Scott Abramson
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Mike Montemurro
I've worked with Scott as a colleague, technology supplier, and customer; in each case, we collaborated at both a tactical and strategic level. Scott has superior technical expertise and, more importantly, knows how to leverage technology investments to achieve company business objectives. He is also an excellent leader -- he always made sure his technology team understood how their contributions directly impacted the company's success -- which generated high quality results. He has considerable expertise working in small entreprenurial firms during start up and high growth phases which underscores his ability to contribute to a company's overall strategy as well as create and implement the underlying technology strategy using limited capital and people. He was well-respected across the organization, both for his ability to translate complex technology into layman's terms and his appreciation for the impact of technology on sales, operations and other areas of the business. Any company with a strong technology component to its business and high growth plans would benefit from Scott's expertise.
Bill O'Toole
Scott oversaw all IT functions within TravelClick. I was responsible for software development and QA testing. During our time together I found Scott to be an exceedingly fair, insightful, and effective leader. He has a natural facility for discerning strategic direction for products and technologies. And this is matched with the leadership skills for setting those directions, articulating them to other members of his team, and then driving his colleagues relentlessly--but always in a positive spirit--toward their accomplishment. Scott's accomplishments speak for themselves but beyond those credentials, I found him at a more fundamental level to be a person of impressive intelligence, good humor, and strong character.
Mike Montemurro
I've worked with Scott as a colleague, technology supplier, and customer; in each case, we collaborated at both a tactical and strategic level. Scott has superior technical expertise and, more importantly, knows how to leverage technology investments to achieve company business objectives. He is also an excellent leader -- he always made sure his technology team understood how their contributions directly impacted the company's success -- which generated high quality results. He has considerable expertise working in small entreprenurial firms during start up and high growth phases which underscores his ability to contribute to a company's overall strategy as well as create and implement the underlying technology strategy using limited capital and people. He was well-respected across the organization, both for his ability to translate complex technology into layman's terms and his appreciation for the impact of technology on sales, operations and other areas of the business. Any company with a strong technology component to its business and high growth plans would benefit from Scott's expertise.
Bill O'Toole
Scott oversaw all IT functions within TravelClick. I was responsible for software development and QA testing. During our time together I found Scott to be an exceedingly fair, insightful, and effective leader. He has a natural facility for discerning strategic direction for products and technologies. And this is matched with the leadership skills for setting those directions, articulating them to other members of his team, and then driving his colleagues relentlessly--but always in a positive spirit--toward their accomplishment. Scott's accomplishments speak for themselves but beyond those credentials, I found him at a more fundamental level to be a person of impressive intelligence, good humor, and strong character.
Mike Montemurro
I've worked with Scott as a colleague, technology supplier, and customer; in each case, we collaborated at both a tactical and strategic level. Scott has superior technical expertise and, more importantly, knows how to leverage technology investments to achieve company business objectives. He is also an excellent leader -- he always made sure his technology team understood how their contributions directly impacted the company's success -- which generated high quality results. He has considerable expertise working in small entreprenurial firms during start up and high growth phases which underscores his ability to contribute to a company's overall strategy as well as create and implement the underlying technology strategy using limited capital and people. He was well-respected across the organization, both for his ability to translate complex technology into layman's terms and his appreciation for the impact of technology on sales, operations and other areas of the business. Any company with a strong technology component to its business and high growth plans would benefit from Scott's expertise.
Bill O'Toole
Scott oversaw all IT functions within TravelClick. I was responsible for software development and QA testing. During our time together I found Scott to be an exceedingly fair, insightful, and effective leader. He has a natural facility for discerning strategic direction for products and technologies. And this is matched with the leadership skills for setting those directions, articulating them to other members of his team, and then driving his colleagues relentlessly--but always in a positive spirit--toward their accomplishment. Scott's accomplishments speak for themselves but beyond those credentials, I found him at a more fundamental level to be a person of impressive intelligence, good humor, and strong character.
Mike Montemurro
I've worked with Scott as a colleague, technology supplier, and customer; in each case, we collaborated at both a tactical and strategic level. Scott has superior technical expertise and, more importantly, knows how to leverage technology investments to achieve company business objectives. He is also an excellent leader -- he always made sure his technology team understood how their contributions directly impacted the company's success -- which generated high quality results. He has considerable expertise working in small entreprenurial firms during start up and high growth phases which underscores his ability to contribute to a company's overall strategy as well as create and implement the underlying technology strategy using limited capital and people. He was well-respected across the organization, both for his ability to translate complex technology into layman's terms and his appreciation for the impact of technology on sales, operations and other areas of the business. Any company with a strong technology component to its business and high growth plans would benefit from Scott's expertise.
