About the Author
Kelly A. McGuire, PhD, is Vice President, Advanced Analytics for Wyndham Destination Network. She leads a team of data scientists and developers that builds custom analytic solutions for Wyndham Vacation Rental’s companies and the RCI time-share exchange. She is an analytics evangelist, helping hospitality and gaming businesses realize the value of big data and advanced analytics initiatives, to build a culture of fact-based decision making. Prior to joining Wyndham, she led SAS’s Hospitality and Travel Global Practice, a team of domain experts in hospitality, gaming, travel, and transportation. Internally at SAS, she was responsible for setting the strategic direction for the practice and defining the industry portfolio and messaging for her industries. Before taking on this role, she was the industry marketing manager for Hospitality and Gaming at SAS. She was responsible for the outbound messaging regarding SAS’s Hospitality and Gaming capabilities, particularly in the areas of revenue management and price optimization. She also worked with the joint IDeaS and SAS product management team, where she was responsible for gathering requirements for ancillary revenue management solutions such as function space, spa, and food and beverage. Kelly was also responsible for defining requirements and creating the market strategy for SAS Revenue Management and Price Optimization Analytics, which is the analytics engine for IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System.
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