people

Bob Shaw

Darrin Grafton

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Serko Limited
27 years in Solution Development and management for the Information Communication Technology Industry
Recognised as Industry driver for client focused solutions
Innovator and leader in applying technology and TQM (define acronym) principles to travel management solutions
Has created travel management software available worldwide, including e-commerce applications and interface to web booking engines
Designed the architecture for solutions that have won six of the IT industry's international awards including Best E-Commerce Solution, Asia/Pacific region
In 2004, received a commendation award for Innovation in Technology from the New Zealand Government
In 2007, was announced a NZ Hi-Tech Awards finalist for the NZX Entrepreneur Award and Company Leader Award. For more information click here

Michael Thorburn

Director of Sales and Marketing at Serko Limited
30 years in the travel industry including Travel Technology automation
Key player in the development of travel automation in the Asia-Pacific
Specialist from launch to expansion of corporate travel technology solutions in emerging markets
Recognised authority on the principles of corporate online booking tools and end-to-end integration with ERP systems
Skilled in experiencing and gathering benchmarking data across all modes of transport and routes, to build into the ‘Serko Comfort Traveller Index’ algorithms
Appreciates the value of using both ‘Big’ and ‘Small’ data

John Challis

Director of Sales - Australia at Serko Limited
14 years travel industry experience
12 years working with the Serko Online product and software in the Australian market
Part of various global travel management companies online booking tool deployment projects in Asia-Pacific

Philip Ball

Tony Stanley