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Christopher Klimko
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Pegasus Solutions, Inc.
Chris
Klimko serves as senior
vice president and general counsel of Pegasus Solutions, the global
leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel
distributors.
Klimko’s responsibilities as senior vice president include
participation on the executive management team developing strategies
and overseeing Pegasus’ operations. As general counsel, Klimko also
oversees all legal aspects of the company’s operations. Specific areas
of involvement include mergers and acquisitions, financing, corporate
governance, employment law, intellectual property, litigation
management and oversight, product development and contracts, and other
transactional matters.
Klimko joined Pegasus in 2001 as associate general counsel, was
promoted in 2003 to senior associate counsel, and assumed his current
position in June 2006. Prior to joining Pegasus, Klimko served as
general counsel for start-up Go Figure Technology, and before that as
regional general counsel for Banc One Corporation. He began his career
as an associate with Jenkens & Gilchrist, and later was an
associate with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
Klimko holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Ohio University, and
earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the
State Bar of Texas.
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