FTE Global Speakers

Meet the latest confirmed speakers joining FTE Global in Dallas.

FTE Global presents our strongest speaker line-up yet

Confirmed speakers include:

Chris McLaughlin

CEO DFW International Airport

Andrew Watterson

COO Southwest Airlines

Patrick Carreno

Director of Aviation Dallas Love Field Airport

John Thomas

CEO Connect Airlines

Thomas Hoff Andersson

Chief Operating Officer Munich Airport

Gerhard Girkinger

Vice President, Customer Experience and Airports Oneworld

Sharon McCloskey

VP Customer Experience Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Douglas Wycoff

Director Digital Technologies & Innovation Tampa International Airport

Courtney Moore

Deputy Executive Director - Strategy, Innovation & Experience Los Angeles World Airports

Tom Stevens

VP Customer Experience and Service Operations Air Canada

Steve Goldberg

SVP of Operations and Hospitality Southwest Airlines

Gary Tomasulo

Vice President, Corporate Security & Chief Security Officer American Airlines

Mohamed Charkas

EVP, Chief Development and Infrastructure Officer DFW International Airport

Phillip Elchitz

Director, Operations & Innovation Kelowna International Airport

Allen Yuarata

Director - Terminal, Baggage and Groundside Services Vancouver Airport Authority

Ted Gordon

VP Airport Affairs Southwest Airlines

Jason Van Eaton

Executive Vice President, Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer Southwest Airlines

Paul Puopolo

Executive Vice President of Innovation Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Stuart Holdstock

Head of projects and processes – Operations Lufthansa

Diego Alonso Tabares

Airport Operations Senior Engineer Airbus

Jerome Woodward

Executive Vice President of Operations DFW International Airport

Jim Moses

Senior Vice President of DFW Operations American Airlines

Paul Drury

VP Product Development and Innovation DFW International Airport

Kushal Pasari

Director of GenAI & ML Engineering United Airlines

Justin Bundick

Managing Director of AI Southwest Airlines

Ernest Huffman

Program Manager of Aviation Planning and Education North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)

Kevin Kleist

Head of Emerging Trends Southwest Airlines

Lori Daigle

Program Manager for Outreach & Education, Identity Management AAMVA (American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators)

Ryan Propis

Vice President of Security and Facilitation U.S. Travel Association

Samuel Ingalls

Principal Barich, Inc

James Samperi

Managing Partner Engine

Manuel van Lijf

Director Aviation Innovation nlmtd

Jayson Ahern

Area Port Director / Dallas US CBP

Teaque Lenahan

Managing Partner & Group VP Publicis Sapient

Dr. Joe Leader

Group CEO APEX/FTE/IFSA

Max Gosney

Managing Director Future Travel Experience

Ryan Ghee

Chief Operating Officer Future Travel Experience

Darin Juby

Head of Transformation Future Travel Experience

Previous FTE Global Speakers

Scott Kirby

CEO United Airlines

Julian Jäger

CEO Vienna International Airport

David Neeleman

Founder and Chief Executive Officer Breeze Airways

Thomas Hoff Andersson

Chief Operating Officer Munich Airport

Steven Greenway

CEO flyadeal

Cynthia Guidry

Director Long Beach Airport

Campbell Wilson

Chief Executive Officer Air India

Guðmundur Daði Rúnarsson

Chief Commercial and Airport Development Officer Keflavik Airport

Christine Trodella

Vice President Meta

Dina Ben Tal Ganancia

Chief Executive Officer EL AL Israel Airlines

George Casey

Chair & Chief Executive Officer Vantage Group

Jude Bricker

CEO Sun Country Airlines

Dan Toma

Co-founder OUTCOME

Andre Viljoen

Managing Director & CEO Fiji Airways

Samson Arega Bekele

Group Vice President Customer Experience Ethiopian Airlines

Aura Moore

CIO Los Angeles World Airports

Rossen Dimitrov

Chief Guest Experience Officer Saudia

Eric Pateman

Vice President, Passenger Experience and Chief Experience Officer Vancouver Airport Authority

