Cedar Fair Hires Ty Tastepe as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
September 13, 2021 at 07:00 am
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Cedar Fair Entertainment Company announced that Ty Tastepe has joined the company in the newly created role of senior vice president and chief information officer. He will be based at the company’s office in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will report to President and Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Zimmerman. New Chief Information Officer Ty Tastepe brings to Cedar Fair more than two decades of digital transformation program experience with global entertainment and hospitality brands Universal, Hilton and Disney. Prior to joining Cedar Fair, Tastepe served for over two years as senior vice president, chief information and digital officer for Altar’d State, a fast-growing fashion retailer based in Tennessee with more than 120 stores in over 30 states.
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