Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. named Mike Sutten vice president and chief information officer…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. named Mike Sutten vice president and chief information officer. In his new role,Sutten will be responsible for the company`s 350 Information Technology employees and contractors, their annual budget and their operational support of the global cruise-vacation company. Sutten will report to Jack Williams, the company`s president and chief operating officer.
Sutten previously served as vice president of Royal Caribbean`s Information Technology Development Group, a solutions-driven group responsible for all facets of software development and implementations throughout the company. In that position, he focused on the transformation of existing applications into new, state-of-the-art systems that take full advantage of electronic business, application and data integration.
Clearly, information technology is at the core of every business, trade and operational transaction we make, and how we perform those functions is critical to our continued success, Williams said. Equally clear is that Mike Sutten has the vision, drive and commitment to lead our company to still higher levels of excellence. Sutten, a 25-year information technology veteran, joined Royal Caribbean in June 2000. Previously, he was with Koch
Industries as chief technology officer, and with Sybase Products Groups as director of middleware programs. He also worked with General Electric`s Advanced Technology Labs and General Dynamics Electronics Systems.
Sutten has a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Iowa State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of San Diego.
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