Benjamin Pearson Email & Phone Number

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Area

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

Chicago, Illinois

• Strategic owner of route strategy for United’s largest airport (annual revenue in billions, 600+ daily departures); makes key decisions to add/cancel/change routes by analyzing demand, drivers of cost/revenue, and.
• Optimized O’Hare schedule for Coronavirus downturn; minimized fuel burn and overall trips while maximizing connectivity
• Developed and implemented strategy in collaboration with Sales to shift corporate share by optimizing key route schedules

Chicago, Illinois

• Managed monthly process of modeling, publishing, and reporting United’s rolling capacity forecast
• Developed new forecast methodology that was more accurate and consistent; the updated forecast allowed for better hiring of labor and resource allocation between airports
• Decreased preparation time of the monthly forecast process by ~50%
• Created capacity growth plan/budget—reviewed with and received approval from Chief Commercial Officer
• Forecasted continually the impact of the 737 MAX grounding on capacity and frequently communicated results with management and stakeholders in the changing environment; received special one-time bonus and recognition.
• Led monthly meetings with Finance and other United stakeholders to communicate changes in capacity

Greater Chicago Area

• Received Deloitte Applause Award for excellence in management of the client’s Latin American markets
• Project managed international teams of 2-3 people to implement financial software solution in Latin American markets
• Enabled on-time and within-budget completion of project behind schedule by obtaining additional labor at a reduced cost
• Led meetings and technical accounting trainings in Spanish with client throughout Latin America unassisted

Guatemala

• Lived completely immersed in a foreign culture, becoming fluent in Spanish