Ty Tastepe is chief technology officer for Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. He retained the same role previously held at Cedar Fair, L.P., since 2021.
Ty’s expertise in consumer-facing technologies propelled Cedar Fair’s guest satisfaction scores to new highs by implementing enhancements to the consumer’s online and park app experience. Ty also led initiatives to improve the Company’s enterprise-wide systems, the control environment behind those systems and data security in general.
Prior to joining Cedar Fair, Ty 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. Prior to that, he spent nearly two decades delivering large-scale digital transformation programs for global brands such as Universal Parks and Resorts, Hilton Hotels, and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. From 2001-2011, Ty held technology leadership roles at Disney Parks that included worldwide sales and travel operations, revenue management and marketing.
Ty earned an MBA from Villanova University and received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Drexel University.