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Leonardo Announces Significant Investment in R&D and New Product Leadership

Leonardo’s Investment in Product Leadership, R&D and Innovative Software Will Accelerate its Growth as a Technology Leader


Toronto, Canada – WEBWIRE

Leonardo Worldwide Corporation continues its advancement as a technology leader serving the global hospitality industry announced a significant investment in technology and research and development (R&D) in order to develop innovative software solutions that improve the way hotels and travel websites market themselves online.

Leonardo Announces First-Ever Chief Scientist and VP Innovation
Victor Robison, Leonardo’s Chief Technology Officer for the past decade, has been appointed Leonardo’s first-ever Chief Scientist and Vice President Innovation and will lead the company’s research initiatives in key areas of interest applicable to Leonardo’s business and product offerings.

“Victor has been a key driver in the transformation of Leonardo from a media production company into a leading provider of technology solutions that improve the way hoteliers connect and engage online travel shoppers. In his new role, Victor will lead our investment in R&D to further continue Leonardo’s growth as an innovative technology leader,” said Paolo Boni, Leonardo’s CEO.

Increased Investment in Product Development Leadership
Along with Robison, Leonardo has also appointed Ranji Narine as Vice President Engineering, and Derek Wagland as Vice President Product Management. Narine and Wagland worked together at NexJ Systems, where they executed and refined a Managed Agile process that they will implement at Leonardo.

In the past year, Leonardo has also tripled the size of the UI/UX team to further invest resources in product development and fulfill its mission to develop innovative technology with stimulating visual design and incredible usability.

Accelerating Cloud-Based Infrastructure
As the demand for fast-paced online technology grows, Leonardo has been working with leading industry cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services since 2009 and has recently made an over $1.0 million investment in infrastructure – joining companies like TripAdvisor, Priceline, and trivago – to open a new North American Data Center campus at Equinix Ashburn Virginia, known as the “backbone of the internet” where most software companies host their cloud services as well. This investment will allow Leonardo to continue to provide cutting-edge technology solutions to the hospitality industry.

From Media Distribution to Digital Marketing Innovation
Over the course of Leonardo’s history, the company has transformed from a visual content producer in the early 2000’s to a rich media distribution company. Now, Leonardo is a technology leader in the hospitality industry, providing e-marketers at hotel brands, management companies, hotel properties and travel websites with technology solutions that improve the way they present their hotels to travel shoppers, including its newest product Vizlly, a Multi-Channel Digital Marketing System.

Leonardo’s significant investment in Product Development, R&D and its staff will enable the company to grow as a respected technology leader and continue to develop innovative software solutions that improve digital marketing in the hospitality industry.

“Our mission is to be the travel industry’s respected innovator in providing software-based solutions that improve online marketing and have strong and reliable technology, awesome usability and visual design that breaks the mold of traditional software. In order to do that, we’ve brought on highly-skilled individuals who can take this company to new heights and we’re all excited to participate in Leonardo’s growth over the next few years,” said John McAuliffe, Leonardo’s President.

About Leonardo
Leonardo Worldwide Corporation is a technology company serving the global hospitality industry. Leonardo provides e-marketers at hotel brands, management companies, hotel properties and travel websites with technology solutions that improve the way they present their hotels online to travel shoppers.

Leonardo’s core products include Vizlly, a cloud-based Multi-Channel Digital Marketing System that makes it easy for hotel marketers to create and publish websites, mobile websites, social media apps and digital brochures for third party travel websites; VScape® Digital Asset Management System, an enterprise-level digital asset management and distribution tool that helps hotel chains better source, manage, organize, store, and publish media assets to direct and indirect online channels; and MediaConnect, advanced connectivity for travel websites to access the industry’s definitive source of hotel certified visual content.

Key to all products is Leonardo’s extensive connectivity. Using Leonardo’s VNetwork, the largest travel website network in the global hospitality industry including GDSs, Meta Search sites, OTAs and more, hoteliers can publish their content and stories to millions of travel shoppers all over the world on the channels, devices and platforms they use to shop for hotels online.

For more information about Leonardo, visit www.leonardo.com.



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