Waterloo, Canada (June 22, 2016)Kognitiv Corporation is proud to announce that David Chestler, a well-recognized hospitality and travel executive with more than 28 years in the industry has joined their global management team. Prior to joining Kognitiv Corporation, he held senior positions at Pegasus Solutions (Utell), BirchStreet Systems, RateGain, Sceptre Hospitality Resources (SHR) and most recently SiteMinder.

At Kognitiv, David is focused on Business Development for the global hospitality industry, offering an AI inspired solution set within a travel marketplace that brings brands and consumers together. Kognitiv believes that the current models of travel branding and distribution are ready for transformation to be much more customer centric.

“We are proud to add David Chestler to our global management team,” said Willem Galle, CEO of Kognitiv. “David has seen the evolution of the online travel space over the last few decades and his involvement and advocacy at an industry level fits with Kognitiv’s approach to transforming the travel distribution landscape in a collaborative way.”

Chestler will remain a strategic investor in SaaS companies, in addition to HEDNA.org (Board of Directors), David is active with HTNG (Software Resource Team), HSMAI and Skål.

Kognitiv will be exhibiting at HITEC in Toronto at booth #1541 from June 26 to June 30, 2017.