Les Otten

Les Otten is currently involved with Maine Energy Systems and Future Metrics. He is the former CEO of the American Skiing Company. Since resigning as Chief Executive Officer in 2001, Otten has been involved in numerous other businesses and industries, including Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox.

Otten received a B.S. in Business Administration from Ithaca College in 1971, after which he worked for Killington and Sunday River ski resorts.  In 1973, at the age of 23, Otten was named ski operation manager of Sunday River in Newry, Maine.  In 1980 he purchased Sunday River, and his company, LBO Resort Enterprises, grew by acquiring Sugarbush, Attitash Bear Peak, and Cranmore.