BEVERLY HILLS, CA Hilton Hotels Corp. has promoted several executives in its purchasing and information technology departments.
David Depkon was named vp/purchasing operations and David Shattuck was appointed vp/supply management in the purchasing division. In his new position, Depkon will be responsible for field operations of Hilton Supply Management, which entails overseeing five regional supply management offices located in Beverly Hills, CA, Phoenix, Chicago, Memphis and New York. Shattuck will now be responsible for overseeing Hilton s contracts and relationships with national suppliers of products and services to the entire family of Hilton brands.
John Flack, in Hilton s information technology division, has been promoted to vp/shared operational services. In his new role Flack will have primary responsibility for Hilton s technology infrastructure and facilities that support Hilton s major business systems including systems/telecommunications engineering and architecture, computer/network operations, and electronic mail communications that support all hotels. (4/30/01)