Gordon McClendon began his journey with the Miami-based software company in 2000 in its Systems Products division. After serving as Vice President for 21years, he was named SPI’s CEO in 2022. During Gordon’s decades of service, he has distinguished himself and SPI Software, generating recognition within the vacation ownership industry as its preferred software developer. Under his guidance, SPI’s ability to remain the leader in vacation ownership software – since almost the beginning of the industry itself – has been achieved by maintaining close contacts with customers and adapting their software to keep pace with constantly evolving changes. In 2021, the 11th annual Perspective Magazine Awards named him Industry Leader. He began his career as an actuary and holds a degree in mathematics from Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois. Gordon is active with the American Resort Development Association and served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Resort & Travel Association. Earlier, he ran a major financial derivative trading firm – with offices from New York to Tokyo – and was a founding board member of the after-hours trading system, Globex. He was in a leadership position at Chicago Mercantile Exchange for many years, having the distinction of being elected to the board by the highest vote total ever.