Mike Hardaker

Chief Asset & Development Officer Manchester Airports Group

Melanie Bryant

Vice President - IT Delivery and Business Enablement Emirates

Thomas Dworschak

Head of IT Digitalization & Innovation Vienna Airport

Rahel de Vriend

Head of Innovation Research & Scouting TNW Programs

Sree Samudrala

Director of Artificial Intelligence & Automation Southwest Airlines

Tom Cizauskas

Business Administration Manager Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority (GRR)

Jason Fogelman

Aviation Technology Executive

Nicole Hodges-Austin

Innovation Program Manager Alaska Airlines

Kaveh Dabiran

Managing Director, Corporate Real Estate Planning & Development United Airlines

Anja Schuhmacher

Senior Manager Airport Experience & Partnerships Lufthansa

Andrea Goodpasture

Managing Director- Airport Affairs Southwest Airlines

Paige Stanton Wilson

Chief Development Officer Acubed by Airbus

Nick Bartlett

Director of Consulting, Lead for Transportation & Manufacturing Future Today Institute

Dr. Lutz Weisser

Managing Director Munich Airport International

Albert Van Veen

Vice President, Innovation and Chief Information Officer Vancouver Airport Authority

Maren Lind Másdóttir

Director – Assets & Infrastructure Keflavik Airport

Sagi Varghese

Managing Director, Airport Operations & CSD Technology United Airlines

Jumbi Edulbehram

Global Business Development, Smart Cities and Spaces NVIDIA

Brian Rohlf

Manager – Landside Operations & Customer Service The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Kushal Pasari

Director of GenAI & ML Engineering United Airlines

Dana Shapir Alviene

Senior Vice President Inflight & Airport Experience Spirit Airlines

Martijn van Boven

Product Manager Schiphol Amsterdam Airport

Yutaka Kuratomi

Vice President - Business Marketing Division Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd.

Steve Cundy

Founder & CEO Tuatara Consulting

Amir Haramaty

Co-Founder & President aiOla

Steve Hodges

Co-practice lead - Aviation Nagarro

Vinay Yadav

Practice lead - Aviation, North America Nagarro

Samuel Ingalls

Principal Barich, Inc

Christian George Kessler

Airports Transformation & Innovation Manager Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Keith Walters

Group Transformation Lead International Airlines Group (IAG)

Gudmundur Karl Gautason

Director - Digital Development Isavia

Kevin Kleist

Head of Emerging Trends Southwest Airlines

Doug Kreuzkamp

Founder/CEO Springshot

Mike Morin

VP of Business Development and Partnerships webAI

Corey Clothier

Co-founder & CEO ARIBO

Tom Kikuchi

Head of Innovation All Nippon Airways

Brian Cobb

Chief Innovation Officer Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport

Miles Garner

Director of Sales and Marketing Aurrigo

Douglas Wycoff

Director Digital Technologies & Innovation Tampa International Airport

Patrick Skelton

Innovation Research & Development Program Manager Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Bernadette Berger

Director of Innovation Alaska Airlines

Mohamed Gaballa

Director - Airports Transformation Air Canada

Vivien Chan

Manager – Boarding & Deplaning Experience Air Canada

Craig Mateer

CEO Bagcheck

Reeg Allen

President & CEO Journey Robotics

James Thompson

Head of Solution Delivery RozieAI Journey

Eric Fiterman

Chief Technology Officer Cignal

Eric Lanier

Vice President, Product Solutions DataArt

Ross Falconer

Head of Content Future Travel Experience

James Williamson

CEO Veovo

Iyad Hindiyeh

Chief Digital Transformation Officer San Francisco International Airport

Dontrell Nelson-Owens

Assistant Port Director - Passenger Operations U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Victor J. Todorov

Watch Commander, Los Angeles/Long Beach Support U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Teaque Lenahan

Managing Partner & Group VP Publicis Sapient

Stanislaw Schmal

Director Digital & AI Lufthansa Industry Solutions

Christopher Gottlieb

Manager Enterprise Business Intelligence JetBlue

Goutam Kundu

EVP & Chief Digital Strategy and Information Officer Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

George Sammit

Staff Computer Scientist, Intelligent Systems Southwest Research Institute

Tom Driscoll

Director – Service Delivery Tuatara Consulting

Tom Moran

Director of Heathrow British Airways

Pablo Lopez Loeches

Head of Ideation & Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Customer Experience Directorate Aena

