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Leadership
Sam S. Jain Founder & Executive Chairman
Sam S. Jain is the Founder & Executive Chairman of Fareportal. After beginning his career in travel, Jain quickly noticed the inefficiencies inherent in the offline processes of the wholesale travel industry. Recognizing the opportunity, he began work to automate and digitize wholesale travel ticket purchases. He launched his first brand Farebuzz which was directed towards B2B customers… read more
Werner Georg Kunz-Cho
Vice Chairman
Werner G. Kunz-Cho is the Vice Chairman of Fareportal, the travel technology company powering seven global travel brands including CheapOair.com and OneTravel.com. Kunz-Cho is responsible for the managing the vision and continued growth of Fareportal and its brands. He has over 35 years of experience in the travel industry including serving as the CEO of OneTravel.com prior to its acquisition by Fareportal. Prior to joining Fareportal, he was also Head of Operations at Travac Charters, General Manager North America at Swissair’s charter division Balair/CTA, Director North America at City Bird Airlines and Vice President of Business Development North America at Lufthansa Systems.
Sandeep Gill
Interim President & Chief Financial Officer
Sandeep Gill joins Fareportal as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He brings a wealth of experience to this role, having served in several senior financial and operational leadership roles over the past 15 years. He has significant financial leadership experience spanning the education, recruitment, services, advertising, and alternative investments sectors, and has consistently been a driver of sustainable growth.
Sandeep previously worked at leading firms such as Maxim Partners (Education Canada Group), MediaMath Inc., Abdiel Capital, and McKinsey & Company in financial leadership roles. He obtained an MBA in Finance from INSEAD in 2003 after attending The Wharton School as part of the Insead-Wharton Exchange program. Prior to that, he completed his Masters in English Literature and Bachelors in Nautical Sciences in India.
Andrew G. Bush
Chief Information Officer
Andrew has been leading Technology, Operations, and Data functions within the Financial Services industry for over 20 years. Most recently, as the Head of Technology for Lazard’s $1.4 billion M&A and Restructuring Advisory business, Andrew was responsible for all aspects of technology including strategy, product management, engineering development, and support.
Before his service with Lazard, Andrew served as the Head of Reference Data Strategy at Citigroup. Prior to Citigroup, he served as the Global Program Manager at Credit Suisse for the Securities Reference Data transformation initiative.
Andrew has a master’s degree in business administration from NYU Stern School of Business and a master’s degree in engineering from Cambridge University, England. Born in England, he moved to New York in 2004 and now lives with his wife Lori and two children in Summit, New Jersey.
Robert Esposito Sumner
Chief Operations Officer
Robert Esposito Sumner (Rob) is Fareportal’s Chief Operations Officer (COO). He oversees all global customer service operations including customer satisfaction and agency sales within Fareportal.
Rob has diverse leadership experience with more than thirty years of successful accomplishments in strategy, operations, technology, product development, data science, and program management. As an accomplished COO and CIO, he has significant experience in the growth of organizations ranging from 500 million to 2 billion in revenue by driving customer focused solutions, customer quality, and market-driven innovative products and services. He has also led the strategic and tactical growth of multi-national organizations with operations and technology infrastructure across India, the Philippines, Europe, and the United States.
Chad Yohn
General Counsel
Chad Yohn is General Counsel at Fareportal, leading the Legal team. He brings a wealth of experience in legal and compliance matters. His legal career spans over 25 years, with experience as in-house counsel at both privately and publicly held technology companies. More recently, Chad served as General Counsel at Intralinks and Eze Software where he developed legal teams that are integrated with the business and provided actionable advice on matters including commercial contracts and policies, regulatory and corporate compliance, data and intellectual property rights, litigation, acquisitions, and employment matters. Prior to working in-house, Chad began his career with the law firms Fish & Neave and Shearman & Sterling.
Chad earned a Juris Doctor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the New York State Bar and is a registered patent attorney.
Kimberly Samon
Chief Administrative Officer
Kimberly Samon is a results-driven global business leader with a strong combination of human resources expertise and business acumen. Kimberly is a four-time Chief People Officer for both public and private equity owned organizations. She has served in an advisory role with Fareportal for several years and now lends her deep experience in organizational design, employee engagement, talent and succession management as Chief People Officer, leading People & Culture for the company.
Kimberly has extensive experience working with leadership teams and boards on business transformation and has served as an advisor to multiple Compensation Committees. She earned a Juris Doctor at Stetson University College of Law, a Master of Business Administration at Mercer University School of Business & Economics and a Bachelor of Science at Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She is a Member of the State Bar of Georgia and has volunteered as an Instructor at the Columbia University CHRO Institute and as a Field Volunteer for The Joy J Society.
Kimberly has two adult children and lives in New York City with her husband. She is an avid traveler, chef, wine enthusiast, fitness buff and amateur novelist and screenwriter. She loves a good business or real estate rehab and making something spectacular out of the ordinary.
Arnold Walter
CEO, Farebuzz
Walter is CEO of Fare Buzz with over 20 years of flights industry experience and deep knowledge of managing end to end flights, consolidator operations, pricing, business development, sales and marketing functions. His immense knowledge in the flights vertical serves as a valuable resource and will collaborate with our global operations teams.
Some of the best minds in business are helping Fareportal behind the scenes. You could think of them as our “control tower.”
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