Jeff Eckard
Chief Technology Officer at PeakMade Real Estate
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
About Jeff Eckard
Jeff Eckard is Chief Technology Officer at PeakMade Real Estate. Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
I’m a senior technology and business leader with 36 years of experience helping organizations modernize, automate, and scale through strategic, business‑aligned technology. My background spans global franchising, hospitality, real estate, and multi‑industry consulting, with a consistent focus on transforming operations, empowering teams, and driving measurable results. As Chief Technology Officer at PeakMade Real Estate, I oversee technology strategy, architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, automation, AI adoption, and application development across both property operations and corporate departments. Over the past five years, I’ve led our AI cultural transformation efforts, delivering training for all department leaders on what AI is, how it works, and how to identify practical, high‑value use cases. This has accelerated innovation, improved cross‑functional collaboration, and helped teams uncover real opportunities for business improvement. Alongside this work, my organization supports core property technologies, safety platforms, enterprise systems, data strategy, and vendor management to ensure strong alignment between technology investments and business priorities. I also serve as President of Redpoint Connect, a technology services and consulting firm supporting small to mid‑sized owner/operator businesses. Over the past four years, we’ve built a hands‑on AI Innovation Lab that allows us to rapidly prototype and deploy automation solutions — often using non‑technical resources to solve historically manual, time‑consuming processes. Through strategic technology optimization and smarter spend management, we’ve helped clients save more than $1.5M in technology costs and delivered over $30M in added real estate capital value. Previously, I served as Vice President of Global Hospitality Technology at IHG, leading a global team of 400 across 82 countries and managing a $92M operating budget. My organization supported 4,500+ franchised hotels, 760 managed hotels, 10,000+ corporate employees, and 15 global offices while overseeing $63M in annual technology partnerships with major global providers. Across every role, my focus remains the same: Build strong teams. Drive innovation. Solve meaningful problems. Create technology strategies that unlock real business value.
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Additional experience
Global Hospitality Technology | CIO | SVP
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
November 2016 – December 2021
Education
- Management Information Systems, Indiana University of Pennsylvania