2024 Speakers

Chad A. Willis, A.A.E. ENV SP Director, Planning and Sustainability Chad Willis serves as the Director, Planning for the Allegheny County Airport Authority (ACAA) where he leads a team of professionals who work on key projects in capital planning, environmental compliance and sustainable green...

Since April 2021, Olaf has been leading the Lufthansa Group's Global Retail Partner Management, where he is responsible for the commercial management and strategic development of retail partnerships including e.g. GDS, OTAs and meta search engines. For almost 3 years, he has been in this...

Ryan Chou is the Managing Director of the investments team at JetBlue Ventures. With over eight years of experience in venture capital and startups, Ryan brings extensive knowledge and expertise to drive innovation within the industry.   Prior to joining JetBlue Ventures, Ryan worked as a...

A highly experienced and multicultural aviation industry professional, Fabricio Cojuc has held numerous C-level positions, up to CEO, with regional, LCC and full service airlines in Mexico throughout his 35-year aviation industry career. He has also been involved in leadership roles with several...

Eric Crump always wanted to fly airplanes. From as early as anyone remembers, he was looking up at airplanes flying overheard and hounding his family members to take him to the airport to watch airplanes come and go. When Eric was 13 years old, he received an intro flight reward for making straight ...

Anne is the Founder of IN Air Travel Experience, a boutique consultancy focused on Customer Experience, Innovation and Environmental Sustainability for Airlines. IN Air Travel Experience curates tranformational travel experiences that are impactful, sustainable and drive strategic growth, and has...

Vijay Dheap heads RozieAI’s technology initiatives. He has been helping enterprises apply emerging technologies to realize tangible business value for over two decades. He is a published author and an innovator with over fifteen patents worldwide in a wide range of fields including...

Lisa Eyamie is the Director of Digital Roadmap and Innovation at WestJet. In her role, she focuses on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of digital transformation. Lisa creates digital visions, strategies and plans to support the organization in leveraging technology that helps people do their...

Karyn Fernandes currently heads the Pricing Strategy and Revenue Analysis team at Sun Country Airlines, a Minnesota based hybrid low cost carrier. For the past 21 years, she has held increasing roles from Ops to Network to Pricing and Revenue Management. She has degrees in International Business...

With over 15 years of experience in business development and sales, I am passionate about innovative solutions for the travel industry. I have a strong background in airport and airline partnerships, and I am currently the Business Development Lead at Airsiders, a company that creates seamless...

Daniel Friedli is Managing Director and Partner at Travel in Motion AG. He is a solution driven travel industry consultant with extensive knowledge of the passenger airline and air travel domain. Daniel works with airlines and other entities in the travel value chain, as well as the technology...

  As the Founder & CEO of Odynn, I am on a mission to revolutionize the loyalty and awards industry by using machine learning to help financial institutions, fintechs, banks, and travel techs turbo charge their loyalty programs by helping end users earn and redeem their points and...

Chris is a transportation executive with over 20 years of experience in commercial operations, business development and product innovation.  In his current role as Director, Innovation & Technology Development, at Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR),  Chris is responsible for developing and...

Lucía is Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer and is responsible for corporate affairs, internal and external communications and driving the execution of the sustainability and social impact strategy, with the objective of strengthening the corporate reputation and positioning of the...

Christy Gomez, M.P.M., C.M., serves as the Airline Affairs Program Manager for the City of Phoenix Aviation Department, overseeing the strategic management of all airlines operating at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. With over a decade of dedicated experience in the aviation...

With a distinguished career at the forefront of finance and commercial sectors within leading airlines such as British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, my journey culminated in a pivotal leadership role as Director of Commercial Strategy. Here, I played a crucial role in shaping the future of the...

Galen Greene has been responsible for Market Development at Eastman since 2021. A key focus of his role is driving a strategy on how Eastman can support the aviation industry's circular economy ambitions including recycling innovation and waste elimination. He previously held roles focused on...

Kiera Haining is the SVP of Travel at Hopper, a global travel platform that powers Hopper’s mobile app and HTS partners' direct channels. As the SVP of Travel, she currently oversees all aspects of Hopper’s air and transportation business units. Kiera joined Hopper in 2018 to head up our data...

                                                                                          Aviation Discoveries Inc. is the result of a vision and commitment of Shatequa Hamilton, a former educator, who has encompassed the air transport industry serving in capacities of International Flight...

