Hospitality WiFi Appoints New Chief Development Officer

Matt Ward brings 20 years of experience in WLAN and WiFi sales and engineering

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Hospitality WiFi, a leading provider of wireless services for hospitality properties, today announced the appointment of Matt Ward as Chief Development Officer. Matt Ward joins Hospitality WIFI from Extreme Networks (formerly Zebra/Motorola/Mesh Networks), where he served as Director of WLAN Hospitality Sales and Managed Service Provider Channels, dedicated to developing customer solutions for hotels, casinos, and MDUs through the deployment of Extreme WLAN product and software solutions.

In addition to his experience at Extreme, Matt also brings a breadth of knowledge from Cisco Systems and Siemens. Matt has 20 years of WLAN and WIFI experience gained from technical engineering deploying large WLAN networks worldwide in locations such as Barcelona, Spain; Dubai, UAE; and Sydney, Australia. Matt has also worked in product management, designing and delivering class-leading outdoor WLAN MESH products, and in sales leadership roles in North America across the Hospitality vertical, working with large brands and private resort customers. Matt holds a Bachelor of Computer Science with Management from the University of Kent Canterbury, London, United Kingdom, his home country of birth.

It is an exciting time to be joining the world-class team at Hospitality WiFi and proudly sharing the same vision and passion for the hospitality industry, customers, and brands we serve each and every day. Recent new office openings in MEA and APAC strengthen Hospitality WiFi's ability to support and deliver solutions locally and in each region we serve. With their well-rounded portfolio of managed services, solutions, and talented team, I very much look forward to being part of their continued and future growth globally.

Matt Ward, Chief Development Officer

Of his new position, Matt stated, “It is an exciting time to be joining the world-class team at Hospitality WiFi and proudly sharing the same vision and passion for the hospitality industry, customers, and brands we serve each and every day. Recent new office openings in MEA and APAC strengthen Hospitality WiFi's ability to support and deliver solutions locally and in each region we serve. With their well-rounded portfolio of managed services, solutions, and talented team, I very much look forward to being part of their continued and future growth globally.”

Jason Szuch, President of Hospitality WiFi, added, “We are delighted to bring Matt on board. His knowledge and experience will no doubt be a great asset to our team, enabling us to bring great WiFi to even more people around the world.”

For more information, please visit www.hospitalitywifi.com

About Hospitality WiFi

Hospitality WiFi has been providing guest WiFi and other services since 2001. With the goal of providing a better guest experience for hospitality properties, MDUs, restaurants, offices, and other locations, we design, install and support wired and wireless networks, including site surveys, equipment selection and purchase, installation, and ongoing maintenance and management. Services that we offer include:

  • HSIA/WiFi Solutions
  • 24x7x365 guest support
  • DIRECTV
  • PhoneSuite
  • CCTV Solutions
  • Cloud-Based Management and Managed Services

Source: Hospitality WiFi