Agilysys Adds Two Hospitality Veterans to Its Sales and Commercial Leadership Team
-- Mo Khanat joins the Americas Sales leadership team focused on business development and opportunity advancement for solutions across the Agilysys portfolio; Praveen Paul now leads sales for the

Mo Khanat joins the Americas Sales leadership team to expand market penetration for the Book4Time solution and drive business development across the Agilysys solution portfolio. His background includes more than two decades of hospitality industry experience with leading technology solution providers and as a practitioner with Novotel, a brand in Accor’s global portfolio.
Mo Khanat joins the Americas Sales leadership team as Vice President of Sales. Mr. Khanat’s background includes more than two decades of hospitality industry experience with leading technology solution providers and as a practitioner with Novotel, a brand in Accor’s global portfolio. Mr. Khanat will lead sales teams focused on business development and opportunity advancement for solutions across the Agilysys portfolio.
Mr. Khanat has joined Agilysys after a 13-year tenure at IDeaS Revenue Solutions, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) revenue management systems for hoteliers and property managers. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President, Global Account Management and Consulting Services at IDeaS, leading a multi-million global annual recurring revenue portfolio comprised of more than 30,000 customers. Mr. Khanat also spent five years leading account management for online travel agency Travelocity and six years in various property-level management positions with Novotel.
Praveen Paul has joined Agilysys as Area Vice President,
During his eight-year tenure with Winsar, Mr. Paul led a technology transformation from legacy software to a full SaaS platform, which now accounts for more than 80 percent of new sales for Winsar. Under his leadership, Winsar tripled its market presence to more than 30 countries and more than 2,200 installations before being acquired by RB Software in February 2025.
“Both Mo Khanat and Praveen Paul bring to Agilysys exemplary hospitality leadership experience, unrelenting focus on customer success and proven track records of driving profitable growth. As members of the Agilysys commercial leadership team, Mo and Praveen will be instrumental in continuing our market success and in further strengthening our relationships with customers,� Mr. Youssef commented.
About Agilysys, Inc.
Agilysys exclusively delivers state-of-the-art hospitality software solutions and services that help organizations go beyond what they can accomplish with traditional property management systems (PMS), point-of-sale (POS) solutions and food and beverage inventory and procurement systems. Modern, state-of-the-art solutions work standalone to provide best-in-class capabilities, or together in a coordinated ecosystem that unifies data and workflows across a property, to equip staff members to delight guests, improve efficiency and grow margins.
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