Events List

GBTA – NORTH CENTRAL CHAPTER
OCTOBER MONTHLY MEETING
The Changing Role of Corporate Travel Management
October 10, 2019
11:00 AM to 2:00PM

InterContinental MSP Airport - La Voya Restaurant
5005 Glumack Drive
Minneapolis, MN
Venue Website
Directions

Sponsored by: Direct Travel

Keynote: Brian Beard, President, DVI

Topic: The Changing Role of Corporate Travel Management

This presentation will cover how the role of the Travel Manager is changing and evolving. Many factors such as the influence of changing technology and access to new data sources will be discussed. At the end of this session, the audience will understand the changing dynamics in corporate travel management today and have insights on how to prepare for the future as corporate travel management and the business travel supply chain continues to evolve.

Brian Beard
President
DVI

Brian is widely known as a key industry influencer and technology trendsetter based on his strong and diverse background that includes Executive roles at GE, Toyota, TRX, Amadeus and Travel and Transport. He has led breakthrough projects in transaction processing, supply chain management, large project implementations, data warehousing and business intelligence for e-commerce, mobile and emerging technologies. Brian is an avid technologist that embraces change and believes that technology implemented appropriately will solve many of today’s problems.

Brian founded Data Visualization Intelligence, Inc., (DVI) in late 2016 with the goal to develop a viable solution to the data challenges in the travel industry. The next year, Brian led DVI to a win as the People’s Choice Business Travel Innovator Award at the yearly BTN Innovate conference. As a speaker, Brian has spoken at past GBTAs, regional BTA events, technology webinars, product launches for major technology companies, BTN events, and more. He was recently listed as one of 2018’s top innovators for the Business Travel Industry.