Hotel technology entrepreneur Adria Bagdonavicius is CEO and Co- Founder of PurpleCloud Technologies, whose flagship product is a software platform that provides real-time access to data and analytics for operational associates and managers in the hotel industry. Under Bagdonavicius’s tenacity, creativity and guidance, PurpleCloud has become a mature task management and data platform with proven capabilities and cost savings for major hospitality entities. Bagdonavicius’s responsibilities at PurpleCloud Technologies include directing the company’s investment and business strategies; maintaining relationships with advisors, partners and investors; hotel data analysis strategy and the design of Cielo; and management of the current team of developers, data scientists, and marketing and sales associates. Prior to forming PurpleCloud Technologies, Bagdonavicius was Sales Manager for the Cherry Hills, NJ Residence Inn and held multiple operational positions at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott. Bagdonavicius attended the Hospitality Program at Drexel University and earned from the school a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a concentration in Entrepreneurship.
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Andrew Hamilton, CTO at Steady, has more than 20 years of executive leadership, including roles as CTO at Parkmobile and Cardlytics where he led large teams of engineers in developing and delivering quality software solutions to solve complex problems. He began his technology career as a research developer with IBM and progressed to the role of senior architect working on government and corporate projects in the United States, New Zealand and the UK. Andrew left IBM to join promising start-up WebMD, the first in a series of roles at successful startups. He joined Steady in March 2018.
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Paul Brobson is a serial entrepreneur and senior sales and marketing executive, with over 25 years of practical, hands-on strategic marketing planning, implementation and senior leadership experience. Paul has worked with over 20 different startups including Trusted Sale which is the 4th company he has founded. Throughout his career Paul has helped build start-ups from the ground up, and emerging companies and established market leaders alike to attract more prospects, and convert these prospects into profitable customers.
