A purpose-built team
FLYR is an international team of industry and domain experts passionate about improving the travel and transportation industry. We are dedicated to the relentless application of advanced and intuitive technologies to help travel and transportation leaders achieve commercial success.
Learn more about our series C investmentCommitted to elevating your results
Our teams — product, implementation, engineering, data science, and everything in between — are committed to unlocking the value of data to inform and automate the key commercial decisions for airlines, cargo, hospitality companies, and more.
Data, data & even more data
Used wisely, data is driving an unprecedented understanding of commerce, unlocking business value in ways never before possible.
Putting AI to work
We are putting AI to work, enabling humans to create better business outcomes across all commercial functions.
Upgrading revenue management
Going beyond revenue management, developing simplified, efficient solutions that help teams excel at their work.
Partner first, vendor second
We are partners first, vendors second, collaborating with customers to solve industry challenges with advanced technology.
We’re backed by leading, industry-experienced investors
Meet the crew
We are a fast-growing, multidisciplinary, and multinational team of data scientists and engineers working towards one shared goal of transforming how travel and transportation companies do business.
Alex Mans
Founder & CEOLos Angeles, CA
Professional highlights:
• Writing software since age 10
• Building technology startups since age 15
• Moved to Silicon Valley to found FLYR at age 23
Why FLYR:
“I founded FLYR because of a long-held belief that airline forecasting and pricing is highly inefficient because of its continued dependency on legacy technologies”
Steve Schoch
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial OfficerSan Francisco, CA
Professional highlights:
• Focused on enabling companies to reach their full growth potential, balancing the discipline necessary to navigate to the highest quality financial and operating standards while limiting any constraints on growth in getting there.
• Led 23andMe’s 2021 IPO as CEO.
• Served as CEO and CFO of Miramax Films, helping build distribution reach to 200 countries and becoming one of the largest content providers for streaming services.
• Various senior financial roles, including biopharmaceutical Amgen, internet retailer eToys, Inc., and more.
Why FLYR?
“I’ve always striven to be a growth-enabling executive, and I’m excited to join FLYR at such an exciting time of growth. I relish the opportunity to contribute to the company’s accelerating momentum.”
Gene Drabkin
Chief Technology OfficerSan Francisco, CA
Professional highlights:
• 20+ years of experience leading engineering teams across a broad spectrum of global technology companies, from startups to the largest tech enterprises
• Proven ability to foster high-performance autonomous teams focused on driving tangible customer value
• Passionate about mentoring the next generation of engineering leaders
Why FLYR:
“It’s a super exciting time to join FLYR, as the company continues to innovate, grow rapidly, and push the boundaries of what’s possible within the transportation sector by using advanced and intuitive technologies.”
Cole Wrightson
Chief Product OfficerSan Francisco, CA
Professional highlights:
• First hire at FLYR
• Built Data Science & Product teams
Why FLYR:
“FLYR is the perfect confluence of travel, machine learning and solving difficult problems that have been too-long neglected.”
Kelley Michalik
Chief Marketing OfficerChicago, IL
Professional highlights:
• Focused on data-driven big picture evaluation to develop growth strategies
• Proven ability to build bridges between sales, product, and marketing teams for evolving companies
• Spent 5 years leading marketing at Alight Solutions, including transforming branding during the cloud-based human capital technology and services provider’s 2021 IPO
• Previously served as Marketing Director at AON Hewitt and process engineer, pre-sales and solution architect for IBM
Why FLYR?
“It’s so exciting when ambition and potential come together at the right time, and that’s what I see happening here. Partnering across the organization to unify the brand, product portfolio and thought leadership to support growth and learn a new industry is a dream come true.”
John Tzioufas
Chief Revenue OfficerChicago, IL
Professional highlights:
• More than 25 years leading high-performing sales organizations, including several Global 500 sales teams
• Previously led go-to-market as CRO at CloudBees and served as SVP and GM – Americas at Hitachi Ventara
• “Hardcore sales revenue leader” with a passion for people
Why FLYR:
“AI has taken the world by storm. It’s a trend that’s happening faster than anything I’ve seen. I’m excited to be part of a company that is applying AI in a practical way to solve business challenges.”
Mark Treschl
Chief Customer OfficerChicago, IL
Professional highlights:
• Accomplished innovator who led the creation of the Website and Mobile Digital Feedback market from the ground up, earning 18 patents while designing the current Voice of the Customer landscape.
• Three decades of experience in developing products and process improvements to drive productivity, reliability, and client satisfaction for businesses.
• Most recently served as CCO at Quantum Metric, helping Fortune 500 companies optimize their digital channels through analytics technology.
• Co-founded OpinionLab, an innovator in voice-of-the-customer technologies and solutions, in 1999, and served as CCO at customer engagement platform Verint, which purchased OpinionLab in 2016.
Why FLYR:
“Customer success is more than a job for me – it’s a passion. FLYR has an amazing AI technology and product suite with an impressive team that has made serious inroads in commercial aviation while expanding into other verticals like cargo and hotels. I’m excited to be on this journey to revolutionize the travel and transportation industry.”
Betsy Campbell Barth
Chief People OfficerSan Francisco, CA
Professional highlights:
• 15+ years of global experience in delivering an inclusive People journey from recruiting to designing and building Rewards and Talent retention strategies
• Strategic global leadership experience in scaling and growing fast paced organizations
• Avid world traveler
Why FLYR:
“FLYR is an innovative company with a vision and purpose that I can connect with both personally and professionally.”
Andrew Jing
VP, Business OperationsSan Francisco, CA
Professional highlights:
• FLYR crew since 2014
• Worn multiple FLYR hats: Ops/HR/Finance/PR/PM/PjM.
• Previously in Investment Banking and Investment Management
Why FLYR:
“Helping move FLYR from zero to one was a unique experience, and propelling it from 1 to n will be another great adventure.”
Office locations
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Los Angeles
California / USA
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San Francisco
California / USA
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Dallas
Texas / USA
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Caldas
Colombia
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London
UK
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Frankfurt
Germany
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Barcelona
Spain
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Antalya
Turkey
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Kraków
Poland
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Auckland
New Zealand
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Los Angeles
California / USA
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San Francisco
California / USA
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Dallas
Texas / USA
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Caldas
Colombia
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London
UK
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Frankfurt
Germany
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Barcelona
Spain
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Antalya
Turkey
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Kraków
Poland
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Auckland
New Zealand
Acting as an owner to build a transformational platform
FLYR believes that building an industry-transforming commercial intelligence platform means hiring an industry-leading crew. Our crew members embody our value of “Acting as an Owner” by never settling for mediocrity or compromising integrity.
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FLYR is changing commercial operations for travel and transportation companies around the world by helping them make more informed and confident decisions on pricing, capacity, and forecasting while boosting data analytics and reporting. Contact our global team today to find out more about FLYR’s AI-driven platform for connected intelligence and revenue optimization.
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