Justin Kester

VP-Global Sales Synaptic Aviation

Dominic Green

Director Inflight Entertainment & Connectivity United Airlines

Ben Thompson

Presenter BBC News and BBC Breakfast

Daniel Coleman

FTE Founder & Board Member Future Travel Experience

Brian Sumers

Editor The Airline Observer

Lennert l'Amie

CIO Royal Schiphol Group

Oliver Hendry

Programme Director Airports AI Alliance

Paul Puopolo

Executive Vice President of Innovation Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Sanskar Agrawal

Industry Business Development, Smart Spaces & Global Public Sector NVIDIA

Bob Kwik

Worldwide Head of Airports AWS

Marcus Session

Vice President Information Technology Services Tampa International Airport & Chair of the ACI Innovation@Airports Working Group

Gus Naughton

Principal Software Engineer – Innovation Alaska Airlines

Julie Melnick

Founder & CEO SkySquad

Kenyatta Lee

Chief – External Affairs Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

Manuel van Lijf

Director Aviation Innovation nlmtd

Kellen Schroeter

CEO & Co-Founder Pattern

David Breeze

Vice President of Airport Automation International Airlines Group (IAG)

Tim Toerber

President – Americas Assaia

Daan Boot

Strategy & Innovation Advisor Royal Schiphol Group

Ryan Propis

Vice President of Security and Facilitation U.S. Travel Association

Jens Sanner

Program Director for Digital Services and Transformation Fraport

Jean François (Jeff) Lennon

Senior Vice President Border Authorities Amadeus

Dominic Forrest

CTO iProov

Oscar Acuña

Acting Port Director at LAX U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Atif Elkadi

Chief Executive Officer Ontario International Airport

Darin Juby

Head of Transformation Future Travel Experience

Byron Smith

Chief Technology Officer NetTracer

Amit Doshi

Head of Capacity Planning Logistics Dubai Airports

Scott Goodwin, C.M.

Assistant Vice President (AVP), Airport Operations Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

Ina Eldøy

CEO BagID

Courtney Moore

Deputy Executive Director - Strategy, Innovation & Experience Los Angeles World Airports

Erin Trapp

Deputy Executive Director - Major Events & Strategy Los Angeles World Airports

Faith Varwig

Principal Faith Group

Yahav Ran

CEO Synect

Prasad Yarlagadda

AVP Enterprise Systems DFW International Airport

Ian Birnbaum

Project Manager Burns Engineering Group

Geoffrey Ax

Principal / Aviation Market Leader Populous | Fentress Studios

Tim Donovan

Founder & CEO Donovan Energy

John Kasuda

Head of Airports and Vertiports North America Siemens

Marta Dimitrova

Head of Marketing & Communications Future Travel Experience

Rupen S. Philloura

General Manager Cruise Terminals International

Brandon Capps

CEO VibeQuest

Mohamed Talbi

Product Manager Schiphol Amsterdam Airport

Georgios Pipelidis

CEO Ariadne

Yvonne Bilshausen

Global Head of Aviation Architecture and Engineering AECOM

Anne Marie Pellerin

Founder and Managing Partner LAM LHA

Jose Salamo

FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub Captain* & Associate Director, Planning and Development Technology Services Toronto Pearson

Robert Silk

Airlines Editor Travel Weekly

Jason Williams

Director, Software Development, ITG Vancouver Airport Authority

Raza Ali

VP Innovation International Airlines Group (IAG)

Joshua Dominic

Co-Founder & CEO Dreamstar Lines

Kristin Rice

Director of Customer Experience Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport

Vanesa Calvo Alonso

Head of Funding and Emerging Innovation Trends Aena

Jordie Knoppers

Future Customer Journey Manager KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Drew McMullen

Director of Intelligent Spaces for Airports & Airlines Atrius

Alex Yen

Head of Growth Persona

Craig Kennedy

Program Coordinator Open Doors Organization

Ed Collett

Accessibility Innovation Leader Air New Zealand

Natalie Randall

Day of Travel Experience Manager Alaska Airlines

David Decker

President Content Sales Warner Bros. Discovery

Shai Weiss

CEO Virgin Atlantic

Ben Smith

CEO Air France KLM

Anton Vidgen

Vice President, Guest Experience Riyadh Air

Paul Puopolo

Executive Vice President of Innovation Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Christine Trodella

