Agilysys adds software veteran Dan Bell in a newly created sales leadership role focused on PMS and POS growth in North America.
Bell serves as vice president, North America sales East – hotels, resorts and cruises 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.
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 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, 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.