Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Alaska Air Group i kēia lā e hoʻolālā ʻo Brandon Pedersen, Luna Nui kālā mai 2010, e hoʻomaha i ka lā Malaki 2. ʻO Shane Tackett, i kēia manawa ka pelekikena hope o Alaska no ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻolālā e kūleʻa iā Pedersen, e kālele ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kumu hoʻohālike o ka ʻoihana no ka hoʻomau lōʻihi- ka ulu a me ka waiwai no nā malihini, nā limahana, nā mea nona a me nā kaiāulu.

"Ua hana ʻo Brandon i kahi hana koʻikoʻi ma ke ʻano he CFO o Alaska," wahi a Brad Tilden, ka luna hoʻomalu a me ka Luna Nui o Alaska Air Group. “Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Brandon i kāna hana me nā mea loiloi a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā, e wehewehe pono ana i nā pilikia ʻoihana a me nā hoʻolālā o Alaska no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ulu a me ka waiwai. E minamina nui ʻia ʻo ia e kākou a pau. Mahalo mākou iā ia no kāna lawelawe maikaʻi ʻana iā Alaska, a makemake mākou iā ia a me kāna wahine ʻo Janet i ka maikaʻi loa i ko lākou wā e hiki mai ana.

He kamaʻāina ʻo Pedersen i Seattle. Ma hope o kona lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he loiloi waho o Alaska no 11 mau makahiki, ua komo ʻo ia ma Alaska ma 2003 ma ke ʻano he hope pelekikena o ke kālā a me ka mea hoʻokele a ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo ia i CFO i Mei 2010. I kona noho ʻana ma CFO, Hui Pū ʻĀina ʻo Alaska loaʻa Virgin Amerika Inc., ua hoʻoikaika i kāna waihona kālā, a ua hoʻomaka i kahi mahele i ulu i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai 2013. ʻO ka Puget Sound Business Journal i kapa ʻia ʻo Pedersen ma kāna "CFO o ka Makahiki" ma 2015 no nā hui aupuni me ka ʻoi aku o hoʻokahi piliona kālā i loaʻa a ʻo ia. ʻike ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka makahiki 2012 ʻo ia kekahi o nā CFO mokulele kiʻekiʻe ma ka papa inoa makahiki "All-America Executive Team" o Institutional Investor Magazine. He puka puka 'o ia mai ke Kulanui o Wakinekona, kahi e ho'omau ai 'o ia i ke a'o 'ana a me ke komo ikaika 'ana.

Ua hui ʻo Tackett iā Alaska i ka makahiki 2000 a ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i nā mana he nui ma waena o ka hui. I ka makahiki 2010, ua lilo ʻo Tackett i hope pelekikena o nā pilina hana ma Alaska Airlines, kūkulu a alakaʻi i ka pilina o ka hui me kāna mau uniona ʻelima a ma hope o ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ʻeono mau ʻaelike hana lōʻihi. I ka makahiki 2015, ua lilo ʻo ia i kuleana no ka hoʻokele waiwai a me nā hana e-commerce no Alaska a mālama i nā pilina me nā hoa ʻenehana ʻoihana koʻikoʻi. Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo ia i hope pelekikena hoʻokō o ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻolālā ma 2018, ke alakaʻi hou nei i ka hui pili limahana o Alaska, a e hoʻomau ʻo ia e alakaʻi ma ke ʻano he CFO.

"Laki loa mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi o Shane i mākaukau e kūleʻa iā Brandon," wahi a Tilden. "Ua noho ʻo Shane me Alaska no kahi kokoke i 20 mau makahiki. Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i kahi ākea o nā māhele, me ka hoʻolālā kālā a me ka nānā ʻana, e-commerce, hoʻokele waiwai a me nā pilina hana. Loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike nui o ka algebra kumu o kā mākou ʻoihana, akā ʻo ka mea nui paha, ʻo ke ʻano o kā mākou hana ʻana mai ka ʻike kanaka. Hauʻoli nui mākou a pau e hoʻokipa iā ia ma ke ʻano he CFO, a ke kakali nei mākou e ʻike i ka hopena āna i hana ai i kēia kuleana.

Ua hele ʻo Tackett i ke Kulanui ʻo Pacific Lutheran ma kahi kokoke i Tacoma, Wakinekona, kahi ʻo ia i hana nui ai i ka hoʻokele ʻoihana me ka ʻike kālā. Loaʻa iā ia kahi MBA mai ke Kula Nui ʻo Foster School of Business o ke Kulanui o Wakinekona. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Tackett ma ka papa luna mālama o Make-A-Wish o Wakinekona a me Alaska.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

After serving as Alaska’s outside auditor for 11 years, he joined Alaska in 2003 as vice president of finance and controller and was promoted to CFO in May 2010.
He was promoted to executive vice president of planning and strategy in 2018, once again leading Alaska’s labor relations team, which he will continue to lead as CFO.
Shane Tackett, currently Alaska’s executive vice president of planning and strategy will succeed Pedersen, focusing on execution of the company’s business model for continued long-term growth and value for guests, employees, owners and communities.