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Our Team
We have a wealth of experience in a wide variety of commercial and operations disciplines in airlines, hotels, cargo & logistics, travel technology, and more.  Passion brought us here and we are ready to help you take your travel business to new heights.

Brad Beakley

CEO

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30+ year senior executive with  global airlines, hospitality, travel technology and consulting companies.

 

Highly focused on leveraging analytics and business intelligence tools to drive strategy, technology and process improvement.

 

Collaborative leader with a proven track record of driving technology and business function alignment.

Christian Fleischer

COO

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Globally experienced Pricing & Revenue Management professional.

Deep airline business and travel technology experience.

Provides extensive professional services to airlines receiving new or upgraded technology to allow for a smoother transition and an accelerated path to revenue generation.

Laurie Kirkpatrick

Executive Principal

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A global leader with comprehensive technology experience spanning multiple industries.

 

Product planning, engineering, systems architecture and development, quality assurance, life cycle management, operations, and IT.

 

Successfully works across diverse customer segments, cross-functional teams and strategic stakeholders to build technology that drives business efficiency and profitability. 

Mark Ellinger
Executive Principal
 

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35+ year senior executive with extensive experience in commercial aviation development and consulting across the globe.

 

A recognized aviation industry leader with a proven track record of driving revenue growth, building solid organizations, and developing successful alliances.

 

Susan Cary
Senior Consultant,
Revenue Management

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Senior leader within the global commercial airline space.

 

Deep specialization in revenue management and operational efficiencies.

 

Susan is passionate about people and highly effective as a communicator, whether in front of an executive audience or teaching a group of analysts.

Rob Lamka

Senior Consultant,

Pricing

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Pricing expert with over 40 years of airline experience, focused on rules coding. 

 

Extensive experience in both published and unpublished pricing.

 

Highly effective in working with people to achieve common goals and improve overall revenue.

Latika Laul

Senior Consultant,

Revenue Management

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Extensive experience delivering enterprise wide strategies to enable modern technology solutions for B2C experiences that add value for the customer and achieve business objectives.

 

Highly skilled in helping the business understand and enable the adoption of technology.

Focused on CRM integration, cross-channel customer journeys, direct sales channel optimization and robotic process automation.

Gina Morello
Senior Consultant,
Revenue Management

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Results-oriented leader with extensive experience in airline Commercial Strategy, Revenue Management, Merchandising and Ancillary Revenue, Cargo Consulting, Pricing and Inventory Management, Partnership Analysis, Big Data Analysis, Decision Support, Forecasting, and Next-Generation Systems Development, Implementation and Deployment.

Elizabeth Nichols
Senior Consultant,
Digital Marketing

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Experienced digital marketing leader in the travel, hospitality and healthcare industries.

 

Passionate about providing meaningful customer experiences that drive engagement and conversions.

 

Develops cross-channel digital strategy and data-driven marketing campaigns that meet business objectives and improve customer satisfaction.

Judy Peluso

Senior Consultant,

Pricing

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Pricing and revenue management expert with over 30 years of airline experience.

Focused on improving revenue for airlines.

Extensive commercial experience in leading large organizations through significant growth and change. 

Javier Pezzino

Regional Sales,

Latin America

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Senior travel industry professional with experience across multiple disciplines at airline and travel technology companies. 

 

Helps customers transform their business by being their trusted partner in selecting and implementing the right technology and processes in the operations, distribution, and commercial spaces.

 

Deep experience working with multicultural teams across different regions to achieve mutual business objectives. 

John Powell
Senior Consultant

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A strategic and operational leader in airline revenue management, alliances, loyalty programs, technology implementation, and corporate sales.

 

Provides change management guidance to global airlines, implementing revenue management software systems, and creating training programs.

A graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, also holds a multi-engine pilot's license.

Andrea Rader

Director,

Corporate Communications

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Corporate public relations and communications executive experienced in a wide range of industries, including travel, retail, news, and in non-profit sectors.

 

Develops PR strategies that work across audiences, creating effective communications for media, business partners, regulatory, internal and consumer audiences.

 

Provides PR counseling for C-level, senior executives and corporate teams to align communications with business goals.

Manisha Reddy
Senior Consultant,
Pricing & Revenue Management

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Extensive airline pricing expertise with a specialty in driving revenue for group bookings. Over six years of experience in published and unpublished pricing.

 

Executes strategic and competitive pricing policies to stimulate demand. Helps airlines optimize revenue by evaluating and improving pricing and revenue management policies, processes and technology.

 

Kevin Sams
Senior Consultant
 

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Kevin's airline career began in his teens as a delivery person for a travel agent's corporate clients.

Over the next three decades, Kevin became a recognized expert in pricing and revenue management, global alliances, pricing, technology and operations, in leadership positions at American Airlines and Sabre Corp.

He is a graduate of Emory University, a CPA, and is a licensed private pilot and realtor. 

Frans van den Broek

Senior Consultant,

Sales & Distribution

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Over 25 years of airline experience in strategic and operational roles within Sales, Contact Centers and Finance specialties.

 

Consults with global airlines in a range of pricing, revenue management, sales, call centers and distribution projects to improve revenue performance and streamline processes.
 

Frans lived and worked in four continents and is now based in Amsterdam.

Danita Waterfall-Brizzi
Senior Consultant, Cargo & Logistics

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Danita Waterfall-Brizzi is a 25+ year international aviation industry veteran.

 

She launched her career in Europe and soon after in Moscow as Director for the Delta - Aeroflot Joint Venture.

 

Her passion for cargo and logistics has flourished with hands-on experience in global sales, security, staffing, government regulations, labor laws, and operational improvement.

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