CEO & Founder
Jason is an overall life-enthusiast and hates the word no. Throughout his life, a natural curiousity has lead him to challenge the status quo. This obsession has translated into his work at Skipper. Jason loves airplanes and appreciates the irony of using an airplane as the logo for a hospitality technology company. One day, he hopes his wife will agree to let him get a pilot's license and also a dog (who he can train to be his co-pilot).
CTO & Founder
When he's not traveling, Tex hacks crazy code to make the jet-set life a little easier. Building Skipper's platform has given him a unique insight into the world of travel and awareness of its pitfalls. Tex also likes domestic beers and hates long walks on the beach.
COO
A lover of food, Adam explores the world by way of his stomach. From Hyderabad biryani to Australian meat pie, he has traveled with one singular goal in mind: eat everything, everywhere. Prior to Skipper, Adam spent 5 years as a management consultant, honing his travel & loyalty program skills in the process. He loves the New York Rangers, and excels at catching gummy bears in his mouth.
Co-Founder and CEO of CheckMate, Room77
Drew is the Co-Founder and CEO of CheckMate, the leading travel technology company advancing On-Demand Hospitality to build a better guest experience. He is also the CEO of Room 77, a position he's held since the hotel search engine acquired CheckMate in January of 2013. Drew previously co-founded Jetsetter, which he helped grow from an idea to nearly $100 million annual bookings run rate. He was also part of the founding team at KAYAK and served in a variety of key leadership roles from 2004 to 2009. Drew helped to reshape the online travel landscape by evolving the distribution model and increasing industry and consumer awareness around the value of “search” in travel.
Professor of Marketing at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration
Bill is a clinical professor of marketing at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. He is also the CEO of Marketing Economics, a consulting firm specializing in travel industry pricing, distribution, yield management and strategic planning. For over 25 years Carroll has held a variety of senior positions in the travel industry including division VP for Global Marketing Planning at Hertz. He also works closely with PhoCusWright, Inc. a travel industry research, consulting and publishing company.
Partnerships Director, Travel, Google
David Pavelko (Partnerships Director, Travel, Google inc.) works directly with Google's consumer travel initiatives and supports overall strategy, business development and partnership efforts. David also spent several years as Head of Travel where he managed marketing and advertising campaigns for airlines, hotel chains, cruise lines, car rental companies, OTA's, meta, and travel publishers across Google search, display, mobile and YouTube advertising platforms. Prior to joining Google, David was VP of Business Development at Cendant Corp, supporting their travel distribution services group and the utilization of technology solutions in the industry. David also spent time at Choice Hotels in a similar business development capacity as well as a few years in the sports marketing industry.
Navesink advisory group, global hotel alliance, travo
Flo is recognized as one of the most influential women in hospitality technology by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP). As Principal of Navesink Advisory Group, LLC, Flo leverages her vast experience, industry expertise and thought leadership to help businesses drive revenue growth and enhance profitability. A builder of high performing teams who develop marketable products and provide operational excellence to deliver sustained value, Flo has core competencies in strategic business development, opportunity assessment, due diligence process management, and organizational development, integration and transformation. Flo is also Executive Chairman of Global Hotel Alliance to the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, encompassing over 550 upscale and luxury hotels with 110,000 rooms across 76 different countries.
