Wiseman brings extensive experience in
product and digital leadership to help propel company's growth
plans
Current Travel Solutions CPO Wade Jones
announces plans to step away after transition period
SOUTHLAKE, Texas, July 28,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ:
SABR), a leading software and technology company that powers
the global travel industry, today announced that Wade Jones, EVP and chief product officer of its
Travel Solutions business, has elected to depart the company. He
will be succeeded by Garry Wiseman,
who will join the company on August
1. Jones will remain with Sabre for a period of transition,
before officially stepping away this fall.
"Wade has been a vital member of Sabre's executive leadership
team over the past seven years," said Kurt
Ekert, the company's president. "We appreciate his impact on
our strategy and culture, especially during times of
transformation, both as president of the company's distribution
business and in recent years as our chief product officer in travel
solutions. Wade was instrumental in building our product
organization and designing an industry-leading product portfolio
that will help enable Sabre to deliver on its promise for
personalized travel. I am thankful for the legacy that he has
created at Sabre."
Wiseman will join the company August
1 and brings over 25 years of product, technology and
digital leadership experience in developing and operating
large-scale platforms at some of the world's most innovative
technology companies, including Dell, eBay, Microsoft, Nautilus and
Salesforce.
Ekert continued, "Garry is a deeply accomplished executive with
a proven track record of building and scaling high-growth products
in both B2C and B2B environments. He will be an integral member of
our leadership team as we further invest in our value propositions,
develop cutting-edge technologies that serve new and existing
customers, and execute against our vision to be the premier global
technology platform in travel."
Wiseman stated, "I'm truly thrilled to be joining the global
Sabre family. This is a pivotal time in the travel industry and we
need to be highly innovative to meet the changing needs of our
customers. This is why I'm honored to work with the teams here to
define and deliver the best-in-class technologies that will elevate
the end-to-end travel experience."
About Garry
Wiseman
As noted above, Wiseman
brings over two decades of product leadership to this role,
as well as expertise in designing and implementing high scale
digital experiences at some of the world's largest technology
companies.
Most recently, he was senior vice president and chief digital
officer at Nautilus, Inc., a role he held since 2020. Prior to
that, Wiseman was senior vice president of digital customer
experience for Dell Technologies. During his tenure, he led the
company through a rapid digital transformation; establishing a
design thinking centric, customer first focus, which led to
significant year-over-year revenue increases, and enhanced customer
and employee net promoter scores. Wiseman was responsible for
Dell.com, The Dell Premier B2B
marketplace, all offline sales systems and in-house commerce
platforms, as well as leading product management, design,
engineering, and content teams.
Prior to Dell, Wiseman held
senior leadership roles across product management, e-commerce, and
software engineering for global technology companies including
Microsoft, eBay and Salesforce. Additionally, he is recognized as
an author on 8 US patents.
The company also announced today that it has hired Mike Randolfi to succeed Doug Barnett as the company's next chief
financial officer. Randolfi will join Sabre next month. Barnett
announced his retirement today and will retire from Sabre at the
end of October.
About Sabre Corporation
Sabre Corporation is a
leading software and technology company that powers the global
travel industry, serving a wide range of travel companies including
airlines, hoteliers, travel agencies and other
suppliers. The company provides retailing, distribution and
fulfilment solutions that help its customers operate more
efficiently, drive revenue and offer personalized traveler
experiences. Through its leading travel marketplace, Sabre connects
travel suppliers with buyers from around the globe. Sabre's
technology platform manages more than $260B worth of global travel spend annually.
Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre serves customers in more
than 160 countries around the world. For more information
visit www.sabre.com.
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sabre.investorrelations@sabre.com
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