Pegasus Solutions has made the following
executive appointments. Mr. Mark Peacock has been named as chief
information officer (CIO), Ric Leutwyler as chief operating
officer (COO), Steve Lapekas as executive vice president of
corporate business development, and Aaron Shepherd as Pegasus
Fellow. Additionally, the company has appointed Connie Rheams to
senior vice president of strategic sales and Mike Montemurro to
vice president of CRS product management.
“My time as CEO of
Pegasus, and before that as COO, has been marked by a strong
commitment to product innovation in the areas where Pegasus is
soundly the global market leader – distribution, financial
services, reservations technology and hotel representation. We
have also focused on the development, introduction and
implementation of next generation solutions like our award-winning
central reservation system, RezView NG; our
business intelligence offering; and web services through Milestone
Internet Marketing,” said Mike Kistner, president, chief executive
officer (CEO) and chairman of the board of Pegasus Solutions. “With our strong operational
leadership, solid strategic contributors and well-respected
industry veterans who understand the evolving needs of the
industry and our customers’ business needs, we ensure the next
generation of Pegasus maintains our leadership position – across
the board – in solving the business technology needs of hotels and
travel distributors.”
Peacock will assume full
responsibility for information technology (IT), including areas
such as development, enterprise services, quality assurance,
architecture, infrastructure and more. He comes to Pegasus with
more than 20 years of hands-on experience optimizing company
investments in IT, most recently in the IT Effectiveness practice
at Archstone Consulting, a consulting firm he helped found in
2003.
Former CIO Aaron Shepherd will assume the role of
Pegasus Fellow, with a focus on the strategic evolution of
Pegasus’ next generation CRS, RezView NG, while working closely
with both Kistner and Lapekas on strategic growth and continued
industry innovation. Lapekas, another noted industry IT talent,
will assume a lead role in managing complex and significant
business development and product positioning initiatives, such as
Pegasus’ recent agreement with HP.
Leutwyler expands his current role as chief marketing officer
(CMO) managing all product, sales, customer care and marketing, to
also now include, as COO, responsibility for strategic planning
and continuous process improvement. He will also continue to serve
as president of Pegasus’ leading hotel marketing, sales and
representation service, Utell Hotels & Resorts.
Rheams assumes leadership of the
team focused on mid to large-size sales of RezView NG. She
previously served with AltiusPAR as general manager with
responsibility for U.S. operations and global sales, account
management, marketing and business development. She also was
president of TRUST International, Inc., and for 14 years with
American Airlines and Sabre in various management positions.
Montemurro will lead the CRS product team, focusing on
strategic planning and market positioning of RezView NG. He joins
Pegasus from TravelCLICK, where he most recently was responsible
for developing and implementing product strategy in the company’s
CRS and distribution business.
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