Evan Konwiser is the Chief Product & Strategy Officer for American Express Global Business Travel. He is responsible for product & engineering, corporate strategy, sustainability, communications and public affairs.

Prior to Amex GBT, he was co-founder and COO of Skylark, a luxury leisure travel agency start-up. He previously built two other travel products: FlightCaster, which predicts flight delays real-time and was acquired in 2010, and Farely, which analyzes airline cost data for travel buyers. As part of the FlightCaster acquisition, Evan ran the travel business for Next Jump, which includes employee discount programs for Fortune 500 companies. He also spent several years consulting in the travel industry for TMCs, airlines, GDS, and travel media companies. Evan has been an advisor to travel start-ups including Safely, Suiteness, Olset (acquired by Deem), RocketMiles (acquired by Booking), and GetGoing (acquired by BCD Travel). Evan was also a consultant at Bain & Company and he spent time at Kayak. He has a BA and MBA from Dartmouth.

Evan is a veteran Dragon / Critic at the Phocuswright Travel Innovation Summit and is the facilitator of the Phocuswright Young Leaders Summit. He previously served on the board of ACTE and was selected as one of the “25 Most Influential Business Travel Executives” of 2016.