Sabre reorganized its technology team and
promoted Barry Vandevier from his post as chief technology officer
of the Travelocity unit to chief information officer of Sabre.
The chief
information officer functions had been part of the Sabre CTO
position for the past couple of years without anyone holding the
title, officials said.
As the company has
grown and become more global over the past year-and-a-half, we
consolidated several corporate technology groups and realigned some
responsibilities with a specific focus on core enterprise systems
and enterprise-wide IT governance, a spokeswoman said.
Vandevier will
oversee Sabres technology functions, including the ongoing
conversion to open systems, across all business units.
In other moves,
Sabre hired Robert Wiseman, a former chief technology officer of
Cendant Travel Distribution Services, as Sabre chief technology
officer.
Wiseman, who began
his Sabre tenure in May as chief architect, will replace Craig
Murphy, who plans to retire in 2007, Sabre said.
The company also
announced the appointment of Sara Garrison as senior vice president
of products and system delivery. Garrison most previously worked
for Visa subsidiary Inovant as senior vice president of network and
open systems.
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