Our World-Class Team

Our People

Azim Barodawala
Azim Barodawala
Co-founder & CEO

Azim brings over a decade of Travel and Technology experience to Volantio, with particular focus on airline strategy and travel distribution. Azim served as Group Head of Strategy for the Jetstar Group and spent over 3 years working for The Boston Consulting Group focusing on Travel and Transportation. Azim is a frequent speaker at major industry events, and has been published in leading publications such as Airline Business. He received his BA from Duke University, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania, and his MBA from the Wharton School.

Fenn Bailey
Fenn Bailey
Co-founder​ & Chief Architect

Fenn is a self-taught programmer who has been releasing commercial software since age 12 for a variety of industries, including the first consumer GUI for MP3 encoding in 1996. Fenn has been the lead-engineer and architect of Volantio’s technology platform since founding, building everything from the very first home-page to overseeing the development the Volantio B2B platform in 2014.

Delbert Cope
Delbert Cope
Chief Technology Officer

Delbert leads technology strategy, governance and innovation to develop Volantio’s platform. With over 20 years’ experience, he brings leadership creating dynamic solutions to drive efficiency and revenue across multiple industries, including logistics, sports, automotive, defense, and aerospace.

Ana Maria Esocbar
Ana Maria Escobar
Vice President of Sales

Ana Maria is an executive with 20+ years’ experience in the IT and travel industry.  Ana Maria honed her skills working with airlines, as an international management consultant, and at Sabre as a partner and VP & General Manager of Latin America.

Ana Maria Esocbar
Nitin Oberoi
Vice President of Product

Nitin has over 25 years of leadership experience in product development across a range of industries, including roles at Microsoft and Amazon. Nitin has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, a Masters in Computer Science, and a Bachelors in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

Jonathan Savitch
Andrew Gorang
Vice President of Strategy & Operations

Andrew brings strategy and business operations experience from roles at Greenlight, Mailchimp, and Deloitte Consulting. He has an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, a JD from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and a BA in History and Economics from Davidson College.

Elizabeth Simmer
Elizabeth Simmer
Vice President of Customer Success

Elizabeth brings years of experience helping companies perfect their digital experience to Volantio. Elizabeth spent time at FullStory, building and scaling customer-facing teams, and athenahealth, leading a team supporting the Integration Services department, focused on operational excellence.

Abhishek Batra
Abhishek Batra
Software Engineer

Coding since the age of 12, Abhishek has led tech teams at Samsung and EMC, and has been a founding team member of multiple start-ups including KODO and FinHawk. He has a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani.

Yukti Batra
Yukti Batra
Financial Analyst

Yukti brings years of financial and accounting experience to Volantio. Prior to joining, she graduated from Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School with a Masters of Finance focusing on financial modeling and quantitative analytics.

Tatiana Bonilla
Tatiana Bonilla
Customer Success Manager

Tatiana brings more than 10 years of experience in the Aviation and IT Industries, and has worked with over 20 airlines across the world.  She is an expert on Network / Scheduling Planning, Optimization and Processes Improvements, and holds a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering

Christopher Buchanan
Christopher Buchanan
Senior Customer Success Manager

Christopher joins Volantio with over a decade of tech experience at Apple, LinkedIn, and Hubspot working across Sales, Account Management, and Customer Success. Christopher graduated from Swinburne University of Technology with a degree in Communication Design.

Christopher Buchanan
Evan Cann
Staff Software Engineer

Evan is a software engineer with a diverse skill set in software architecture, DevOps, mobile, web, and API development. He has led technical teams across industries including logistics, sports, and agriculture, and is excited about building software for the travel industry.

Tiffany Dominguez
Tiffany Dominguez
Senior Customer Success Manager

Tiffany has over 16 years of Customer Success and Sales experience across SaaS industries. She has led multiple teams in the Scaled Customer Success and Onboarding realm. Tiffany graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in English Literature.

Emily Dykes
Navjot Banwait
Product Manager

Navjot brings over 10 years of experience working with technical teams to drive product success. With a background in UX Design, she adopts a holistic problem-solving approach that prioritizes customer needs. She holds a Bachelor's in Industrial Design from the University of the Arts.

Jess Hayes
Jess Hayes
Executive Assistant & Office Manager

Jess is an administrative professional with a diversified skill set ranging from office management to auditing and billing. She has worked in Professional Services in a law firm, and also spent 4 years as a Travel Services Manager at BBDO, a leading Advertising Agency.

