Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Founder & CEO at InsideTrip.com
- Past
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- Managing Partner at PYM Group
- VP, Supplier Relations & Pricing at Farecast
- Managing Director, Pricing and Revenue Management at Alaska Airlines
- Managing Director, Strategic Planning and Alliances at TWA (Trans World Airlines)
- Director, Market Analysis at TWA (Trans World Airlines)
- Education
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- Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School
- University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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David Pelter’s Experience
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Founder & CEO
InsideTrip.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Services industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
InsideTrip is about is finding the same great prices as you’ll find everywhere else but layering on top of that the ability to understand the qualitative differences between itineraries in the form of our TripQuality score as well as our visual itinerary display.
What we strive to do is “turn on the lights” to show the product differences between the itineraries and let people decide their own value equation in terms of what is important to them.
So in a nutshell, we are providing the best of both worlds: great prices and a clear way to understand product differences. No other site comes close to the work we do on behalf of the users in pointing out these product differences. -
Managing Partner
PYM Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
October 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 3 months)
The PYM Group is a consulting practice specializing in online travel strategy, business infrastructure development, and travel technology selection. David is a recognized online travel and airline industry expert whose recent engagements included a full time, two year assignment with Farecast.com, a travel search engine named to Time Magazine’s 2006 50 Coolest Websites list, and Yapta.com, a cutting edge trip planning firm launched in May, 2007 .
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VP, Supplier Relations & Pricing
Farecast
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
February 2005 — March 2007 (2 years 2 months)
• Principal pricing and airline domain expert to fully funded, next generation travel technology start-up featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, and NBC Nightly News.
• Key member of intimate management team that secured $20.6M venture capital financing from elite investment firms Greylock Partners, Madrona Venture Group, and Sutter Hill.
• Nurture and develop key industry relationships to illuminate Farecast’s unique supplier advocacy propositions.
• Create new business and technology partnerships that enhance the product and brand execution of Farecast’s breakthrough data mining application.
• Led product development efforts of initial alpha web site including product features, consumer navigation, and web look and feel.
• Foremost contributor to Farecast’s consumer-facing blog, www.farecastblog.com. -
Managing Director, Pricing and Revenue Management
Alaska Airlines
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALK; Airlines/Aviation industry)
October 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 3 months)
• Guided company-wide pricing segmentation efforts to optimize revenue across all revenue programs including cruise, corporate, and loyalty programs at $2.1B Major airline.
• Led analytics group to study customer behavior and to execute plans that maximize brand and revenue penetration.
• Interacted and brainstormed on a daily basis with top levels of Senior Management regarding core strategic and corporate planning issues.
• Directed all pricing and inventory allocation decisions including absolute responsibility for revenue maximization on the sale of seats on 1,000 daily flights for 11 month sale window.
• Developed and formulated leveraged pricing plans for all corporate, internet, tour
operator, wholesale, and cruise programs.
• Supervised department of 25 employees including four direct reports.
• Grew department staff by 92% while reinventing work processes and technology solutions. -
Managing Director, Strategic Planning and Alliances
TWA (Trans World Airlines)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)
January 1999 — July 2001 (2 years 7 months)
• Maximized $3.2B in passenger revenue at the 8th largest U.S. carrier through the strategic world-wide deployment of TWA’s fleet of 180 jets and 40 regional aircraft.
• Refined and reviewed TWA’s brand strategies focusing on enhancing both business traveler loyalty and leisure traveler utility.
• Established alliance strategy for the Americas and negotiated partnership agreements with travel partners including joint marketing and schedule coordination.
• Project leader of San Juan, Puerto Rico hub coordinating all marketing, operations, and finance issues related to the launch of TWA's new 20 daily flight Caribbean hub.
• Managed staff of six including three direct reports.
• Named to Travel Agent Magazine's list of "Top 100 Rising Stars in Travel", 1998, 1999, 2000. -
Director, Market Analysis
TWA (Trans World Airlines)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)
March 1996 — January 1999 (2 years 11 months)
David Pelter’s Education
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Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School
MBA , Business , 1996 — 1998
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University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
1989 — 1991
