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Executive Officers of the Registrant
Our executive officers as of February 1, 2014, were as follows:
Barney Harford, age 42, has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since
January 2009. Prior to joining the Company in January 2009, Mr. Harford served in a variety of roles at Expedia, Inc. from
1999 to 2006. From 2004 to 2006, he served as President of Expedia Asia Pacific. Prior to 2004, Mr. Harford served as Senior
Vice President of Air, Car & Private Label and led Expedia’s corporate development, strategic planning and investor relations
functions. He joined Expedia in 1999 as a product planner. Mr. Harford currently serves on the Board of Directors of
LiquidPlanner, Inc. He previously served on the Board of Directors of GlobalEnglish Corporation, Orange Hotel Group and
eLong, Inc. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MA degree in Natural Sciences from Clare College, Cambridge
University.
Sam Fulton, age 43, has served as Senior Vice President, Global Product Management and Customer Experience since
March 2013. Mr. Fulton also has responsibility for User Experience and Product Operations. Prior to his current role, from
March 2010 to March 2013, Mr. Fulton held several key positions within the Company including Senior Vice President of
Product Strategy and Senior Vice President of Retail. From January 2008 to February 2010, Mr. Fulton was the Group Vice
President of Product Management. Prior to joining the Company in 2002, Mr. Fulton worked for Budget Rent A Car as the
Director of Travel Industry Sales focusing on preferred travel agency relationships. Mr. Fulton has a BS degree in Finance and
Marketing from the University of Denver.
Tom Kram, age 54, has served as our Group Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, since joining the Company in
May 2011. From 2004 to 2011, Mr. Kram served in a variety of roles at Chicago Newspaper Liquidation Corp., formerly
known as Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. Mr. Kram was elected Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer in
October 2009 and served as Chief Financial Officer from March 2009 to October 2009. From 2004 to 2009, he was the
Corporate Controller and, in addition, served as Chief Accounting Officer from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Kram served as the Chief
Financial Officer of Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. when it filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code in March 2009. Mr. Kram was formerly the Vice President, Controller of Budget Group, Inc. from
1997 to 2003. Mr. Kram is a CPA and has a BS degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Roger Liew, age 41, has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, since November 2010. Mr. Liew
was Vice President of Technology of the Company and Group Manager of the Company’s Intelligent Marketplace Group from
July 2009 to November 2010, and previously served as Vice President of Technology of Orbitz, LLC from May 2000 to May
2004. Prior to his return to the Company in July 2009, Mr. Liew served as Chief Technology Officer of Milestro, a leisure,
travel and tourism company, from May 2008 to December 2008 and Chief Technology Officer of G2 Switchworks, a startup in
the travel technology space, from May 2004 to April 2008, when it was acquired by Travelport. Prior to joining Orbitz, LLC,
Mr. Liew worked as a lead developer for Neoglyphics Media Corporation and as a software engineer for Motorola's Cellular
Subscriber Group. Mr. Liew studied Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Chicago.
Chris Orton, age 40, has served as our Chief Operating Officer since February 2014. Mr. Orton previously served as
Senior Vice President of Orbitz.com and President of CheapTickets since August 2011. Previously, Mr. Orton served as Senior
Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, from July 2010 to August 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Orton worked for
eBay, Inc. from June 2003 to June 2010 and held various positions in data warehousing and internet marketing. Most recently,
Mr. Orton was Senior Director of Internet Marketing at eBay, responsible for its paid search, shopping comparison, search
engine optimization, affiliates and display marketing channels. Prior to joining eBay, he spent eight years doing customer
relationship management and enterprise resource planning consulting at Kana Software, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Andersen
Consulting (Accenture). Mr. Orton has an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA degree in Economics and
International Relations from the University of California, Davis.
Mike Randolfi, age 41, has served as Chief Financial Officer since March 2013 with global responsibility for the
Company’s accounting, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, tax, procurement, and treasury functions. Prior to
joining the Company, Mr. Randolfi served as Vice President and then as Senior Vice President and Controller at Delta Air Lines
from October 2009 to February 2013. From June 1999 to October 2009, Mr. Randolfi held various executive positions in
financial planning, financial analysis, controllership and treasury. Prior to his 14-year career at Delta, Mr. Randolfi held
positions with Continental Airlines and Raymond James and Associates. Mr. Randolfi is a CPA and a certified management
accountant and holds an MBA from Emory University and a BA in accounting and finance from the University of South
Florida.