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eRevMax considers human resource to be its best and most worthy asset. The Company has some of the pioneers, in the field of hospitality and revenue management, as leaders, and it is their vision combined with a dedicated and skilled team, that is instrumental in the huge success of our products.
Mr. Andrew Morsi - President, Founder
Background: Andrew Morsi has over 20 years experience in the hospitality industry; 10 years in operational departments and 10 years in Revenue Management. Andrew is an authority in his field. Prior to establishing eRevMax, Andrew was Corporate Director of Revenue Management for Starhotels International based in Florence, Italy; Regional Director of Revenue Management for Six Continent Hotels and Resorts (Previously known as Bass Hotels & Resorts) for the northeast region of the U.S. based in New York; Director of Revenue Management for Swissotel The Drake in New York and Revenue Manager for Swissotel Chicago where he started his Revenue Management Career.
In September 1999, Andrew taught the first credited "Revenue Strategies" class and "Hotels Information Systems" class" at New York's University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (Master of Science in Hospitality Industry Studies). Andrew's passion for this field and dedication has led the development of eRevMax to become a leader in the market.
Mr. Reuel Ghosh - President, Founder
Background: Reuel Ghosh has over 15 years experience in the software development industry as a serial entrepreneur, Reuel brings to eRevMax his passion for innovation. Reuel's combined ability to streamline development and organizational processes has helped provide eRevMax with a world-class development environment creating leading online channel management products.
Reuel has successfully implemented multi-million dollar projects for organisations like Dow Jones, AT&T and Avis. He currently serves as a founding member of a Scottish Enterprise initiative, Global Scots. He also sits on the board of directors of Desiya.in, India's fastest growing travel site and IVIZ, an internet security organisation. Reuel founded eRevMax with Andrew Morsi to provide easy to use innovative technologies to an industry whose main line of business is quickly coming from the internet.
Mr. Sascha Hausmann - Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Background: Sascha Hausmann is a specialist in online distribution, benchmarking and revenue management technologies for the travel industry. He is a well-recognised figure in the European and US online travel industries, speaking at many events and being a trusted advisor to various companies in the online marketplace. In his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) he is responsible for the daily operations of eRevMax as well as leading strategic growth, acquisitions and global expansion plans.
Together with two partners, Sascha has his own travel consultancy business - StellantPartners. The firm is specialized in Merger & Acquisitions, strategic consultancy and business development. As part of StellantPartners he is a member of multiple boards of start-up companies and sits on funding committees. Prior to StellantPartners, Sascha was CEO of WorldRes, one of the first B2B online distribution platforms. Sascha is based in Germany but spends most of his time on business travel.
Michael McCartan - Chief Operating Officer
Background: Michael McCartan has over 12 years experience in Product Management, Business Development, Technical Pre-Sales and Project Management disciplines within the hospitality industry. Michael joined eRevMax as COO in September 2010 and is responsible for closely monitoring various projects while managing costs through optimization of people and processes. He would also manage day to day operations through effective action oriented approach.
Prior to joining eRevMax, Michael was VP Product Management at Pegasus Solutions where he was responsible for the development and management of all distribution services including UltraDirect, UltraSwitch and ODD.
Udai Singh Solanki - Chief Technology Officer & Managing Director India
Background: Udai Singh Solanki is one of the founding members of eRevMax. After the inception of the company in late 2001, he created the first version of RateTiger product within a record time of six months. In June 2002, eRevMax witnessed the first sale of RateTiger subscription. With over 12 years of experience in product development, Udai, in his CTO role, provides strategic guidance to the development teams, while also overseeing organizational processes and IT strategy. In addition to this, his responsibility also includes hospitality systems integration and Information Security and Management.
Prior to joining eRevMax, Udai worked with a small CRM product company. He completed his graduation from M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur and went on to IIT Kharagpur for his Masters in Industrial Engineering & Management, where he worked on a live project worth USD$1million. Udai also completed an Advanced Management Programme from IIM Calcutta. Udai is based in eRevMax's technical development centre located in Kolkata, India, where he oversees all daily operations.
Lars Hahn - Chief Financial Officer
Background: Lars Hahn is the Chief Financial Officer for eRevMax and the RateTiger and SimpleDistribution brands. Lars manages the budgets, invoicing and financial stability of the company worldwide, managing a team in the US, Europe and India. He is part of the travel consultancy company, StellantPartners, with Sascha Hausmann. Prior to joining StellantPartners, Lars was the WorldRes (and subsequently WebRes) Financial Controller, responsible for the global financial operations of WorldRes, as well as managing the contractual and support relationships with online partners and hotels.
Lars has extensive experience in financial and management accounting for global corporations.
Keith Povah - Division President RTSuite
Background: Keith Povah has more than 30 years experience in the hospitality sector having run his own hotels, as well as key positions with ACCOR, Le Meridien and the Best Western Lodge Hotel.
As VP of Sales International since 2007, Keith has been responsible for RateTiger's International sales strategy managing eRevMax's sales team worldwide. In 2010, he coordinated eRevMax's sales expansion in Asia Pacific and established new footprints in Singapore and Beijing with further plans to target South East Asia and Australia in 2011.
Prior to eRevMax, Keith managed the outreach of JAC Travel across the European and Australasian markets.
Ragnar Strerath - Division President RTConnect
Background: Ragnar Strerath has more than 20 years IT experience, appointed as the VP of Product Development in 2008. He is responsible for all integration projects, product development, and internal and external project management.
Prior to joining RateTiger, Ragnar was the Senior Director of Product Strategy at Trust International. In this role, Ragnar oversaw the development of Trust's Product range, which included Voyager CRS, Voyager Connect, Voyager View and Voyager Booker.
Previously, Ragnar was responsible for Product Management & Consulting at Lufthansa AirPlus, one of the largest providers for Business Travel Management tools in Europe.
Keith Watson - Division President RTCorporate
Background: Keith Watson has 12 years experience in travel and retail internet distribution segment and is considered an ecommerce specialist. He got appointed as VP Corporate Product at eRevMax in August 2010 where he is responsible to lead the growth of RTCorp, RateTiger's rate shopping system for hotel groups, corporate travel buyers and travel websites.
Formerly the owner and director of Internet Retail Technologies, specialising in search engine optimisation (SEO) and web sales and development, Keith leads the strategic development and positioning of RateTiger within corporate travel markets.
Prior to Internet Retail Technologies, Keith was sales manager for IDeaS Revenue Management and has experience in online distribution and PMS following successful roles at WorldRes, and PMS companies Ramesys and Hotel Information Systems.