Vice President Meta

Mukesh Patel

CEO San José Mineta International Airport

Andre Viljoen

Managing Director & CEO Fiji Airways

Patricia Cogswell

Partner Guidehouse

Tony Thompson

Founder and CEO Air Cahana

Simon Gandy

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer The New Terminal One at JFK

Fiona Kiesel

Chief Guest Officer Breeze Airways

Guðmundur Daði Rúnarsson

Chief Commercial and Airport Development Officer Keflavik Airport

Melissa Conley

Executive Director of Capability Management and Innovation Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Martha Todd Edge

Innovation & Experience Director Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Matt Klein

EVP & Chief Commercial Officer Spirit Airlines

Ian Law

Chief Innovation & Experience Officer Los Angeles World Airports

Dimitris Bountolos

Chief Information & Innovation Officer Ferrovial

Oren Cohen Butansky

EVP & Chief Customer Experience Officer EL AL Israel Airlines

Tammy Smith

Director, Customer Experience and Development Toronto Pearson

Keith Walters

Group Transformation Lead International Airlines Group (IAG)

Amit Rikhy

President and CEO CAG Holdings (A Carlyle Backed Company)

Natalie Bowman

Managing Director, Product & Digital Experiences Alaska Airlines

Stephen Snyder

Managing Director of Operations & Partnerships SKY VC

Mike Youngs

VP of Information Technology Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Alexander Nethers

Senior Manager, Customer Experience & Innovation American Airlines

Steve Armitage

Head of Innovation Heathrow

Samuel Ingalls

Principal Barich, Inc

Myles Tzelepis

CTO/CPO Embross

Stephen Tukavkin

Vice President IT & Digital JFK International Air Terminal

Kristin Olsen

Director of Product Management, Travel Experience Guest Digital Technology Alaska Airlines

Iyad Hindiyeh

Chief Digital Transformation Officer San Francisco International Airport

Robin Riedel

Partner McKinsey & Company

John Nilsson

Strategic Planning Manager Electric and Hydrogen Aircraft Infrastructure Swedavia

Brian Cobb

Chief Innovation Officer Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport

Sarah Chou

Senior Sustainability Consultant Southwest Airlines

Bryan Bernhard

Chief Growth & Infrastructure Officer Archer

Stanley Tran

Corporate Development - United Airlines Ventures United Airlines

Pierre Charbonneau

Vice President, Events & Commercial Services ACI World

Hannah Meredith

Senior Manager of Strategic Innovation CVG Airport

Gus Naughton

Principal Software Engineer – Innovation Alaska Airlines

Jack Kavanagh

Board of Directors of the National Disability Authority and Center for Excellence in Universal ‎Design

Jo Rowan

Associate Director – Strategy PriestmanGoode

Dr. Joe Leader

Group CEO APEX/FTE/IFSA

Ben Klein

CEO Aero

Ernest Hui

Head of UX/UI Design Cathay Pacific Airways

Geoffrey Ax

Principal / Aviation Market Leader Populous | Fentress Studios

Robert Silk

Airlines Editor Travel Weekly

Ben Kaufman

Senior Director, Marketing & Customer Strategy JSX

Dr. Bjoern Becker

Head of Intercont Fleet and Product Transformation Program Lufthansa

Bastian Schütz

Head of XR in Travel Meta

Camillo Stark

Deputy Managing Director (AR/VR Labs) MSM.digital

Diane J. Sabatino

Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Christina Peach

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Requirements & Capabilities Analysis Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Daniel Coleman

FTE Founder & Board Member Future Travel Experience

Dr. Jan-Henrik Andersson

Chief Commercial Officer Munich Airport

Sammy Patel

Chief Executive Officer, Midway Partnership & Vice President, Commercial Vantage Group

