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Drew Rosser

VP of Business Development, Whiteboard Labs

Drew Rosser joined Whiteboard Labs in March of 2000 then known as Webvertising, to primarily focus on iHotelier CRS sales to hotels. After the sale of iHotelier to TravelCLICK in 2003 Mr. Rosser became the Director of Operations for the iHotelier division of TravelCLICK. Mr. Rosser started his hotel career in Orlando, Florida in 1990 then moved to Atlanta after accepting a position at Holiday Inn's Corporate Flagship Hotel, the Crowne Plaza Ravinia, as the Assistant Guest Relations Manager. He was then promoted to Guest Relations Manager at another Holiday Inn property in the Atlanta area. Mr. Rosser's hotel operational background coupled with his technological experience gives him a unique insight to how a hotel or hotel chain should manage their online presence and electronic distribution. This covers everything from the hotel's Web site, to the booking engine, SEO and best practices in terms of revenue management for a hotel's overall distribution methodology. Working for a technology development firm, Mr. Rosser's experience level also includes product development, Web based application development, Software as a Service (SaaS) business model and new product launch. Mr. Rosser sits on the Board of Directors for Linx Technologies and Force 10. Both are technology based firms dealing with enterprise level systems for the spa and hotel industries.

Mr. Rosser can be contacted at 713-333-9944 or [email protected]