Friday, June 30, 2006

Alex D. Zoghlin

Alex Zoghlin is best known as the founding employee of Orbitz where he served as CTO. He is attempting to beat that success, now as CEO of G2 SwitchWorks. Alex was also associated with pioneering web development first at Mosaic and then at Neoglyphics. He is known for his achievements as a young, self-educated computer guru.

He has rapidly become an expert in travel-related systems. Zoghlin recently resigned his board seat at United Stationers Inc. to devote more time to his new venture, G2 SwitchWorks. He and his wife have three daughters.

Michael J. Durham

Michael Durham has a strong financial and management background, most notably in the airline and aerospace sectors. Having spent twenty years with AMR Corporation as CFO of American Airlines and CEO of Sabre, he is now the consummate board member. He serves as a member of the board of directors of Acxiom Corporation, AGL Resources, Asbury Automotive Group, and Bombardier Inc. Previous directorships include Kinkos and Hotwire, Inc.

Mr. Durham is a consultant through his own firm of Cognizant Associates, Inc. where he has acted as a paid advisor to unsecured creditors in the UAL (United Airlines) Bankruptcy. Durham and his family live in the Park Cities area of Dallas, Texas.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Nicholas Bredimus

Nicholas Bredimus is president of Bredimus Systems, Inc., a firm serving the international travel industry with emphasis on global distribution. A key player in the airline industry's changing roles for travel agents, Bredimus explained to Flight's Global newsletter that "agents had become a controllable cost rather than a necessity [by the 1990s]".

Bredimus' career included starting the first electronic ticketing network, QuikTix. Mr. Bredimus was a personal computer pioneer who helped introduce interactive travel services for PC users on Prodigy and Expedia travel service. He served as founding president American Airlines sister company AMR Travel Services.