Tenille Houston

VP Public Relations and Communications Aurrigo

James Houghton

Aviation Business Development Materna IPS

Wopke Dost

Programme Management Lead nlmtd

Dennis van Kleef

Programme Lead Baggage Royal Schiphol Group

Michael Rousseau

President and Chief Executive Officer Air Canada

Con Korfiatis

CEO Oman Air

Perry Cantarutti

President, APEX & Senior Vice President – Alliances and International Delta Air Lines

Rossen Dimitrov

Chief Guest Experience Officer Saudia

Xie Bing

CEO & President Xiamen Airlines

Catriona Larritt

Chief Customer and Digital Officer Qantas Group

Christopher Neal

Director of Operations for the Project Port of Portland

Yvonne Bilshausen

Global Head of Aviation Architecture and Engineering AECOM

Bryant L.Francis

Director of Airports Cleveland Airport System

Kaveh Dabiran

Managing Director, Corporate Real Estate Planning & Development United Airlines

Mike Hardaker

Chief Asset & Development Officer Manchester Airports Group

Mike Christensen

Chief Development Officer Los Angeles World Airports

Cole Wolfson

Director, xBridge Pittsburgh International Airport

Kristen Berndt

Senior Manager, Customer Strategy & Innovation United Airlines

Doug Kreuzkamp

Founder/CEO Springshot

Zahra Merchant

Chapter Lead Robotics Royal Schiphol Group

Tomoyuki Kikuchi

Head of Innovation All Nippon Airways

Maurice Jenkins

Chief Innovation Officer Miami International Airport

William Rumsey

Head of Product – Airport & Customer Ops British Airways

Lisa Sullivan

Executive Vice President- Travel and Transport IDEMIA

Chang Ellison

Identity Management Capability Manager, Enrollment, ID Proofing, and Vetting Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Vladimir Stojkovski

VP of Product Management CLEAR

Wendy Chaves

Deputy Executive Director, Capability Management and Innovation, RCA Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Cynthia Guidry

Director Long Beach Airport

Steven Thody

CEO JFK Millenium Partners

Manuel van Lijf

Director Aviation Innovation nlmtd

Sarah Bennett

Head of Heathrow Safety and Security British Airways

Stuart Holdstock

Head of projects and processes – Operations Lufthansa

Rosina Kotey

Innovation Lead Aviation Solutions by Schiphol Group

Darin Juby

Head of Transformation Future Travel Experience

Kevin Kleist

Head of Emerging Trends Southwest Airlines

Byron Smith

Chief Technology Officer NetTracer

Yorick Buys

Head of Baggage Brussels Airport

Bhaskar Chopra

Sr. Director - Digital Solutions Siemens

Norman Fekrat

Managing Partner Imagine Wireless

Richard Clarke

Chief Creative Officer Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

Nicole Hodges-Austin

Innovation Program Manager Alaska Airlines

William Warbington

Director Alliance Innovation Strategy SkyTeam

Coralie Klaus Boecker

Head ZRH Innovation Hub Zurich Airport

Marisa Von Wieding

VP Operations The New Terminal One at JFK

Rob Cato

Director CX Airport Technology Product Management American Airlines

Nicolas Tarassoff

Key Account Manager Scandit

Phillip Chan

Executive Director of Solutions Samsung

Royce Holden

Cybersecurity Lead/CISO Mead & Hunt

Faith Varwig

Principal Faith Group

Yahav Ran

CEO Synect

Rob Bischoff

Global Digital Experience Design Leader Gensler

Austin Gould

President Gould Strategic Solution

Renie Subin

Senior Director, Technology & External Affairs ACI-NA

Amal Hejles

Digital Strategy Director MATARAT

James Williamson

CEO Veovo

Raymond Viggiano

Assistant Manager of Customer Service Delivery The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Jeff Lennon

VP Strategic Sales and Global Partnerships Vision-Box

Gabriel Wichrowski

VP of Global Business Development Airside

Gerold Daantje

Immigration Department, Ministry of Justice Curaçao

Priscilla Duin-Circkens

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Curacao Airport Holding

Matt Gilkeson

Chief Technology, Data, and Artificial Intelligence Officer Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Sagi Varghese

Managing Director, Airport Operations & CSD Technology United Airlines

Bernadette Berger

Director of Innovation Alaska Airlines

Max Pariazar

Principle Data Scientist for Artificial Intelligence & Data Transformation Southwest Airlines