Andrew is a seasoned digital product strategy leader who has built, led and worked on multi-disciplinary teams focused on the development, production and management of radically innovative products and customer experiences within the digital ecosystem. Currently, he is a Manager of Digital Product...

Mark Heefner is the Commissioner of Aviation for the Greater Binghamton Airport (BGM). His focus at the Airport is sustainable and future growth for the Airport through the addition of air service to BGM, growing General Aviation at BGM, cultivating additional non-commercial aviation business, and...

Kevin has been advancing technology in the aviation industry for 20+ years, having joined Cirium in 2022 as the Head of Product. Previously, Kevin worked for over 15 years at Lockheed Martin, including as the CTO for all Airline, Airport, and Air Traffic Control products. He also has over four...

A native of Los Angeles, Amy Imamura currently serves as the Director of Economic Impact & Transformation for The Development Group at Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). In this role, she oversees the Economic Impact Team to ensure business inclusivity and local workforce compliance for LAWA’s...

Maria Julia Poratelli is an architect graduated from the University of Buenos Aires. She holds a degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York. She attended several postgraduate studies and programs on air transport in Argentina, UK and USA. She worked for the...

Over the last 5 years of my professional career at LOT I gained experience in departments responsible for creating a price offer, its distribution and finally sales. Gaining such extensive experience of an offer life cycle allowed me to take up the position of Head Of Sales and NDC Project...

Serial entrepreneur and tech investor with almost 30 years experience within the travel industry. He was the Chief Commercial Officer of Aerolineas Argentinas, where he led the company's transformation plan and its entrance into SkyTeam. Afterwards, he founded and led two of the largest travel...

Heinrich LangeVice President Digital Retailing | Lufthansa Group AirlinesFrom January 2024, Heinrich will be responsible for building and growing the Lufthansa Groupairlines’ digital air retail activities. He is dedicated to realizing digital innovations by nurturingrobust collaboration and joint...

Director, Product Management – Contact Centres I Air Canada With 26 years of dedicated service at Air Canada, I have had the privilege of contributing to various critical roles within our organization. My journey began as a Customer Sales and Service Agent, where I honed my passion for delivering ...

Currently Head of Ideation & Entrepreneurship Division at Aena, responsible for Aena Ventures, Innova Program, Technological Surveillance team and innovative proofs of concept. He has been working in the company for more than seven years in the innovation and customer experience unit and...

Adam Lunn is currently serving as the Airport Assistant Director for Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland, FL. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from Florida Southern College and a Bachelor of Science Management from the University of South Florida. Adam is a Certified...

Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, Javier Martos came across the aviation industry by chance, when he started working for Spain's air navigation manager, AENA (now ENAIRE), more than 15 years ago. A few years later, captivated by this industry, Javier decided to “change sides” and join 2e...

Mr. Bryan Matthews is a senior research engineer with KBR, Inc. and member of the Data Science Group at NASA Ames Research Center. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University in 2002. Since 2001 he has worked at NASA Ames Research Center, and has been a...

Christopher Munoz, Senior International Trade Specialist for the U.S. Department of Commerce at the South Florida U.S. Export Assistance Center office. In his position he’s dedicated to enhancing global competitiveness, expanding market access, and increasing exports for U.S. Industries. Before...

I'm Olivier Navarro, Senior Director, Revenue Management and Pricing for Canada's most loved airline, Air Transat. I've joined this fabulous company in 2015 and was since able to elevate the RM&P practices by transforming processes, implementing industry level tools and, most of...

Louie Orbeta serves as the Manager for Cybersecurity and IT infrastructure for Winnipeg Airports Authority. He holds a CISSP designation, a degree in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba, and a Management diploma from the University of Winnipeg. His professional journey started in the...

Liliana Petrova, CCXP, is the founder and CEO of  The Petrova Experience, a boutique international customer experience firm that works with corporations and public agencies in transportation, travel and hospitality, and healthcare. Liliana Petrova is a proven, visionary leader in the field of...

Victoria is a transformation advocate with innovative, strategic, and tactical abilities across diverse service, product & technology layers. She has a unique ability to craft an enterprise strategy through deep and wide observation skills and communicate transformation opportunities &...

