Jeff Katz is the Founder and CEO of Journera and a recognized leader in the travel and e-commerce industries.

Journera is the only tool that enables travel brands to understand a customer’s entire journey. By knowing the journey, travel companies can make travel better and can gain new insights on how to improve their businesses.

The Journera platform brings together data from throughout the travel journey to open up new possibilities for travelers and travel companies – from identifying potential customers who are planning journeys, better anticipating their needs seamlessly through the whole journey, and offering new services and experiences based on the traveler’s real-time needs. Journera’s customers include many major U.S. travel brands.

Jeff’s lineage in travel runs deep. He was previously the founding Chairman and CEO of Orbitz, CEO of Swissair, President of the global distribution system, SABRE, and a long time executive at American Airlines, serving in several roles over 17 years.

Jeff is also co-founder of OpenMinds, which convenes a diverse group of leaders to solve for the dual challenge of climate and energy.

Jeff holds degrees from MIT, Stanford, and the University of California.