Stephen A. Joyce

Current

• Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors at OpenTravel
• President at Sentias Software Corp.
• Chair at North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

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Past

• Publisher at Tips from the T-List
• Managing Director at Secret Agent Enterprises Inc.
• Consultant at Dearborn Holdings Ltd.

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Blog

Stephen A. Joyce’s Summary

Mr. Joyce has been working as a travel & tourism technology consultant since 1995. In 2005 Mr. Joyce and his company, Sentias Software Corp., began development on Rezgo.com, a next generation Web 2.0 tour and activity booking engine for small and medium sized tour operators. In June of 2007, Rezgo.com was officially released and now boasts a user base of 500+ companies. Mr. Joyce is also very active in fostering tourism technology and is the founding President of the North American Chapter of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT North America). He is also on the judging committee for the first Canadian E-Tourism Awards and is the publisher of the Tips from the T-List book.

Most recently, Mr. Joyce founded the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) North America Chapter. IFITT's mandate is to open discussions between Academia, Industry and Government about information and communications technologies and their impact on the travel and tourism industry. In addition to his tourism initiatives, Mr. Joyce is an active participant in ongoing business improvement in his community and sits on the Board of Directors of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, Chairs the Membership Committee, Board of Directors for the Coho Society, and was a member of the Board of Directors for the Pacific Club for three years.

One of Mr. Joyce's pet projects at Sentias is the Karma Exchange, a web application designed to promote everyday acts of goodwill. The Karma Exchange can be found at www.karmaex.com.

Stephen A. Joyce’s Specialties:

tourism technology, travel technology, online booking engines, web reservation systems, blogging, user generated content, web 2.0 application development, facebook application development, collaborative technologies, aviation, philanthropy

Stephen A. Joyce’s Experience

• Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors

  OpenTravel

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — Present (6 months)

  As the Vice-Chair of OpenTravel I work with a dedicated group of Board members who are all passionate about promoting the creation and adoption of industry standard messages for the travel industry. As the travel industry changes, organizations around the World are going to look for ways to interconnect. The OpenTravel standards will help facilitate these connections by providing a consistent and recognized standard for interoperability.

• President

  Sentias Software Corp.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

  As the President of Sentias, I have the distinct pleasure of overseeing the strategic direction of the company and work to ensure the goals, values and mission of the organization are promoted both internally with our excellent team members and externally with our customers and vendors. I look forward to assisting in the growth and further development of the company and its products including our flagship product, Rezgo, a powerful yet simple reservation system designed for small and medium sized tourism businesses.

• Chair

  North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

Additional Information

Stephen A. Joyce’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Blog

Stephen A. Joyce’s Interests:

travel & tourism technology, aviation, leadership, management, camping, snowboarding, public speaking, volunteering

Stephen A. Joyce’s Groups:

President - International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) North America Chapter
Chair of the Board of Directors - North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
Former Director - COHO Society
Former Director - The Pacific Club
Member - Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Society
Volunteer Instructor - Royal Canadian Air Cadets

•    Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Group
•    Digital Tourism Experts
•    Travel 2.0: Interactive Travel Industry Professionals
•    Tourism 2.0
•    marchFIRST Alumni /Former employees
•    Travel & Tourism Industry Professionals Worldwide
•    the IFITT Conference ENTER: IT and Travel & Tourism
•    Online Travel Technology
•    Travel BlogCamp
•    Social Media in Travel
•    PhoCusWright

Stephen A. Joyce’s Honors:

Business Excellence Award for Innovation 2007 - Finalist
Canadian E-Tourism Award for Innovation 2007 - Silver Award
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze, Silver, Gold Awards
Rigg Scholarship (St. Georges School)
Public Service Award (St. Georges School)
Youth Leadership Award (YMCA)
Squadron Commander - 525 RCACS
Flying Scholarship - 525 RCACS
Senior Proficiency Award (2 consecutive years) - 525 RCACS

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