Agilysys Expands Sales Leadership, Adds Hospitality Software Veteran Dan Bell in Key New Growth Role
25 February 2025 - 12:03AM
Business Wire
– Newly Created Position of Vice President,
North America Sales East – Hotels, Resorts and Cruises Strengthens
Sales Coverage To Drive North America Property Management System
(PMS) and Point-of-Sale (POS) Growth –
Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of
hospitality software solutions and services, today announced
hospitality software veteran Dan Bell has joined the Company in a
newly created sales leadership role focused on PMS and POS growth
in North America.
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Dan Bell, Agilysys Vice President North
America Sales East (Photo: Business Wire)
Mr. Bell serves as Vice President, North America Sales East –
Hotels, Resorts and Cruises (HRC) for Agilysys. North America HRC
represents meaningful growth for the Company and formerly had been
covered by a sales team reporting to a single vice president. To
align sales coverage more closely with market opportunity, the
Company now has an East and a West region, each managed by a vice
president reporting into Chief Commercial Officer Joe Youssef. Tim
Hansen – who rejoined Agilysys in October 2023 after previously
having led sales functions for the Company from 2014 to 2021 –
serves as Vice President, North America Sales West – HRC. The
Company also continues to hire additional sales resources in each
region.
For more than two decades Mr. Bell has led teams responsible for
expanding sales of cloud/SaaS hospitality technology, PMS, POS,
mobile and guest self-service solutions for global hospitality
software providers, including Toast, Shiji Group, Oracle
Hospitality and MICROS Systems prior to its acquisition by Oracle.
His background includes working alongside leading hospitality
organizations – including Marriott International, Choice Hotels,
Curator Hotel and Resort Collection, MGM Resorts, Wynn and Encore
Resorts, Aramark, Delaware North, Disney and Cedar Fair
Entertainment Company (now merged with Six Flags) to determine the
right technology solutions to best meet each organization’s
business goals.
Most recently Mr. Bell served as Group Vice President, Hotels
and Resorts, for restaurant POS technology provider Toast, where he
helped grow the company’s sales, go-to-market and implementation
strategies for hotels.
Prior to his position at Toast, Mr. Bell led sales, business
development, deployment and support in the United States, Canada
and Latin America regions as Senior Vice President, Americas for
Shiji Group, a global provider of software and other technology to
improve operations for the hospitality, food service, retail and
entertainment markets.
Mr. Bell also led sales organizations for a combined 17 years at
hospitality POS industry pioneer MICROS Systems and at Oracle
Hospitality after Oracle acquired MICROS in 2014. During those
years he served as General Manager, Mid-Atlantic Region; Vice
President, Leisure and Entertainment Business Unit; and Senior Vice
President, North America Hotels. During his tenure, Mr. Bell was
instrumental in helping Oracle build its PMS, POS, cloud/SaaS and
mobile solutions presence in the hotel industry, including
establishing significant market share in major global brands,
regional chains and independent properties.
Mr. Bell commented on his decision to join Agilysys, “I built my
career being ‘all in’ for hospitality, so leading a sales team for
a company such as Agilysys that also is ‘all in’ for hospitality
perfectly aligns with my commitment to this industry,” Bell said.
“In the early days, hotels and other hospitality organizations
looking for technology innovation felt constrained by limited
choice. Agilysys has shattered those limitations with a remarkably
strong solution portfolio that offers the most modern and
innovative array of options for any hospitality organization to
achieve well beyond what was previously possible. The Company’s
unwavering commitment to customers, to collaborative innovation and
to ‘do what you say you will do’ execution aligns perfectly with my
values, and I look forward to helping the Company accelerate growth
in North America,” Mr. Bell added.
Mr. Youssef said, “Dan’s deep understanding of the hospitality
landscape, coupled with his expertise in POS and PMS solutions,
makes him a valuable addition to the Agilysys team. His proven
abilities to drive sales growth, build strong customer
relationships and develop winning strategies align perfectly with
our focus on empowering hospitality providers to leverage our
technology to elevate guest experiences while also improving
operating efficiencies. We are confident Dan will play a key role
in accelerating growth within our hotels, resorts and cruises
segment.”
Mr. Bell holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and
Speech Communication from The Pennsylvania State University and has
completed an Executive Leadership Program at Georgetown University
in Washington DC.
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About Agilysys, Inc.
Agilysys exclusively delivers state-of-the-art software
solutions and services that help organizations achieve High Return
Hospitality™ by maximizing Return on Experience (ROE) through
interactions that make ‘personal’ profitable. Customers around the
world use Agilysys Property Management Systems (PMS), Point-of-Sale
(POS) solutions, Food & Beverage Inventory and Procurement
(I&P) systems and accompanying hospitality ecosystem solutions
to consistently delight guests, retain staff and grow margins. The
Agilysys 100% hospitality customer base includes branded and
independent hotels; multi-amenity resorts; casinos; property, hotel
and resort management companies; cruise lines; corporate dining
providers; higher education campus dining providers; food service
management companies; hospitals; lifestyle communities; senior
living facilities; stadiums; and theme parks.
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Investor Contact: Jessica Hennessy, Agilysys, Inc.,
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investorrelations@agilysys.com
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