FTE Global Speakers
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Speakers who participated in FTE Global 2024 include:
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
CCO 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
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
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, Operations & Partnerships
JetBlue Ventures
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
Senior Software Engineer, Emerging Technologies
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
CEO
APEX/IFSA
Ben Klein
CEO
Aero
Ernest Hui
Head of UX/UI Design
Cathay Pacific Airways
Geoffrey Ax
Ax, Principal / Aviation Market Leader
Populous
Robert Silk
Airlines Editor
Travel Weekly
Ben Kaufman
Senior Director, Marketing & Customer Strategy
JSX
Dr. Bjoern Becker
Head of Future Intercontinental Experience Program
Lufthansa
Bastian Schütz
Global Lead, Virtual & Mixed Reality Content Sourcing at Meta (Facebook)
Meta Reality Labs
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
Founder & CEO
Future Travel Experience
Dr. Jan-Henrik Andersson
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) & Chief Security Officer (CSO)
Munich Airport
Sammy Patel
Chief Executive Officer, Midway Partnership & Vice President, Commercial
Vantage Airport 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 Officer
Saudia Airlines
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
SVP | Global Head of Aviation Architecture + 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
MAG
Mike Christensen
Chief Development Officer
Los Angeles World Airports
Cole Wolfson
supporting e Tank team members & 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
Manager, Ground Handling Planning, Airport Support, Operations Support Center
ANA
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
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 Company
Bhaskar Chopra
Sr. Director - Digital Solutions
Siemens Logistics
Norman Fekrat
Managing Partner
Imagine Wireless
Richard Clarke
Chief Creative Officer
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Nicole Hodges Austin
Manager of Airport Innovation & Standards
Frontier 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 AI Delivery
Southwest Airlines
Deesha Desai
Vice President, LAX Hub & West Region
Envoy
Christian George Kessler
Organizational Alignment and Strategic Innovation
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
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Speakers who participated in FTE Global 2023 include:
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
Jeff Shaw
EVP Brand Partnerships & Business Strategy
Live Nation Entertainment
Dina Ben Tal Ganancia
CEO
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
President & CEO
Spirit Airlines
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
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
supporting e Tank team members & Director, xBridge
Pittsburgh International Airport
Robbie Stephens
Fleets Strategy Lead
Uber
Amber Simonsen
Director, Airport Lobby Transformation
Alaska Airlines
Christian Draeger
VP Customer Experience
Star Alliance
Tara Mulrooney
VP Technology & Innovation
Edmonton International Airport
Harvey Tate
Human API – Digital Transformation
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
Organizational Alignment and Strategic Innovation
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Robin Riedel
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Aura Moore
CIO
Los Angeles World Airports
Dr. Joe Leader
CEO
APEX/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, Operations & Partnerships
JetBlue Ventures
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 Future Intercontinental Experience Program
Lufthansa
Bastian Schütz
Global Lead, Virtual & Mixed Reality Content Sourcing at Meta (Facebook)
Meta Reality Labs
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
COO
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
FTE APEX Asia Expo Advisory Board Member, Managing Partner Ink+ & Managing Director, Ink Arabia
Ink 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
Founder & CEO
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
Hervé Muller
Head of Airport Sales
EASIER
Patrick Sgueglia
, Product Development, Airport Experience, Biometrics, Regulatory
Lufthansa
Nael Samha
Executive Director, Targeting, Vetting and Biometrics Systems
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Arturo Garcia-Alonso
Chief Strategy Officer
Avports
Dr. Jan-Henrik Andersson
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) & Chief Security Officer (CSO)
Munich Airport
Gus Naughton
Senior Software Engineer, Emerging Technologies
Alaska Airlines
Jean Carlon
Product Manager of Airport Guest Technology
Alaska Airlines
Jasper Quak
Managing Director
BAGTAG
Yvonne Bilshausen
