New Members Elected to HTNG Executive Leadership Group
TNG is pleased to welcome three new members to the Executive Leadership Group: Sarah Fults (MGM Resorts International), Cameron Hammond (Hyatt Hotels Corporation) and Scott Strickland (Wyndham Hotels & Resorts).
Formerly known as HTNG's Board of Governors, the Executive Leadership Group continues to be the key direction-setting body for HTNG. Consisting of CIO-level IT executives from many world-leading hotel groups, the group actively provides direction on key issues facing industry leaders to help improve technology for millions of hotel rooms worldwide.
More information on the Executive Leadership Group can be found here.
WELCOMING SARAH FULTS, CAMERON HAMMOND & SCOTT STRICKLAND
- Sarah Fults brings 26 years of hospitality experience to her role as Vice President of Distribution at MGM Resorts International. In her role at MGM, Sarah is responsible for discovering and implementing new technologies to optimize channel performance while driving operational efficiencies and reducing costs. She joined MGM in 2016 from Choice Hotels and Loews Hotels & Resorts where she managed the commercial, operational and technical aspects of Third Party Distribution.
- Cameron Hammond is Vice President – Global Field Technology Services at Hyatt where he is responsible for Field Technology services at Managed hotels, Corporate offices, Global Contact Centers, Shared Service Centers, Hyatt Service Desk, Property Technical Operations teams, which manages 700+ Opera hosting environments and Guest In-Room technology. During his 30-year career at Hyatt, Cameron has held various IT management roles in US, Europe, China and Australia.
- Scott Strickland is EVP & Chief Information Officer of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts holding the responsibility for all aspects of IT at one of the world’s largest hospitality companies. His goal is to enable innovation and transform experiences for all three customer groups: the guest, the franchisee and the Wyndham associate. Supporting this, the team has delivered new digital consumer experiences, consolidated property management and central reservation systems globally, integrated two brands in two years and built out self-service capabilities.
About Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG)
Part of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), HTNG the premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, HTNG serves members from hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, consultants, media and academic experts. HTNG's members participate in focused workgroups to bring to market open solution sets addressing specific business problems. HTNG fosters the selection and adoption of existing open standards and also develops new open standards to meet the needs of the global hospitality industry.
Currently more than 400 corporate and individual members from across this spectrum, including world leading hospitality companies and technology vendors, are active HTNG participants. HTNG's Board of Governors, consisting of 22 top IT leaders from hospitality companies around the world, itself has technology responsible for over 3 million guest rooms and world-leading venues. HTNG publishes workgroup proceedings, drafts and specifications for all HTNG members as soon as they are created, encouraging rapid and broad adoption. HTNG releases specifications into the public domain as soon as they are ratified by the workgroups.
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