Executive Team Bios

 

Dean Sivley
SVP, COO Corporate Travel, Partner Marketing, White Label and Away.com

Dean Sivley’s achievements in both the travel and technology professions lend unique management strength to an organization that pioneered the merging of the two. Sivley’s key responsibility is to chart the vision and strategic direction of Orbitz for Business. As head of this growing area, his focus is to ensure continued innovation and success for the corporate online travel management division. He is responsible for driving performance toward business goals, managing day-to-day execution and aligning the organization around its strategic imperatives.

Prior to joining Orbitz, Sivley served as the Executive Vice President and General Manager at Creditek – a leading invoice-to-cash and business process outsourcing (BPO) company serving more than half of the Fortune 500. His in-depth travel industry experience includes serving as CEO of Atlas Travel Technologies and VP of marketing and CIO of Rosenbluth International. He was the Chief Strategy Officer at Neon Systems and VerticalNet Inc., where he oversaw the development of the technology infrastructure and eCommerce transaction strategy.

 

Jan Lofgren
Vice President, Account Management and Deployment, Orbitz for Business

A key member of the Orbitz for Business senior leadership team, Jan Lofgren is responsible for all post sale customer-facing activity. This includes account management, project management (implementation) and management of the technical support leaders who are the principal interface with Orbitz for Business and Travelport for Business customers.

Prior to joining Orbitz, Lofgren served as Director of Global Business Development for Upstream, where customers included United Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and several online travel service providers including Orbitz. Her work for this industry-leading outsource provider helped revenue grow by more than 400%. Lofgren also spent close to a decade in multinational client management and strategic sales posts with Rosenbluth International.

 

Michael R. Mooradian
Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Orbitz for Business

Responsible for strategic sales direction and management, Michael Mooradian brings a wealth of relationship selling and new sales channel development experience to his role.

Prior to joining Orbitz, Mooradian was Vice President of worldwide sales for Tacit Knowledge Systems, a privately held knowledge management software company and Senior Vice President of sales for YesMail, a CRM/direct marketing services company. In this latter role, revenue performance under his sales leadership grew from $900,000 to $38 million. Mooradian also led worldwide sales as Senior Vice President for Giga Information Group, an IT consulting and research services firm where he helped grow sales from $1 million to $44 million under his tenure.

 

Kristin Dickey
Director of Human Resources, Orbitz for Business

In her 15 years with the Orbitz Worldwide organization, Kristin Dickey has supported a wide variety of client groups in a Human Resources capacity. These include Cheaptickets, Marketing, Trip.com, THOR, TRUST International, WIZCOM and most recently, Orbitz for Business.

Dickey’s degree in Communications from the University of Wyoming was the launching point for her career with Orbitz Worldwide. Joining the organization soon after graduation, Dickey has grown her career within the company, moving through various roles with increasing responsibilities. Dickey now holds the position of Director of Human Resources where she couples her talents with her unique, longstanding knowledge of the organization. Prior to joining Orbitz Worldwide, Dickey held a Public Relations role at a direct mail marketing corporation.

 

Alex Kaluzny
Director of Corporate Travel Technology
, Orbitz for Business

As one of the original architects for the groundbreaking Orbitz for Business software, Alex Kaluzny continues to lead technical innovation for the corporate travel division of the company.  He is responsible for managing all technology delivery for the Orbitz for Business portal and directing the technical team in achieving the corporate technology goals.

With more than eight years experience in software development. Kaluzny provides his team with valuable hands-on management and technological expertise. Before joining Orbitz, he worked at Lucent Technologies where his primary focus was on development of next -generation wireless communications technology such as the company’s GPRS network.   

 

 

Andrew McKenna
Senior Manager of Finance Planning & Analysis, Orbitz for Business

Andrew McKenna’s responsibilities include leading and developing forward-looking analysis and recommendations on key issues to improve financial performance. He is focused on evolving the company’s long-term growth strategies and short-term priorities to increase profitability and efficiency.

Prior to joining Orbitz, McKenna spent 10 years in England, with Amtico International, where he held several finance and strategic analysis positions, culminating in Management Accountant. He was responsible for overseeing the consolidation of financial reporting and results for Amtico’s six international subsidiaries. He also led the development and implementation of process improvements to significantly reduce inventory costs and increase productivity through a significant reduction in late orders.