Noah Jacobson
Noah Jacobson
Consultant

Noah is an accomplished software developer with over a decade of expertise in designing and implementing robust solutions. He is proficient in multiple programming languages and frameworks and specializes in creating scalable and efficient software products. He has been working with Volantio for over 8 years.

Kevin Ger
Kevin Ger
Commercial Advisor

Kevin Ger brings over 30 years of airline industry experience to Volantio. Most recently, he served as VP of Pricing and Revenue Management (PRM) for Alaska Airlines and Virgin America from 2013 to 2020. He has held senior roles at Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Jetstar Airways, EOS Airlines, SABRE, and Boeing.

Arvind Nedumaran
Arvind Nedumaran
Full Stack Engineer

Arvind brings a decade of software engineering experience to Volantio. He has founded two start ups – the first at age 18 in the 3D printing space, and the second, Mailage, a workflow automation platform, in 2017. He spends most of his time cooking, coding, and exploring the world.

Jasel Payawal
Jasel Payawal
Customer Implementation Manager

With 15+ years of product and project management, business analysis, technical solutioning, and implementation knowledge, Jasel has worked launching products in PSS, global distribution systems, airport solutions, payment technology, and interline partnerships for airlines across the world.

Jasel Payawal
Ajay Ravi
Customer Success Manager

With over 7+ years of growth marketing, account management & customer success experience, Ajay has helped multiple startups, mid-market & enterprise clients on their digital upscaling & transformation journeys. He holds a bachelors degree in electronics engineering and a masters in marketing & advertising.

Sarvesh Tiwari
Sarvesh Tiwari
Senior Customer Success Manager, APAC

Sarvesh has over 20 years of experience in the airline industry in senior team management, airport operations, and customer service. He loves working with people to help them grow and making sure partners get the optimum value from Volantio's products. Sarvesh is a Science graduate of the University of Mumbai.

Alec Villarreal
Alec Villarreal
Customer Success Manager

With over 25 years experience in travel-related software including RM and online booking engines, Alec has worked with some of the most sophisticated airlines around the world. His experience ranges from leading software quality assurance and delivery teams to Customer Success.

Alec Villarreal
Kamari Wright
Software Engineer

Kamari is a software engineer from Atlanta, GA. He has 5+ years of experience in web development working in various industries such as Finance, Aviation, Business Operations, and Healthcare. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from The Ohio State University. When he's not programming, he's probably making house music, playing Rocket League, or spending time with family.

Alec Villarreal
Andy Kaufmann
Senior Software Engineer

Andy's been writing software for several decades, first in graduate school where he developed tools for understanding predator-prey population dynamics, then for a startup writing custom spatial statistics for health applications. More recent work has focused on player tracking in professional sports and cargo tracking in the logistics space. His interests include gardening, botany, home reno and working on his D&D campaign.

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Adam Stein
Sales Director

Adam is an accomplished software sales professional with a strong background in driving revenue growth and cultivating client relationships. At Volantio, he brings a wealth of expertise, continuing to drive innovation and deliver value to clients in the airline industry.

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Tarun Khurana
Staff Software Engineer

Tarun is an experienced IT professional, accumulating 10+ years in the industry. With a focus on product development and team leadership, Tarun has adeptly guided projects through various challenges. His expertise in blockchain technology adds a forward-thinking perspective to his work.

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Cary Umrysh
Sales Director

Cary brings 25+ years of travel-related SaaS software experience to Volantio. Most recently he held senior roles at PROS Revenue Management, and has worked on some of the largest and most sophisticated Airline RM and Resort/Hotel RM solutions in the world.

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Abhi Venkataraman
Product Manager

Abhi is a seasoned product director with over 15 yrs of product management experience in the B2B SaaS space across high tech, supply chain logistics, contact center and conversational AI. She has experience in growing products from 10-100 and across geographies. Abhi has managed and grown high-performing product teams and is known for fostering a collaborative, empathetic and innovative environment.

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Sadraque Viana
Software Engineer

Sadraque is an experienced engineer who has worked on many different business and engineering problems across the energy, biomedical, manufacturing, and logistics industries. He holds a B.Eng. degree in Control Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.

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Ruhan Bidart
Software Engineer

Ruhan is a seasoned Software Engineer and Architect at Volantio, boasting a track record of over two decades in technology and innovation. His experience encompasses leading dynamic development teams, architecting robust systems, and devising cutting-edge solutions to complex data science and engineering challenges across the globe. An entrepreneur at heart, Ruhan has successfully founded some ventures, with his inaugural enterprise marking its roots in the travel sector—a domain he passionately aspires to innovate in through software once again.