ST. GEORGE, Utah, Oct. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWest, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SKYW) announced today the promotion of Justin Esplin as SkyWest's Vice President of
Information Technology (IT), effective immediately. Justin succeeds
Jim Jensen, who will retire at
year-end after 33 years of dedicated SkyWest service.
"Justin's innovative, collaborative and proficient approach to
our technology platforms make him an excellent fit for this role,"
said Wade Steel, SkyWest Chief
Commercial Officer. "His commitment to quality and to delivering an
exceptional product for our mainline partners will help ensure
SkyWest remains at the forefront of the industry."
In his role as VP, Justin will oversee all of SkyWest's IT
operations for operating subsidiaries SkyWest Airlines and
ExpressJet Airlines, including hardware, software, application
development and Internet security. This includes oversite of the
more than 100 SkyWest IT professionals who support more than 2,500
daily departures across the entity. He will report to Chief
Commercial Officer Wade Steel.
Esplin brings more than 17 years' SkyWest IT experience to his
role, and has helped lead and implement SkyWest's application
development, business automation, software integration and database
systems. He joined SkyWest in 2001 and was named Director of
Application Development in 2008. Prior to his time at SkyWest,
Esplin was a division software manager. He holds a computer
engineering degree from Brigham Young
University. He lives in St.
George, Utah with his wife and four children.
Esplin succeeds Jim Jensen, who
retires after more than 33 years of service with SkyWest.
"Jim has been a significant part of SkyWest's growth and our
ability to continually deliver an exceptional product," continued
Steel. "All of us at SkyWest thank Jim for the exceptional IT
program he has helped build, and wish him well in his
retirement."
About SkyWest
Based in St. George, Utah,
SkyWest, Inc. is the holding company for two scheduled passenger
airline operations and an aircraft leasing company with nearly
17,000 employees. SkyWest's airline companies provide commercial
air service in cities throughout North
America with more than 2,500 daily flights carrying nearly
50 million passengers annually. SkyWest Airlines operates through
partnerships with United Airlines ("United"), Delta Air Lines
("Delta"), American Airlines ("American") and Alaska Airlines.
ExpressJet Airlines operates through partnerships with United,
Delta and American. This press release and additional information
regarding SkyWest can be accessed at inc.skywest.com.
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