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As senior vice president Global Operations and Agency Marketing for Worldspan, Mike Parks is responsible for Worldspan’s worldwide service delivery, including logistics, technical services, network provisioning, customer training and help desk support. He is also responsible for all global travel agency sales planning and marketing, and directs the company’s sales and service initiatives in Latin America. In previous roles at Worldspan, Parks has led global sales for both e-commerce and traditional travel agency customers. Parks joined Worldspan in April 2000 from Sabre Inc., where he last served as senior vice president, Electronic Travel Distribution for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In that role, he directed all aspects of the company’s electronic travel distribution initiatives, including marketing, sales and product management activities throughout EMEA. Prior to his appointment in EMEA, Parks served as senior vice president for Sabre’s Latin American and Caribbean division. Parks joined Sabre in 1993 after holding a variety of travel technology and sales management positions with Galileo International and United Airlines in North America, Europe and Latin America. A Certified Travel Counselor (CTC), Parks began his travel industry career as a travel agent, outside sales representative and branch manager with a large travel agency in California in the early days of travel agency automation. In addition to his native English, Parks speaks fluent Spanish, Portuguese and French. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration and Political Science, as well as a licenciado in Inter-American Studies from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. | 