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Acworth, Ga, Us

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Support the Chief Commercial & Technology Officer in the identification and delivery of the global strategies, programs, and initiatives that drive the commercial and technology agenda. Manage and deliver enterprise initiatives to include strategic planning, organizational performance and effectiveness, portfolio planning and orchestration, operating model development, and financial controls. Develop and maintain long-term strategies, roadmaps, and implementation plans in… Show more Support the Chief Commercial & Technology Officer in the identification and delivery of the global strategies, programs, and initiatives that drive the commercial and technology agenda. Manage and deliver enterprise initiatives to include strategic planning, organizational performance and effectiveness, portfolio planning and orchestration, operating model development, and financial controls. Develop and maintain long-term strategies, roadmaps, and implementation plans in collaboration with executives across a global, cross-functional organization comprised of digital channels, revenue management, technology services, technology products, and information security to drive organizational outcomes. Develop executive committee and board level briefings and presentations.Ensure alignment and visibility across the enterprise for all commercial and technology initiatives and programs, including functional and regional partners, executive committees, and internal and external stakeholders. Show less

Greater Atlanta Area

Selected by IHG to serve as a driving force, leading teams to define, articulate and execute against the Guest Reservation System (GRS) business case. Including definition and realization of distribution product roadmaps, ensuring solutions are positioned to enable the future of IHG selling.External Partner Interface (EPI) -EPI allows IHG to transact with 100+ global partners such as Expedia (OTA), Google (Metasearch) and Sabre (GDS). EPI facilitates ~$9.1B in revenue from indirect… Show more Selected by IHG to serve as a driving force, leading teams to define, articulate and execute against the Guest Reservation System (GRS) business case. Including definition and realization of distribution product roadmaps, ensuring solutions are positioned to enable the future of IHG selling.External Partner Interface (EPI) -EPI allows IHG to transact with 100+ global partners such as Expedia (OTA), Google (Metasearch) and Sabre (GDS). EPI facilitates ~$9.1B in revenue from indirect channels.Hotel Content Manager (HCM) -HCM enables IHG global estate (~5200 Properties) to collect, manage and distribute image & descriptive content to channel partners. Responsibilities include leading key stakeholder groups in order to develop content strategy to support on-going corporate initiatives.GRS Business Integration -Establish, lead and develop team of product managers responsible for aligning IHG business product owners, ensuring flawless integration of Amadeus Guest Reservation System into 10+ IHG ecosystems. Team success measured through enablement of global estate rollout of next-generation reservation system, sunset of legacy reservation platform and ensuring business continuity with no dilution to existing revenue streams. Show less

Greater Atlanta Area

Lead for development/lauch of the aircraft weight & balance and check-in modules of the Horizon Passenger Service Solution (PSS). Collaborated with program sponsor to define and manage scope of Horizon initative. Developed and implemented process that ensured project deliverables could be measured, ensuring alignment to business case. Led team of 50+ resources, distributed across 10-time zones, through program execution.

Greater Atlanta Area

Defined and implemented web/mobile e-commerce solutions, enabling customer airlines to increase direct channel capture of seat and ancillary revenue, driving down cost of sales. Client engagements included United Airlines, Frontier Airlines, COPA Airlines.

Greater Atlanta Area

Created travel IT solutions for the leading air carriers in the airline industry. Projects include developing and implementing cross functional enhancements for Departure Control, Reservations, Electronic Ticketing, Web Services, Government Applications, GUI, Common Use Platforms, etc

- C-130H2 Flight Engineer- C-17A Airdrop Instructor Loadmaster

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

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