Mr. Kistner

Mike Kistner

President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board

Pegasus Solutions

Mike Kistner is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive of Dallas-based Pegasus Solutions, a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors.

Mr. Kistner joined Pegasus as Chief Operating Officer from Best Western International, Inc., where he was Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of distribution, responsible for worldwide systems development and management. Before joining Best Western, Mr. Kistner was a Senior Vice President at Cendant Corp., where he implemented the largest-ever hotel technology rollout. Previously, Mr. Kistner worked for Super 8 Motels where he was Executive Vice President of operations, heading IT, reservations, corporate travel, guest service, convention planning, corporate and franchise insurance and facilities management. He also was Vice President for management information systems and reservations at HFS Inc.

Mr. Kistner holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting and information systems from Northern State University, Aberdeen, S.D. and a master of science degree in information systems from Colorado State University. He is the past Chairman and current member of the e-commerce committee of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. From 2000 to 2005, he served as Chairman of the Open Travel Alliance (OTA) and has been recognized as one of the leading CIOs in the hospitality industry.



Mr. Kistner can be contacted at 480-624-6450 or mike.kistner@pegs.com

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