Ionut Badea Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Leading the Shop Order Standards Board and its Advisory Forum, comprised of senior airline, technology provider and travel management executives, driving the strategy of the future airline commercial distribution. I manage a team that covers Reservations, Ticketing, Pricing, Currency, Mileage, New Distribution Capability (NDC), ONE Order, Departure Control Systems, Intermodal and Integration standards, policies, procedures, recommended practices and data exchange (TTY, EDIFACT, XML). • I develop and maintain trusted working relationships and communications with key decision makers at industry level • Initiator & implementor of the next level cooperation agreement between air and rail industries (press release here) (incl. roll-out for signature of MoU by the IATA DG with UIC rail industry)

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Advocacy and industry engagement for the adoption of ONE Order while driving change in replacing industry legacy constructs of PNRs, Tickets and EMDs. Created, managed and delivered the ONE Order pilot program (8 pilots certified, case studies), established ONE Order certification program (26 organizations certified).• Co-authored IATA ONE Order Strategy Paper and Transition to ONE Order whitepaper • Managed engagement sessions (research, ideation, co-creation & risk assessment) with C level suite in different airlines to drive change based on IATA standards • Designed specialized global workshops with airline companies on impacts of new system & data to their particular organization• Represented IATA in different industry events and delivered impactful speeches on ONE Order

Madrid Area, Spain

- Part of the newly created Travel Intelligence Unit- In charge of creating Airline Big Data products in the areas of Pricing, Demand, Revenue Management and Revenue Integrity.

Doha

- Comprehensive knowledge of Revenue Optimization practices within the airline with a focus on O&D Revenue Management, Pricing, Pricing Systems, Availability calculations and Distribution. - Currently managing the IATA NDC pilot project at Qatar Airways with an objective to design a merchandising platform able to generate/consume NDC messages part of the PSS.- Managing the implementation of availability data in the Google Flight Search product across multiple internal departments and the external vendors involved.- Attended the IATA PDG & PDGAF in Singapore 2015

Qatar, Doha

- Specialized in PROS RTDP, PROS O&D PCFV, PL/P (Profitline/Price), QL2, Altea INV, delivering training to new joiners and refresher courses for staff.- Created, managed and implemented numerous projects with the aim to increase revenue, streamline workflows and improve the revenue management systems used by the company such as:an Online upgrade system in order to gain incremental revenue by offering passengers the ability to upgrade their cabin of service under certain RM conditions for a special price. ROI achieved in less than 3 moths since product go-live.- Designed and implemented a Distressed Inventory system in order to gain incremental revenue by offering station offices the ability to automatically file flash sales on selected O&Ds.- Developed and maintained reports for higher management on system's performance, trackers, feature requests, revenue, ROI, CMC, Business cases, Project plans.- Providing expert knowledge on how to accomplish business strategies using system's capabilities and drafting new feature request documentation in case a need to change/improve functionality is identified.- Providing training to new joiners, outstations, refresher courses to current staff.- Key role in the oneWorld alliance joining project, identifying and handling the changes required in the areas of pricing, revenue accounting and availability calculations.- Implemented the use of Revenue Accounting data- Attended the IATA PDG & PDGAF in Montreal, Canada 2014- Attended the IATA WPS in San Diego, USA 2014- Attended AACO conference in Muscat, Oman 2014- Attended AACO conference in Amman, Jordan 2013- Attended the WPS in Dublin, Ireland October 2013- Attended Lufthansa Systems Conference Seeheim 2011

Doha, Qatar

- I was responsible for systems availability, accuracy and performance and for the technical support of the Revenue Management systems. Key functions were to liaise with the IT department, external vendors and RM resources to ensure systems integration and to support Revenue Management on project management to ensure successful implementation of ongoing projects.- Assigned to handle PROS Pricing (PCFV), Revenue accounting data, RTDP, Profitline/Price, internal pricing tool, QL2 ensuring the normal operation of the RM systems and the prompt resolution of system disruptions.- I was also perform ongoing analysis, modifications and ongoing maintenance of RM systems together with training of all new joiners in my respective area.

- Managed the upgrade of Worldticket reservation system to a new platform- Managed the transition from Worldticket reservation system to Navitaire New Skies 3.x. Project kickoff in August with go-live on the 17'th November.- Upgraded link to 1A GDS system to a type A connection ETKT- Obtained Blue Air's 3 letter accounting code from IATA- Managed IATA IBCS membership- Successfully joining 13 BSP markets for selling ETKTs- Attending BSPlink training course- Contracted IATA ICCS for money flow- Managed ePayment PSP certification with Navitaire in 4 weeks- Managed Zebra printers certification with Navitaire for check-in and boarding- Managed data mapping and data conversion processes between the different reservation systems- Providing support for Blue Air employees - Performing system setup to align to Blue Air's requirements- Redesigned accounting procedures according with the data provided in the new reservation system to link to Navision (Microsoft Dinamycs)- Implemented Revenue Management and Price optimization system SkyPrice- Implemented XML API connection with a revenue increase of 10%- Adding value to the product by implementing ancillary services like car rental, hotel

Bucharest, Romania

- Internal main point of contact for all issues/questions related to the reservation system involved in an active manner in analyzing and establishing a course of action. Responsible to assign and follow up on tasks - In charge with 1A GDS implementation on a type B connection- Managing a marketing project with Western Union and Mercury 360 for a period of 4 months- Responsible for acknowledging and auditing all the invoices related to the reservation system and the GDS - Direct point of contact for IATA, ATPCO, OAG- Successfully implemented procedure of uploading fares to ATPCO and schedule to OAG- Implemented together with the Payment Service Provider GeCad ePayment the possibility of charging the customer in different currencies in the reservation system online at that time, as a result a revenue increase of 3% for RON currency was noticed

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering - Mechatronics And Robotics

Faculty of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering (University) ISCED 6

Engineer'S Degree, Microtribology; High Precision Hydro And Pneumatic Systems; Optical, Optoelectronical And Audio-Vide

Faculty of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering (University) ISCED 5

College Degree, Math, English, It

Math - Computer Science - English