Abbie Michaelson is vice president of meetings & groups for HRS, the global corporate hospitality leader used by 3,000 multi-national companies. Based in London, Abbie started with HRS in 2017 after five years on the executive boards of two Vista Equity Partners companies, including a two-year stint leading Cvent’s international business growth. Abbie has 25+ years of proven success as an executive leader in Technology / Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environment, including multiple roles with British Telecom. HRS introduced its Simple Meetings solution for companies in North America in July 2017. HRS works with companies on simple meetings in more than a dozen languages worldwide.