Christopher Staab, Managing Partner
Over the years Chris has gained a masterful reputation for developing and organizing aviation-related conferences. He heads Airline Information's acclaimed Conference divison where he oversees the engineering of new events and on-going operations of the company's yearly event portfolio, business development and sponsor relations.
Chris began his career in the airline industry as a Tariff Analyst at ATPCO in Washington D.C. and later worked as an Aviation Analyst at the U.S. Department of Transportation and as Manager of Revenue Management at Amtrak.
Prior to co-founding Airline Information, Chris worked as a Business Development Manager at IATA in both Miami and Geneva, Switzerland. At IATA, he organized dozens of airline conferences around the globe and assisted airlines worldwide to rationalize their fare structures. Chris holds B.A.'s in Business Administration, History and Latin American Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. He speaks fluent Spanish and is a certified Meeting Planner. |
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 Roger Williams, Managing Partner
Roger
leads Airline Information’s Consulting division responsible for providing research, branding and marketing support for internally-generated conferences, management of online and offline publications, as well as delivering strategic consultation to the firm’s extensive clientele of transport/travel operators, and solution providers.
A co-founder of Airline Information, Roger was former chairman of 120-airline member ISMC organization and system manager for loyalty and alliances at Air Jamaica. He established a solid senior airline management track record before the age of thirty, over a period of ten years fulfilling roles in operations, customer service, sales, network planning, and marketing.
Roger is a frequent presenter at key industry events and is a leading expert on the development of future models for loyalty program reward liabilities and currency management. Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, he currently resides in the United States. Williams holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in International Relations and Intelligence from Florida International University and the University of Salford in the United Kingdom. |
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 James Pearson, Market Research
James manages Ai’s extensive database of airline professionals working in commercial roles globally. Monitoring tens of thousands of professional profiles as well as identifying personnel turnover and airline start-ups is standard daily operating procedure for James. He works closely with Ai’s conference and consulting divisions which depend on the most extensive and up-to-date professional airline database around.
James is passionate about everything to do with low-cost carriers, particularly ancillary revenue; costs, productivity and efficiency; network planning; and low-cost terminals and airports. His analysis on Ryanair has recently been published in Airliner World and his regular blog posts can be found on LoadFactor.org.
Prior to joining Ai James worked in the hospitality industry for 4 years. He is currently completing his BSc in Air Transport Management at Loughborough University and plans to read for his MSc Air Transport Management at Cranfield University beginning in the Fall of 2011.
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 Patrick Murphy, Snr. Corporate Advisor
Patrick "Paddy"
has advised Ai since the company's inception in 2004. His mentoring relationship with co-founder Chris Staab goes back even further. In addition to his advisory role with Ai Paddy is also Chairman of Aviation Performance Consultants - the aviation division of Performance Consultants International, Performance Consultants Ireland, Performance Consultants Switzerland, and Director of Cargo Mentoring Services Ltd.
Paddy has over thirty years’ experience in the airline industry, including Chairman of the Board of Ryanair - the low cost airline; and more recently as Director of Corporate Development with IATA, the International Air Transport Association. And at one time in his career he was Managing Director of Irish Continental Group - a major Irish Shipping company providing ferry and container shipping services to and from Ireland.
Paddy advises and consults to a wide range of organizations in the aviation industry, and acts as Chairman and Moderator at air transport conferences across the world.
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