Guillermo brings a wealth of regional experience in loyalty, having held senior positions in loyalty within retail and travel. He is currently Head of Loyalty at SKY Airline and has overseen the launch of the SKY loyalty program. Previously, he led the digital transformation of the largest loyalty...

With a background in process improvement, tech innovation, and product leadership - Taylor leads a portfolio of commercial revenue products for Alaska Airlines. She recieved her Masters of Science in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle and both her Bachelors of Science in Finance and Bachelors of Science ...

A University of Los Andes graduate with a degree in Electronic Engineering, my extensive knowledge spans across airport and airline systems, with a particular focus on large-scale project development and the direction of interdisciplinary teams.Throughout my career, I have honed my analytical...

Arrel Rose serves as a Senior Manager on the Digital Platform for Southwest Airlines. In this role she has championed the SAFe transformation for the Digital Platform Ecosystem of more than 15 + development teams. With a background in leading cross-functional teams across various industries, Arrel...

Debdas is the CEO of TCG Digital, the flagship, modern-age technology company of The Chatterjee Group. TCG Digital helps solve complex business problems; leveraging the power of state-of-the-art innovations in the areas of: AI, analytics, mobility, cybersecurity, Blockchain, IOT, and other cutting...

Patricio was born in Santiago de Chile, where he graduated as a Business Engineer from the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences of the University of Chile. He held the position of Executive President and CEO of the LAN Airlines airline where he produced the strongest change experienced...

Charlie Shapiro is Executive Producer of the top ranked Airlines Confidential Podcast. He is a media and marketing professional with over 40 years experience. Shapiro is founder & president of Massmedia, Inc., a full service ad agency and has worked with national and regional businesses...

As JetBlue Ventures’ Managing Director of Operations & Partnerships, Stephen’s role is to build an ecosystem of partners and deployment opportunities for the many technologies of JBV’s portfolio companies. He focuses on advancing innovation thinking and compelling value propositions throughout...

Candice Sparks is a Director of Product Marketing at Attentive, with over a decade of experience bringing new products to market. Prior to Attentive, she focused her efforts at high-growth start-ups often being the first hired product marketer. This experience has enabled her to build the product...

Christiane Stamp is an experienced customer experience consultant who has built enterprise data-driven customer engagement strategies in partnership with Commercial, Digital, and IT Teams for JetBlue Airways. She successfully executed the first-ever enterprise CRM and customer data foundation...

Adam R. Thompson is President of Lagniappe Aviation, a botique aviation consulting firm that handles several industry disciplines including management and marketing, as well as Flight, Ground and Technical Operations. Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelors of Science in Aeronautics and additional formal...

Csaba Végső has close to 15 years of experience building customer-facing digital solutions, and a deeply rooted interest in aviation. Currently, he leads 815Labs, a strategic unit of the Mito Group, that focuses on building and optimizing airline digital storefronts – IBEs, mobile apps, and...

Bio:  Peter von Moltke ─ Founder & CEO, DeepLine Consulting. Peter has 35+ years of aviation, travel distribution, and travel tech experience, acquired with Continental Airlines, American Airlines, Lufthansa, Sabre, Orbitz, Lufthansa Systems, Amadeus, and OAG.   He is currently CEO of his...

Trista Weaver is a business architect at Southwest Airlines. She assists the company define common a common language to describe what the company does and capture tribal knowledge as an enterprise resource.

Gary Weissel is the Managing Officer of Tronos Aviation Consulting providing a wide range of advisory services to the aviation industry with a special focus on aircraft interiors.  Mr. Weissel’s aviation career spans 34 years.  Prior to starting Tronos Aviation Consulting, he spent 14 years at ICF...

Dr. John Williams is a Ph.D. mathematician whose career has straddled the nexus between artificial intelligence, weather, and optimal decision theory, particularly in the area of aviation weather. He worked for 18 years in the Aviation Applications Program at the U.S. National Center for...

Aimee Wright is an industry leader in digital commerce and loyalty. She has over 25 years of experience working for and with financial institutions. Currently, Aimee is heading up digital distribution and loyalty rewards business channels for Blackhawk Network.

Russ Zhurba is a an engineering leader with 15 years of experience driving innovation at industry giants like Meta, Comcast, and Wikipedia, alongside groundbreaking startups. Throughout his career, he have consistently focused on the intersection of cutting-edge technology and real-world business...