Jon Farrier
Global Business Development & Operations Executive – Technology: Startups | Growth Strategies | Software Innovation Organization Building | Travel Technologist
- Role
- Owner President Principal Consultant Gsa Sme at Travel Technologists
- Location
- Dallas, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Owner President Principal Consultant Gsa Sme
Jan 2009 — Present
Parlayed expertise in travel management technology into consultancy helping government and commercial organizations develop travel management strategies, refine processes, develop systems, and reduce costs. Evaluates commercial and proprietary software to maximize ROI and efficiencies. TMC and travel software consultant of record for US General Services Administration.• Selected by US General Services Administration (GSA) to advise on travel services strategic planning, RFP creation, bid evaluation, and vendor review, creating system to optimize travel planning, identify lowest costs, accelerate approvals, record transactions, and facilitate audits for over 1M federal travelers.• Provided strategic and tactical guidance as recognized SME in travel management software to support development of federal government E-Gov Travel Services platform, applying industry best practices to consolidate 250 separate systems, improve services, and leverage federal purchasing power to reduce costs.• Travel services SME for Federal Integrated Business Framework (FIBF) Program to identify common business needs across all federal agencies, analyze data and processes, and optimize outcomes and performance as first step in developing common system standards to leverage federal purchasing power.
Education
Southern Methodist University
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Texas Tech University
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
Skills
- Competitive Analysis
- Contract Negotiation
- Start-Ups
- Account Management
- Online Travel
- Incentives
- Market Research
- Pricing
- Strategic Planning
- Travel Technology
- Business Intelligence
- Product Strategy
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Business Strategy
- Business Analysis
- Online Marketing
- Leadership
- Negotiation
- Market Analysis
- Government Travel
- Travel Services
- Business Development
- Process Improvement
- Leisure Travel
- Management
- Management Consulting
- Strategy
- E-Commerce
- Business Travel
- Tourism
- Crm
- Marketing Strategy
- Strategy Development
- Travel Management
- Airlines
- Team Leadership
- Sales
- Government
- Strategic Partnerships
- Product Management
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