Sree Samudrala

Director of Artificial Intelligence & Automation Southwest Airlines

Deesha Desai

Vice President, LAX Hub & West Region Envoy

Christian George Kessler

Airports Transformation & Innovation Manager Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Patrick Skelton

Innovation Research & Development Program Manager Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Doug Wycoff

Director of Digital Technologies & Innovation, HCAA \ Tampa International Airport

Geena Martin

Director of Business Development Gameway

Kate McFarlane

Director of Content and Creative Foundations Worldwide

Tim McMullen

Vice President, Business Development DataArt

Victor Oribamise

CEO Kquika

Ed Vanga

Vice President of Product Management for Artificial Intelligence Publicis Sapient

Vikram Baskaran

Vice President, Information Technology Alaska Airlines

Rolf Felke

Senior Vice President Applications and Partner Management Fraport

Christiaan Hen

CEO Assaia

Akbar Al Baker

Group CEO Qatar Airways & Hamad International Airport

Brian J. Glaser

Ph.D, VP & Chief Talent and Learning Officer, Member of Board of Advisors, LIFT Airline & original start up team member of JetBlue Google

Jeff Shaw

EVP Brand Partnerships & Business Strategy Live Nation Entertainment

Dina Ben Tal Ganancia

Chief Executive Officer EL AL Israel Airlines

Justin Erbacci

CEO Los Angeles World Airports

Anko van der Werff

President & CEO SAS

Chris Annetts

Chief Strategy Officer Heathrow

Diane J. Sabatino

Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Ted Christie

Industry Pioneer and Former President & CEO, Spirit Airlines

Dr. Lutz Weisser

Managing Director Munich Airport International

Zhao Dong

Chairman Xiamen Airlines

Tony Thompson

Founder and CEO Air Cahana

Nina Sproedt

Vice President Product Development Lufthansa Group

Alex Wilcox

CEO & Co-founder JSX & Board Member, LATAM Airlines

Maurice Jenkins

Chief Innovation Officer Miami International Airport

John Thomas

CEO Connect Airlines

Steven Thody

CEO JFK Millenium Partners

Anton Vidgen

Vice President, Guest Experience Riyadh Air

Suhail Kadri

Senior Vice President Technology & Innovation Hamad International Airport

Lennert l'Amie

CIO Royal Schiphol Group

Austin Gould

President Gould Strategic Solution

Julio Toro

CIO Copa Airlines

Mike Youngs

VP of Information Technology Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Matt Breed

CIO Port of Seattle

Kristen Berndt

Senior Manager, Customer Strategy & Innovation United Airlines

Nikhil Ravishankar

Chief Digital Officer Air New Zealand

Eduardo Valencia

CIO Metropolitan Airports Commission

Nathan VanRheenen

Executive Director, Intelligent Solutions (AI/ML & Analytics) Boeing

Tarik Galijasevic

Managing Director (Corporate Venture Capital Group) Allstate Strategic Ventures

James Dorris

Co-Founder and CEO Odys Aviation

Michelle Buckley

Managing Director, Customer Engagement Southwest Airlines

Cole Wolfson

Director, xBridge Pittsburgh International Airport

Robbie Stephens

Fleets Strategy Lead Uber

Amber Simonsen

Director, Airport Lobby Transformation Alaska Airlines

Christian Draeger

Senior Vice President, Passenger Experience Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Tara Mulrooney

VP Technology & Innovation Edmonton International Airport

Harvey Tate

Senior Manager - Airport Automation International Airlines Group (IAG)

Carlos R. Estrada

Director of Commercial Homeport Operations Carnival Cruise Line

Rohit Talwar

CEO Fast Future

Brian Davis

CMO Sun Country Airlines

Bert van der Stege

CEO Harbour Air Seaplanes

Amy Benson

VP of Marketing Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Christian George Kessler

Airports Transformation & Innovation Manager Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Robin Riedel

Partner McKinsey & Company

Aura Moore

CIO Los Angeles World Airports

Dr. Joe Leader

Group CEO APEX/FTE/IFSA

Mr Akbar Al Baker

Group CEO Group CEO, Qatar Airways Group, Hamad International Airport and Chairman of Qatar Tourism

