed to generate efficiencies and improve productivity in the care and delivery of Sabre's products but is also critical to the company's success with responsibility to deliver world-class professional services alongside its products.
Shaju Kozhiparambil has been named as Radisson Blu Hotel, Ajman's new chief engineer, using his 19 years of experience in the senior position.