As Global CTO, Naveen is responsible for shaping technology strategy, driving transformation and fostering sustainable innovation. Naveen’s meaningful achievement has been assembling an insanely talented, high-performing team that wakes us every single day thinking and obsessing about how technology can not only create highest, fastest and lasting business value to Marriott International but also alter the trajectory of travel industry. He believes that the next five years will witness a meaningful surge in technology advancements designed to enrich our customer experience – ranging from hyper-personalization, AI-enabled services, and quantum implementations to immersive and sustainable innovations.

Previously Naveen served as Vice President of Software Engineering, Product and Experience Design at Hilton Worldwide. Naveen has over twenty years of business technology leadership experience spanning travel & hospitality, manufacturing, education, consumer services, financial services, consulting, non-profit, and healthcare verticals.