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On the road again, somefings up , whatsup ?
Serko Expands North American Presence with Industry Veteran Tony D’Astolfo
Serko today announced the further expansion of its North American operations with the appointment of Tony D’Astolfo, as Senior Vice President, NORAM.
Serko CEO, Darrin Grafton said, “With Tony joining, we welcome arguably one of the most influential executives in corporate travel in the North American market. This is another key milestone in Serko’s global expansion and we’re thrilled to add someone of Tony’s caliber to the team. His experience, track record and extensive network will propel our efforts to launch Zeno in the world’s largest business travel market.”
D’Astolfo is a 30-year travel industry veteran with deep expertise in business travel and technology. His successful track record in the corporate travel technology space began at GetThere, where he led the pre-IPO startup as Vice President of Sales. D’Astolfo then moved to Deem, where he assembled and led a team that added over 7,000 customers, before leaving to lead Phocuswright, the travel industry’s premier research firm, as Managing Director.
“The North American market is looking for alternatives to the status quo, and Zeno, the state-of-the-art travel and expense technology platform that Darrin and team have built at Serko is perfectly positioned to make an impact”, said D’Astolfo. “I’m excited to join a team with a proven history of execution and look forward to leading the efforts here in North America”.
Grafton added “Our entry into the U.S. market is gathering momentum and we’re excited to give the U.S. and Canadian markets a sorely needed new option.”
D’Astolfo joins former Amex and NuTravel exec Rich Miller, and former Concur exec Murray Warner as the newest members of the leadership team at Serko. The new look executive line-up, along with Serko’s new flagship product, Zeno, will be introduced to the industry at the upcoming ACTE Conference in New York, April 29- May 1, and the BTTB-GTBA conference in Sydney on May 8-9.
I seem to be quite happy with this development. US markets seem to benefit from those that know the culture and territory so hopefully he can connect the right eyes and ears to this initiative. Good luck. Good NY mafia name too (is that racist?)
https://www.nzx.com/announcements/317352
ASX listing applied for.
Given that Serko derives most of its revenues in Australia, it is a very logical step in the company's evolution into a truly global entity.
Sp heading back towards its previous high of $2.56 - next stop has to be $3.00 as most of the flippers must be just about gone by now.
Happy holder.
I hold a few as well. Good move listing in Australia, should boost awareness.
$ for performance is better on ASX. If they deliver the goods this will be very good for SKO as the company will be more appropriately valued and if they really perform this its $$ (look at A2M).
btw the Board is still awful - very weak.