As senior vice president and chief information officer for White Lodging, Gustaaf Schrils is responsible for leading all aspects of the enterprise information technology including but not limited to enterprise resource planning systems, financial and reporting systems, software development, corporate and hotel Infrastructure, technical support, data security, and, compliance. White Lodging is a privately owned company that develops and operates 165 hotels representing 28 brands, 40 restaurants and almost $2B in gross revenue. White Lodging employs 12,000 associates and has 17 hotels under construction.

A proven leader, with over 26 years of hospitality technology experience, Gustaaf has been with White Lodging for two years now. He is most widely recognized for his tenure of 20 years at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) where he last held the position of Vice President – Global IT Services Management. Prior to this role he was Vice President of Americas Technology for IHG.