Capt Ibrahim Koshy

CEO Saudia Airlines

Andre Viljoen

Managing Director & CEO Fiji Airways

Catherine Tobaisinsky

Chief Growth Officer Dar Group

Stephen Snyder

Managing Director of Operations & Partnerships SKY VC

Amit Rikhy

President and CEO CAG Holdings (A Carlyle Backed Company)

Rob Mitchell

Director, Head of Business Development - Airports, Events & Travel Uber

Anne Marie Pellerin

Founder and Managing Partner LAM LHA

Ian Law

Chief Innovation & Experience Officer Los Angeles World Airports

Matt Gilkeson

Chief Technology, Data, and Artificial Intelligence Officer Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Lisa Sullivan

Executive Vice President- Travel and Transport IDEMIA

Tim Lorenzen

Senior Manager, Security Innovation American Airlines

Bob Kwik

Worldwide Head of Airports AWS

Sarah Clark

Senior Vice President - Digital Identity Mastercard

Dr. Bjoern Becker

Head of Intercont Fleet and Product Transformation Program Lufthansa

Bastian Schütz

Head of XR in Travel Meta

Joshua Hirschheimer

Practice Lead - Aerospace, Transportation and Logistics Porsche Consulting

Dennis van Kleef

Programme Lead Baggage Royal Schiphol Group

Manuel van Lijf

Director Aviation Innovation nlmtd

Chris Runde

Director of Strategy and Innovation Introba

Paige Stanton Wilson

Chief Development Officer Acubed by Airbus

Paul Puopolo

Executive Vice President of Innovation Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Melissa Conley

Executive Director of Capability Management and Innovation Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Richard Vandy

VP - Systems Integration and Partnerships BagsID

Javed Malik

Managing Director Auj Saudi Arabia

Devin Liddell

Principal Futurist Teague

Kevin Kleist

Head of Emerging Trends Southwest Airlines

Samuel Ingalls

Principal Barich, Inc

Michael Youngs

Vice President Information Technology Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Walt Shaw

Senior Director of Product Boingo Wireless

Maarten Van Aerde

General Manager Citymesh

Daniel Coleman

FTE Founder & Board Member Future Travel Experience

Dan Liebermann

Managing Director, Management Consulting Publicis Sapient

Charu Jain

Senior Vice President Merchandising & Innovation Alaska Airlines

Maninder Bahia

Interim Chief Information Officer (CIO) Frontier Airlines

Ted Hutchins

Chief Information Officer Norse Atlantic Airways

Jaron Millner

Director, Head of Carrier oneworld Digitalisation Oneworld Management Company

Darin Juby

Head of Transformation Future Travel Experience

Shaown Nandi

Solutions Architect & Customer Solutions Leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) & former CIO of Dow Jones and Head of Shared Technology Services for News Corp

Patrick Sgueglia

, Product Development, Airport Experience, Biometrics, Regulatory Lufthansa

Nael Samha

Acting Executive Director - Targeting and Analysis Systems Program Directorate U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Arturo Garcia-Alonso

Chief Strategy Officer Avports

Dr. Jan-Henrik Andersson

Chief Commercial Officer Munich Airport

Gus Naughton

Principal Software Engineer – Innovation Alaska Airlines

Jean Carlon

Product Manager of Airport Guest Technology Alaska Airlines

Jasper Quak

Managing Director BAGTAG

Yvonne Bilshausen

Global Head of Aviation Architecture and Engineering AECOM

Philip Autekie

Masterplanning and Design Manager Brussels Airport Company

Terri Mestas

Chief Development Officer Los Angeles World Airports

Forth Bagley

Principal Kohn Pedersen Fox

Yahav Ran

CEO Synect

Steve Sisneros

VP Airport Affairs Southwest Airlines

Idar Sørgjerd

Department Manager, BHS, Tech & Op. Excellence Avinor

Jason Odey

Director, Baggage & Airside Innovation Air Canada

Byron Smith

Chief Technology Officer NetTracer

Jan Vidar Nalbant

CCO BagID

Mike Byrom

Chief Operating Officer, North America Swissport

Devon Heyns

Director - Customer Innovation & Solutions United Airlines

Jens Sanner

Program Director for Digital Services and Transformation Fraport

Bill Carleton

Director, Global Aviation NEC

Forest Beattie

Solution Engineer Senior Manager SITA

Haider Arif Hayat

Head of Enterprise Information Architecture, Analytics & AI Hamad International Airport