SVP | Global Head of Aviation Architecture + 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, Global Baggage Excellence
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, Advanced Recognition Systems
NEC Corporation of America
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
Ax, Principal / Aviation Market Leader
Populous
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
Chris Hartman
Director Business Development Digital Experience
Airport Dimensions
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-Francois Lennon
Vice President Strategic Sales & Global Partnerships
Vision-Box
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
Nancy Knipp
President of the Americas
Airport Dimensions
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
Speakers who participated in FTE Global 2022 include:
John Picard
Futurist
Michael Rousseau
President and Chief Executive Officer
Air Canada
Scott Kirby
CEO
United Airlines
John Thomas
CEO
Connect Airlines
Jacqueline Yaft
CEO
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
John Couluris
Vice President, Lunar Permanence
Blue Origin
Jeff Crist
SVP, Enterprise, Regional Properties, and Gaming Technology and Digital
MGM Resorts International
Rocky Wiggins
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Spirit Airlines
Justin Erbacci
CEO
Los Angeles World Airports
Devin Liddell
Principal Futurist
Teague
Goutam Kundu
EVP & Chief Digital Strategy and Information Officer
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Naashom Marx
Director of Strategic Innovation - Advanced Mobility
CVG Airport
Holly Boyd-Boland
VP Corporate Development and Chief of Staff
Virgin Atlantic
Alex Wilcox
CEO & Co-founder
JSX & Board Member, LATAM Airlines
Robin Riedel
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Ed Baklor
Partner, Consumer Practice, Travel, Leisure & Hospitality
True
Geoffrey Ax
Ax, Principal / Aviation Market Leader
Populous
Mike Byrom
Chief Operating Officer, North America
Swissport
Rishma M. Khimji
Chief Information Technology Officer
Harry Reid International Airport
Scott DeAngelo
Executive Vice President – Chief Marketing Officer
Allegiant
Rohit Talwar
CEO
Fast Future
Brian Cobb
Chief Innovation Officer
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport
Duncan Bureau
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Canada Jetlines
Linda Schucroft
Vice President Innovation and Customer Experience
King Salman International Airport
Samuel Ingalls
Principal
Barich, Inc
Preston Peterson
Director of Customer Experience Innovation
American Airlines
Lisa Sullivan
Executive Vice President- Travel and Transport
IDEMIA
Oz Eliav
CEO
Cockpit Innovation
Stephen Snyder
Managing Director, Operations & Partnerships
JetBlue Ventures
Manish Raniga
CEO of Airline Investments
777 Partners
Thanos Smith
Chief Visionary Officer
Paragon VTOL Aerospace
Bryant Walker
ACM / Aviation Administrator
City of Brownsville – Department of Aviation
Michael Taylor
Managing Director of Travel, Hospitality, and Retail Intelligence
J.D. Power
Dr. Joe Leader
CEO
APEX/IFSA
Gordon Wilson
VP of Identity Verification
Entrust
Daniel Coleman
Founder & CEO
Future Travel Experience
Chris Annetts
Chief Strategy Officer
Heathrow
Doug OGorden
Director of Digital Media & Events
FINDBiometrics.com & MobileIDWorld.com
Amena Ali
CEO
Airside
Kris Ranganath
Senior Vice President of Innovation
Paravision
Eduardo Valencia
CIO
Metropolitan Airports Commission
Maurice Jenkins
Chief Innovation Officer
Miami International Airport
Mike Youngs
VP of Information Technology
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Jay Floyd
VP Corporate Strategy, Sales and Product Development
ExteNet Systems
T.J. Schulz
President
Airport Consultants Council
Nishant Rao
Economic Development Professional | Aviation & Aerospace Top 20 Under 40
Nieuport Aviation
Jesus Saenz
Director of Airports
City of San Antonio
Jimmy Hahn
SVP, Central Operations & Innovation
CLEAR
Kevin Shrier
President of the Americas
CAVU
Pietro Caminiti
CIO/CTO
Aeroporti di Roma
Ajay Amlani
SVP - Head of Americas
iProov
Jeff Lennon
VP Strategic Sales and Global Partnerships
Vision-Box
Patrick Sgueglia
, Product Development, Airport Experience, Biometrics, Regulatory
Lufthansa
Matt Gilkeson
Chief Technology, Data, and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Dave Wilson
Founder & CEO
The Airport Guy
Justin Phy
President & Principal Consultant
Barich, Inc
Tom Stevens
CX Pioneer & former Director of Brand and Customer Experience, British Airways
Ryan Ghee
Chief Operating Officer
Future Travel Experience
Alex Peric
VP & Chief Operating Officer
Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority (GRR)
Kevin Kleist
Head of Emerging Trends
Southwest Airlines
Ryan Chou
Venture Investor
JetBlue Technology Ventures
Daniel McCoy
Chief Innovation Officer
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Tom Mano
Vice President, Products & Services Planning
All Nippon Airways
