SEATTLE, WA - Ua koho ʻia ka papa kuhikuhi o ka hui ʻo Air Air Group ʻo Veresh Sita ka hope pelekikena a he luna ʻike nui no Alaska Airlines.
Ma ke ʻano he CIO, e mālama ʻo Sita i kahi ʻoihana o 300 ʻoihana ʻenehana ʻikepili a kuleana no ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā ʻoihana, nā ʻōnaehana ʻoihana a me nā hana hou loea ma Alaska Airlines a me kona kaikuahine lawe ʻo Horizon Air. E komo ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana ma ʻAukake 1.
"ʻO ke alakaʻi a me ka ʻenehana ʻenehana waiwai ʻo Veresh e kūpono me kā mākou moʻomeheu o ka hana hou ʻana a e kōkua pū i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana i kā mākou hana e maʻalahi ai ka huakaʻi no kā mākou mea kūʻai aku," i ʻōlelo ʻia e CEO ʻo Alaska Airlines ʻo Brad Tilden.
Ma mua o ke komo ʻana i Alaska, ua lawelawe ʻo Sita ma ke ʻano he CIO no Colliers International ma Seattle, kahi ʻoihana lawelawe waiwai. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana i 2008 a kōkua i ka hoʻololi i ka ʻike a me ka ʻenehana lawelawe lawelawe a alakaʻi i ka ʻike o ka ʻenehana honua o ka ʻoihana, ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻokō ʻana o nā ʻōnaehana. Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻokumu ʻia o Colliers Hub, kahi puka kaiāulu a me ka paepae laulima, i kōkua i nā limahana e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike o nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mākeke mai nā kumuwaiwai i kūkulu ʻia a kūkulu ʻole ʻia a puni ka honua. Ua hoʻolālā a hoʻokō ʻo Sita i kahi polokalamu kelepona a me nā papahana lawelawe kapua e hoʻohui a hoʻohui i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā limahana ma nā keʻena 482 ma nā ʻāina he 62. I Kēkēmapa 2013 ka Puget Sound Business Journal i kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Best CIO o kahi Hui Nui," i kā lākou noi makahiki 2013 o nā alakaʻi ʻenehana Wakinekona.
"Ua hauʻoli wau i ka ʻāpana o ka ʻohana Alaska Airlines, a ke lana nei ka manaʻo i ke komo ʻana i kahi kime e kia ana i ka hana ʻana i ka ʻike maikaʻi loa no kā lākou mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Sita.
Ma mua o Colliers, ʻo Sita ka luna o ka papahana o nā ʻōnaehana ʻoihana honua ma Starbucks Coffee Company, kahi i alakaʻi ai ʻo ia i ka hana ʻoihana nui a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana i ka moʻolelo o Starbucks.
ʻO kahi ʻoihana ʻenehana he 23 mau makahiki, ua loaʻa iā Sita ke kekelē laepua no ke kālepa ʻana / ʻoihana ʻike ʻike mai ke Kulanui o Witwatersrand ma Johannesburg, ʻApelika Hema, kahi i hānau ʻia ai a hānai ʻia ʻo ia. Ua pili ʻo ia i ke aʻo ʻana a me ke aʻo ʻana i ka poʻe ʻōpio a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana a lawelawe ma nā papa o EveryGives and Community for Youth.
Noho ʻo Sita ma Sammamish, Wakinekona, me kāna wahine a me ʻelua mau keiki.
He moʻolelo lōʻihi ko Alaska Airlines o ka hana hou aku o nā mea kūʻai aku, e like me ka lawe mua ʻana o US no ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā likiki ma ka Pūnaewele a hāʻawi i kāna mea kūʻai aku e nānā ma ka pūnaewele. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Alaska i ka hāʻawi ʻana aku i ka ʻenehana launa me nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻomaʻalahi i ka lele ʻana me kāna polokalamu kelepona alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻoihana a me kāna pūnaewele i hoʻokumu ʻia ai kahi Keʻena Hoʻohui Kālā.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- As CIO, Sita will have oversight of a department of 300 information technology professionals and be responsible for investing in the infrastructure, enterprise systems and technical innovation at Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier Horizon Air.
- “I am thrilled to be part of the Alaska Airlines family, and look forward to joining a team that is focused on creating the best experience for their customers,”.
- A 23-year technology professional, Sita earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce/business information systems from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was born and raised.
