Jason Linder

About Jason Linder

I was destined to be in the travel industry and bring Ripe to life. After studying…

Experience

1. President, CEO & World Traveler

   Ripe

   Jan 2015 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   Ripe (formerly RootRez) is a democratized SaaS travel platform, shifting lodging bookings away from generic travel sites to the grassroots level, where travel demand is created. We enable our travel-catalyzing clients to offer a personal and locally-oriented experience to travelers and a profit-maximizing mechanism. Big picture, we\'re building a better travel experience OPEN to participation by anyone that creates the travel demand and, in the process helping local organizations, communities, and travelers. MARQUIS CLIENTS: Houston, Salt Lake City, Park City, Charlotte, Columbus, Ottawa, Vancouver, Sundance Film Festival, Florida Keys, Times Square NYC, Hotel Association of New York City, Alta Ski Resort, Long Beach, Half Moon Bay I combined all of my past experience into the dreaming and creation of Ripe: working with large startups leading UI & UX development, backpacking around the world for a year, a BS in commercial tourism, a masters in business administration, a career in the the hospitality arena as a VP of marketing, and launching and selling two successful hotel property management companies.

Education

• University of Utah

  Parks, Recreation & Tourism

  1994 — 2009

• Westminster University

  MBA

  2007 — 2009

Skills

• Sales
• Hotels
• Yield Management
• Hospitality Industry
• Event Management
• Custom Software
• Marketing Strategy
• Revenue Analysis
• White Label
• Strategic Partnerships
• Sem
• Marketing
• Destination Marketing
• Management
• E-Commerce
• Social Media Marketing
• Web Development
• SEO
• Travel Technology
• Online Travel
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning