SEATTLE, WA - O le komiti faatonu a le Alaska Air Group ua filifilia Veresh Sita sui peresitene ma ofisa sili o faamatalaga mo le kamupani vaalele a le Alaska Airlines.

I le avea ai o le CIO, o Sita o le a vaʻavaʻaia le matagaluega o le 300 faʻamatalaga tekonolosi polofesa ma e nafa ma le inivesi i atinae tetele, atinaʻe faiga ma faʻatekonolosi fou i le Alaska Airlines ma lona uso vaʻaia Horizon Air. O le a ia auai i le kamupani ia Aukuso 1.

"O le taʻitaʻi ma le tamaoaiga o tekonolosi a Veresh o le a fetaui lelei ma le tatou aganuu o mea fou ma o le a fesoasoani foi e taʻitaʻi le kamupani ia matou taumafaiga ina ia faʻafaigofie femalagaaʻiga mo matou tagata faʻatau," o le tala lea a le aliʻi CEO o Alaska Airlines Brad Tilden.

Ae le i auai i Alaska, na galue Sita o le CIO mo Seattle-based Colliers International, o se pisinisi pisinisi faʻatau fale. Na ia auai i le kamupani i le 2008 ma fesoasoani suia le faʻamatalaga ma tekinolosi matagaluega tautua ma taʻitaʻia le kamupani lalolagi tekonolosi vaʻaiga, fausaga ma faiga faʻatinoina. Na ia taʻitaʻia foi le fausiaina o le Colliers Hub, o le lautele o le lautele ma le galulue faʻatasi, e fesoasoani i tagata faigaluega e aoina tagata maʻi ma faʻamatalaga tau maketi mai le tele o faʻavae ma le le fausiaina o faʻavae i le lalolagi atoa. Sita foi na fuafuaina ma faʻatinoina se telefoni feaveaʻi ma ao tautua tulaga faʻavae e tuʻufaʻatasia ma fesoʻotaʻi tagata ma tagata faigaluega i 482 ofisa o loʻo faʻataʻamiloina 62 atunuʻu. Ia Tesema 2013 o le Puget Sound Business Journal na faʻaigoa ia te ia "Best CIO of a Large Company," i le latou 2013 suʻesuʻega faaletausaga o Uosigitone taʻitaʻi.

"Ua ou fiafia lava ona o aʻu o se tasi o le aiga o le Alaska Airlines, ma ua ou vaʻavaʻai atu i le auai atu i se 'au o loʻo taulaʻi atu i le fausiaina o le poto masani sili mo a latou tagata faʻatau," o le tala lea a Sita.

I luma atu o Colliers, o Sita sa avea ma faʻatonu o polokalame o pisinisi i le lalolagi i le Starbucks Coffee Company, lea sa ia taʻitaʻia ai le tele o gaioiga faapisinisi a le kamupani ma suiga suiga i le talafaasolopito o Starbucks.

O le 23-tausaga tekinolosi polofesa, Sita mauaina se tikeri o le tagata malaga i pisinisi / pisinisi faʻamatalaga polokalama mai le Iunivesite o Witwatersrand i Johannesburg, Aferika i Saute, lea na fanau ai ma matua. Na aʻafia o ia i le aʻoaʻoina ma le aʻoaʻoina o le autalavou ma pisinisi faʻapolofesa ma tautua i le laupapa o le EveryGives ma le Community for Youth.

E nofo Sita i Sammamish, Uosigitone, ma lona toʻalua ma le la fanau e toʻalua.

O le Alaska Airlines o loʻo i ai se talaʻaga umi o le aufaʻatau tagata, e aofia ai le avea ma muamua US kamupani e faʻatau atu pepa i luga o le 'Upega tafaʻilagi ma ofa atu i ana tagata faʻatau siaki lugalaina. O loʻo faʻaauau pea ona ofaina e le au faʻatau tekonolosi-faʻauo a tagata faʻatau e faʻafaigofie ai ona lele ma ana pisinisi fai pisinisi ma taʻimua i le upega tafailagi ma lona faʻavaeina fou o se tagata fai pisinisi fou.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

As CIO, Sita will have oversight of a department of 300 information technology professionals and be responsible for investing in the infrastructure, enterprise systems and technical innovation at Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier Horizon Air.
“I am thrilled to be part of the Alaska Airlines family, and look forward to joining a team that is focused on creating the best experience for their customers,”.
A 23-year technology professional, Sita earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce/business information systems from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was born and raised.