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Carnival Cruise Line Names Sean Kenny Senior Vice President And Chief Information Officer
MIAMI (Jan. 11, 2017) — SeanKenny, a highly seasoned leadership professional with extensive experience intechnology and business operations, has been named senior vice president andchief information officer for Miami-based Carnival Cruise Line. Kenny beginsJanuary 15 and will report to James Heaney, chief financial officer forCarnival Cruise Line.
Kenny will lead the development and execution of Carnival Cruise Line'sincreasingly important technology strategy. He also will partner withCarnival's sister brands to develop a long-term technology program andgovernance structure to guide those efforts on the corporate level.
"Sean has a broad and deep backgroundin IT and is well positioned to lead us into the future as we continue toevolve our extremely important IT function both ashore and on board our fleetof ships," said Heaney. "We are excited to welcome him aboard."
A native of Canada, Kenny movedto the U.S. with Ernst & Young Consulting where he was managing partner formajor clients throughout the country including the Port of Seattle, Blue CrossBlue Shield of Ohio, McDonald's Corporation and McDonnell Douglas.
He then moved on to an internationalconsulting role followed by a shift to IT services company EDS, based inDallas, Texas. There he focused on global IT transformation and workedwith clients including American Airlines, Delta and Marriott. Just prior tojoining Carnival, he worked with Ernst & Young as a global client servicesexecutive for two Fortune 200 accounts.
Kenny is author of "The Contemporary Director" and was a contributor to "TheManaged Health Care Handbook, Fourth Edition." He is a sought-after lecturer onan array of business topics, speaking to a variety of audiences including theInstitute of Management Consultants in Palm Beach, Florida, and WashingtonUniversity.
Kenny holds a degree in Bachelor Studies from the University ofRegina/Saskatchewan.
He will be relocating to Miami for his new role.
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About CarnivalCruise Line
Carnival,a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is"The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 25 ships operatingthree- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska,Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Australia, New Zealand and thePacific Islands. Two 133,500-ton Vista class ships are currentlyscheduled for delivery - Carnival Horizon in 2018 and an as-yet-unnamed vesselin 2019. Additionally, two new 180,000-ton ships are scheduled to enter servicein 2020 and 2022.
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