Megan Bozarth
Assistant Vice President of Customer Program Development
DFW International Airport
Julie Melnick
Founder & CEO
SkySquad
Chris Runde
Director of Strategy and Innovation
Introba
Shaun Klann
Head of Strategic Growth
Willow
Eve Machol
Managing Director, Airport/Transportation Industry
Microsoft
Haider Arif Hayat
Head of Enterprise Information Architecture, Analytics & AI
Hamad International Airport
Nael Samha
Executive Director, Targeting, Vetting and Biometrics Systems
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Jason Van Sice
Vice President
NEC
Sherry Stein
Head of Technology Strategy, Americas
SITA
Marcus Session
Vice President Information Technology Services
Tampa International Airport & Chair of the ACI Innovation@Airports Working Group
Bob Kwik
Worldwide Head of Airports
AWS
Rakan Khaled
General Manager, Airport Solutions
Collins Aerospace
David Wilson
Managing Partner
daa International
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)
Dan Tanciar
Chief Innovation Officer
Pangiam
Diane J. Sabatino
Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Austin Gould
President
Gould Strategic Solution
Greg Forbes
Managing Director Airport Experience
Delta Air Lines
Anique Kamphuis
Senior Product Owner Baggage Teams Business Platform Ground
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Arturo Garcia-Alonso
Chief Strategy Officer
Avports
Ian Scoley
Head of Design
AMP (Applied Mobility Partners)
Justin Towles
President
Crown Consulting
James Dorris
Co-Founder and CEO
Odys Aviation
Pierre Gourdain
Senior Managing Director, US, Canada
FlixBus
Myron Keehn
Vice President - Air Service, Business Development, ESG and Stakeholder Relations
Edmonton International Airport
Yemi Oshinnaiye
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Cole Wolfson
supporting e Tank team members & Director, xBridge
Pittsburgh International Airport
Chamil Liyanage
Managing Director, Airport Passenger & Hospitality Services
Plaza Premium Group
Asha Jacob
Head of Airport Solutions, Travel and Hospitality, Strategic Initiatives Group
Tata Consultancy Services
Ron Glickman
Vice President
Snowfall
Carlos Conde
Commercial Manager, Panama, Central America and Mexico
Air Europa
Erika Moore
COTS- Chief Officer Travel Supply
TravelX
Thomas Kearns
Digital Innovation Strategist
Perkins and Will
Jooyoon Choi
Manager - Fast Travel Team / Passenger Innovation Group
Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)
Clyde Hutchinson
General Partner
Team ABC (former Head of Viva Air Labs)
Sarah Wittlieb
Vice President Sales & Innovation
LabCampus GmbH
Amit Singh
Sustainability Solutions Lead
Publicis Sapient
Shane O’Flaherty
Global Director: Travel, Transportation & Hospitality
Microsoft
Erwan Perhirin
Product Marketing
T-Mobile
Amanda Drescher
Senior Product Manager
Alaska Airlines
Miguel Ruiz
Principal Software Engineer
Alaska Airlines
Gary McDonald
President, Americas
Materna IPS USA Corp.
Jasper Quak
Managing Director
BAGTAG
Gus Naughton
Senior Software Engineer, Emerging Technologies
Alaska Airlines
les Wuisman
Director – Integral Analytics KLM Operations
KLM
Darin Juby
Head of Transformation
Future Travel Experience
Marlon van der Meer
Founder
BagsID
Eleonore Wenzl-Bery
Passenger & Baggage Processes
Lufthansa Group
Lars Mehrtens
Deputy Head of Department – Aviation Logistics
Fraunhofer IML
Per Engelbrechtsen
Business Development Director
Beumer Group
Byron Smith
Chief Technology Officer
NetTracer
Jose Salamo
Associate Director, Baggage Services Terminal 1
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Jason Odey
Director, Global Baggage Excellence
Air Canada
Idar Sørgjerd
Department Manager, BHS, Tech & Op. Excellence
Avinor
Gerardo Fuster
Business Development Manager
Americas at Plaza Premium Group
Anand Sebastian Bosco
Client Partner
Tata Consultancy Services
Pascal Belanger
Senior Vice-President, Commercial Development and Operations
Plaza Premium Group
Andrew Yiu
Vice President, Customer Experience
Air Canada & Air Canada Rouge
Steven Murtoff
Senior Director, Inflight Operations, Southwest Airlines and President, Board of Directors
International Flight Services Association (IFSA)
Vanessa Lindstrom
Director – Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance
United Airlines & Board Member, International Flight Services Association (IFSA)
Vital Event Information
Future Travel Experience Global 2025 is a global forum that brings together airlines, airports, government agencies, vendors, start-ups, terminal designers, architects, ground handlers, destination partners and various other travel industry stakeholders to learn, collaborate and be inspired on their next moves to transform their organisations’ passenger experience, business performance & sustainability strategies.
- Event
- Future Travel Experience Global 2025
- Date
- - September 2025
- Location
- Long Beach Convention Center, California, United States