JetBlue Appoints Vivek Sharma to Board of Directors
November 20 2019 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced the appointment of Vivek
Sharma to its board of directors. The independent director
appointment is effective immediately, following unanimous approval
by the company’s board of directors.
Sharma has extensive experience in building and growing
businesses profitably through the application of digital
technology. He is the CEO and founder of InStride, a strategic
enterprise education company that enables employers to provide
career-boosting degrees, certificates and credentials to their
employees through leading global universities. He previously served
as Senior Vice President of eCommerce and Digital Guest Experience
at The Walt Disney Company.
“It’s exciting to bring Vivek to our board with his extensive
background in applied technology and digital leadership,” said Joel
Peterson, chairman of the JetBlue board. “Our customers,
crewmembers and shareholders will benefit from his expertise and
perspective as we continue to diversify and strengthen JetBlue’s
business, in part through technology innovations.”
“Vivek’s consumer digital and technology experience is the
perfect complement to JetBlue’s disciplined growth strategy as we
head into our 20th anniversary year and beyond,” said Robin Hayes,
chief executive officer, JetBlue. “JetBlue has always put people
first and Vivek shares our belief that technology can be a powerful
enabler, allowing us to better serve our crewmembers, and for our
crewmembers to offer an even more special experience for our
customers – all with lower costs and higher value.”
Sharma is also an adjunct professor of data science at the
University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business,
where he teaches business innovation to graduate students. He
graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and holds
an MBA from INSEAD, France.
Earlier in his career, he was the General Manager of Yahoo Mail
& Messenger, Vice President of Product Management for Yahoo
Search, and Associate Partner with the Technology Practice of
McKinsey & Company.
The appointment of Sharma brings JetBlue’s Board of Directors to
12 members, 11 of whom are independent.
About JetBlue Airways
JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline®, and a leading carrier
in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach),
Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 42 million
customers a year to 100+ cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin
America with an average of more than 1,000 daily flights. For more
information, please visit jetblue.com.
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