Bill O'Toole
Scott oversaw all IT functions within TravelClick. I was responsible for software development and QA testing. During our time together I found Scott to be an exceedingly fair, insightful, and effective leader. He has a natural facility for discerning strategic direction for products and technologies. And this is matched with the leadership skills for setting those directions, articulating them to other members of his team, and then driving his colleagues relentlessly--but always in a positive spirit--toward their accomplishment. Scott's accomplishments speak for themselves but beyond those credentials, I found him at a more fundamental level to be a person of impressive intelligence, good humor, and strong character.
Credentials
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Cultivating Cultural Competence and Inclusion
LinkedInNov, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Modelnetics Instructor
Main Event Management CorporationJun, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Symitar
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Director (SVP/CTO) Product Strategy and Technology
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Jul 2013 - Present
Direct product development and technology strategy for Episys core processing platform. Develop and implement multi-year product and technology roadmap for market leading credit union operations platform. Lead in place technology modernization of market leading platform. Transform team, tools and process to Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing and Continuous Deployment. Implement new App Store model for extending the platform. Direct product development and technology strategy for Episys core processing platform. Develop and implement multi-year product and technology roadmap for market leading credit union operations platform. Lead in place technology modernization of market leading platform. Transform team, tools and process to Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing and Continuous Deployment. Implement new App Store model for extending the platform.
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Springer-Miller Systems
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United States
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Software Development
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100 - 200 Employee
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General Manager - HexCo
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2010 - Jun 2013
Direct development of cloud based, touch enabled property management system platform ATRIO. Implement user experience function to produce innovative "walk up and use simple" user interface to dramatically reduce training time of new system implementations. Build Azure based multi-tenant Platform as a Service (PaaS) to deliver industry low operating cost model per implementation. Implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery to deliver new production quality code to customers monthly. Show less
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President Mergers and Acquisitions
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Aug 2007 - Dec 2009
Develop global financial services firm through mergers and acquisitions Develop global financial services firm through mergers and acquisitions
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Sabre Corporation
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President Software Development
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May 2006 - Aug 2007
Directed software development for online transaction processing of Travel Content including hotels, rental cars, rail, cruise, tours, and vacation packages. Directed global team in Krakow, Bangalore and Dallas. Achieved key staff mix and financial objectives 12 months ahead of plan. Achieved approval from new private equity owners to execute multi-year hotel platform integration and operating cost reduction program Directed software development for online transaction processing of Travel Content including hotels, rental cars, rail, cruise, tours, and vacation packages. Directed global team in Krakow, Bangalore and Dallas. Achieved key staff mix and financial objectives 12 months ahead of plan. Achieved approval from new private equity owners to execute multi-year hotel platform integration and operating cost reduction program
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Management Consultant
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Feb 2005 - May 2006
Management and technology consulting for airline reservation system and online vacation rental company. Financial services start-up company business plan and investor presentation development Management and technology consulting for airline reservation system and online vacation rental company. Financial services start-up company business plan and investor presentation development
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TravelClick
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United States
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Hospitality
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300 - 400 Employee
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CIO
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Feb 2001 - Mar 2005
Direct software development activities for a growing, medium sized global company Direct IT Operational activities for a growing, medium sized, global company M&A due diligence and post transaction integration Direct software development activities for a growing, medium sized global company Direct IT Operational activities for a growing, medium sized, global company M&A due diligence and post transaction integration
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CTO
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May 1996 - Jan 2001
Start-up company engaged in developing complex leisure travel distribution engine between suppliers such as tour operators and buyers such as travel agencies. Recruited by angel investors to build the technology and the business. Raised A round of capital. Start-up company engaged in developing complex leisure travel distribution engine between suppliers such as tour operators and buyers such as travel agencies. Recruited by angel investors to build the technology and the business. Raised A round of capital.
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Pegasus
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United States
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Hospitality
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200 - 300 Employee
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Director Information Technology
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Jun 1990 - Apr 1996
Start-up to build electronic data interchange platform for hotel reservations. Built software development function and managed outsourced IT operations. Lead industry standard committees to drive transaction standards in electronic distribution. Board member of Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA). Start-up to build electronic data interchange platform for hotel reservations. Built software development function and managed outsourced IT operations. Lead industry standard committees to drive transaction standards in electronic distribution. Board member of Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA).
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Education
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University of California, Berkeley
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The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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University of Texas at Arlington
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Purdue University
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Fremd High School