I am really impressed with the team Travala has put together to be honest. The two co-founders seem to compliment each other well. Juan has a bit of travel industry experience but his real expertise is in Silicon Valley and in the blockchain space, where as Steve is the one which has the real online travel experience of the two. They have both demonstrated successful previous leadership running teams and companies, and together will pool the right resources, knowledge and connections for this type of project. The rest of the main core team all have many years’ experience in their respective fields and some like CMO Sam have incredible amounts of experience in the online travel world.
Juan Otero – Co-Founder & CEO – https://www.linkedin.com/in/joterovila/
Has 15+ years’ experience some of that experience being in the largest tech companies in the world including Oracle and very relevant Booking.com. He was also a previous founder of a successful company called Restaurante’s which Wired Magazine labelled as one of Europe´s fastest-growing digital companies in 2012. He is a renowned influencer in the blockchain space and has helped to build some of the biggest web3 companies of the future.
Steve Hipwell – Co-Founder & COO – https://www.linkedin.com/in/hipwellsteven/
Steve also has previous leadership experience as a business owner but more importantly he has had a decade in the online travel industry. A perfect match for Juan in terms of actual industry experience and connections.
Sam Woollard – CMO – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-woollard-04a0b011/
Literally an OG of the travel tech space with over 20 years’ experience including big names such as Accor Plus, British Airways and Qatar Airways. Seems like the right guy to lead the company’s marketing strategies.
Kent Pham – CTO – https://www.linkedin.com/in/t%E1%BB%A9-qu%C3%BD-ph%E1%BA%A1m-54317815a/
Kent has been a CTO at two previous tech companies totally 10 years plus – definitely a credible and experienced CTO in my eyes. Show Less
