Passkey has appointed Jay Ramadorai to the position of senior vice president and chief technology officer. In his new role, Ramadorai will drive the design, development and execution of Passkey technology enhancements and additions to better serve the hospitality/travel industry.

He brings 16 years of information technology experience and a solid aptitude for business planning, research, strategy, architecture and execution of eBusiness solutions to the firm.

According to Greg Pesik, Passkey?s president and CEO, “Jay?s strong mix of product and services experience, coupled with his extensive knowledge of building and perfecting open systems, Internet and database technologies, make him the ideal leader for our technology team. We are thrilled to welcome him to the company and are confident that his leadership will be integral to our goal of developing and implementing technologies that will dramatically change and streamline the way the industry is now handling group business.”

Ramadorai most recently served as executive vice president and chief technology officer at LastMinuteTravel.com
, where he designed and built a scalable platform using emerging travel technologies, such as direct-connect, to deliver last-minute travel inventory to consumers. While at LastMinuteTravel.com, he also led the implementation and launch of AOL`s Last Minute Travel channel on their multiple Internet properties. Prior to that, Ramadorai developed Internet solutions for a diverse iXL client base and he built a successful global e-procurement exchange for General Electric while at Software Builders International.

 

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