Rakan Khaled

General Manager, Airport Solutions Collins Aerospace

Geoffrey Ax

Principal / Aviation Market Leader Populous | Fentress Studios

Greg Forbes

Managing Director Airport Experience Delta Air Lines

Christina Cassotis

CEO Pittsburgh International Airport

Ryan Ghee

Chief Operating Officer Future Travel Experience

Tino Klaehne

Director Strategic Innovation & Intelligence Lufthansa Innovation Hub

Naashom Marx

Director of Strategic Innovation - Advanced Mobility CVG Airport

Holly Miles

Editor International Airport Review

Derwin Cady

Manager, Airport Technology and Product Development Air Canada

James Snowdon

IT Director, Infrastructure Airport Applications Vancouver Airport Authority

Jean François (Jeff) Lennon

Senior Vice President Border Authorities Amadeus

Annet Steenbergen

Advisor EU Digital Wallet Consortium (EWC)

Ray Viggiano

Assistant Manager of Customer Service Delivery Port Authority of NY & NJ

James Williamson

CEO Veovo

Susan Lewis

Manager of CX Analytics Team Southwest Airlines

Nelson Camacho

CEO North America Swissport

Elizabeth Paul

Manager, Aviation Technology and Innovation The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ)

Ed Baklor

Partner, Consumer Practice, Travel, Leisure & Hospitality True

Oren Cohen Butansky

EVP & Chief Customer Experience Officer EL AL Israel Airlines

Rupen Singh Philloura

Director of Terminal Operations, Customer Service & AOCC Miami International Airport

Tomasz Pawliszyn

CEO AirHelp

Yvo van der Tol

CCO HRS Crew & Passenger Solutions

Martijn Steur

Managing Director Kinetic Consultancy

Dave Jones

Deputy Executive Director - Commercial Development Los Angeles World Airports

Sarah Gipple

Head of Partnerships CAVU

Dadi Runarsson

Chief Commercial & Airport Development Officer Isavia

Velissarios Eleftheriou

Expert Munich Airport International

Suzanne Bremski

Head of Digital & Customer Experience Harbour Air Seaplanes

Güçlü Batkin

CEO TAV Operation Services

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Sharon McCloskey

Douglas Wycoff

Courtney Moore

Tom Stevens

Steve Goldberg

Gary Tomasulo

Mohamed Charkas

Phillip Elchitz

Allen Yuarata

Ted Gordon

Jason Van Eaton

Paul Puopolo

Stuart Holdstock

Diego Alonso Tabares

Jerome Woodward

Jim Moses

Paul Drury

Kushal Pasari

Justin Bundick

Ernest Huffman

Kevin Kleist

Lori Daigle

Ryan Propis

Samuel Ingalls

James Samperi

Manuel van Lijf

Jayson Ahern

Teaque Lenahan

Dr. Joe Leader

Max Gosney

Ryan Ghee

Darin Juby

Previous FTE Global Speakers

2025 Speakers Include

Scott Kirby

Julian Jäger

David Neeleman

Thomas Hoff Andersson

Steven Greenway

Cynthia Guidry

Campbell Wilson

Guðmundur Daði Rúnarsson

Christine Trodella

Dina Ben Tal Ganancia

George Casey

Jude Bricker

Dan Toma

Andre Viljoen

Samson Arega Bekele

Aura Moore

Rossen Dimitrov

Eric Pateman

Mike Hardaker

Melanie Bryant

Thomas Dworschak

Rahel de Vriend

Sree Samudrala

Tom Cizauskas

Jason Fogelman

Nicole Hodges-Austin

Kaveh Dabiran

Anja Schuhmacher

Andrea Goodpasture

Paige Stanton Wilson

Nick Bartlett

Dr. Lutz Weisser

Albert Van Veen

Maren Lind Másdóttir

Sagi Varghese

Jumbi Edulbehram

Brian Rohlf

Kushal Pasari