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Syed Faizan A.

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 16 years of experience in the travel industry.
  • Expert in launching travel products and partnerships.
  • Proven track record in project management and operations.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Travel Industry Expert with strong skills in Product Management and Operations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementPartnershipsProject ManagementBusiness DevelopmentOperations ManagementMarketingCustomer Service

Other Skills

API IntegrationAccount ManagementAirline Relationship ManagementAutomation ImplementationBackend OperationsBusiness PromotionsBusiness Relationship ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness TravelBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Customer Service AutomationE-commerceFeature IntegrationFlights OTA LaunchFraud System Integration

About

16 years of Travel industry experience in various functions of OTA Startup, Product Development, Commercial & Operations. Experience in handling high-impact projects from ideation to successful product launch.

Experience

Pkfare

2 roles

Senior Director of Flights - East

Promoted

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr · Greater Bengaluru Area

Regional Director - Southern Asia

Nov 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Hopper

Product Operations Manager - APAC

Jul 2022Oct 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Airasia super app

Business Manager

Oct 2020Jul 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Launched Flights OTA for ASEAN region
  • Onboarded Regional and Global consolidators
  • Initiated and Onboarded IATA accreditation for airasia Super App
  • Signed multiple year Global deal with leading GDS
  • Partnered with Global and regional airlines
Flights OTA LaunchIATA AccreditationGlobal Deal NegotiationPartnership DevelopmentProduct ManagementPartnerships

Via.com

6 roles

Head of Product

Apr 2020Sep 2020 · 5 mos

  • Lead team of Product specialist for Flights, Rail, Hotel and Bill payments
  • Launched refund automation tool during Covid, which was further implemented globally
  • Successfully executed Charter booking system from ideation to launch
Product ManagementTeam LeadershipAutomation ImplementationProject Management

Product Manager

Promoted

Jun 2016Apr 2020 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Planning and managing product roadmaps.
  • Oversee tech coordination to achieve planned roadmap.
  • New product/supplier launch- customer profiling, launch plan, post launch feedback management.
  • Building strategic partnership with Airlines, supplier's, E-commerce, marketplace, banks and metasearch.
Product Roadmap PlanningTech CoordinationStrategic PartnershipsProduct ManagementBusiness Development

Operations Consultant

Aug 2015Jun 2016 · 10 mos

  • Automations : I was responsible to co-ordinate with technical team on API integrations (Airlines and Insurance), system automation's by closely working on the data and by successfully automating online bookings to 95% and bringing efficiency in the process.
  • User Interface (UI): Part of the team in execution of new user interface for desktop, mobile site for flights, rail, hotels, holidays, bus, mobile recharge & bill payments ,assisting the technology team with end user experience testing.
  • Online Rescheduling system : Initiated and coordinated with technical team to successfully automating online reschedule for 3 airlines, reducing human dependency. and better customer experience.
  • Fraud system integration : Initiated and executed Fraud system integration for Credit/Debit Card payments by understanding the customer behavior .
  • Bank Partnership : Initiated, negotiated and executed partnership with 4 leading banks of Indonesia, leading to growth in revenue and new customer acquisition.
  • Payment integrations: Initiated and executed payment integrations for B2C site.
  • Customer service automations : Initiated and implemented email tool for bringing efficiency among various departments.
API IntegrationUser Interface ExecutionFraud System IntegrationOperations ManagementProject Management

Team Manager-International Business Process-Indonesia

Aug 2013Aug 2015 · 2 yrs

  • Integrations : I was responsible to co-ordinate with technical team on API integrations (Airlines ,Bus, Insurance, Mobile recharge & Bill payments),new features and perform the end-user experience testing.
  • Automation : Worked closely with technical team in online booking automation for domestic and international airlines.
  • Payment integrations : Support in developing payment integrations for B2B site.
  • Mobile Site : Supported the execution of mobile site for the company by assisting the technology team with end user experience testing.
  • Marketing Promotions : Guided backend operations team and ensured to create, share and promote regular promotions for flights, hotels & rail product and communicate among the partners through various communication channels.
  • Customer service automation : Executed chat tool for better customer satisfaction among consumers.
API IntegrationMarketing PromotionsCustomer Service AutomationOperations ManagementMarketing

Subject Matter Expert

Promoted

Jul 2011Jul 2013 · 2 yrs

  • Airline Relationship: Was responsible to manage the day to day operational request/complaint by coordinating with the airlines.
  • Support Feature integration: Part of the team in launching agent details extractor which optimizes the SLA of customer support team(average reduction of 10-15 seconds in handling time).
  • Movies Product: Part of the team to launch movies product
  • Train Product: Successfully developed & launched Train product for id.via.com (Pt Adya tours Indonesia) during overseas assignment.
  • Overseas assignment: I was assigned overseas project to assist, train & manage the operations for via.com Indonesia, executed airline integrations, features based on market need.
Airline Relationship ManagementFeature IntegrationOverseas Project ManagementOperations ManagementProject Management

Travel Consultant

Jul 2009Jul 2011 · 2 yrs

  • Mobile : Part of the team in execution of new supplier integration for mobile recharge & utility payments.
  • Offline Deals/Special Fares: Part of the pilot batch handling and assisting the travel partners request on special deal bookings.
  • Acting Team Lead: Taking the ownership and assisting the team in absence of team leader.
Supplier IntegrationSpecial Deal BookingsTeam LeadershipCustomer ServiceOperations Management

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Strategic Management — APSMBE

Sep 2021Jun 2022

Bangalore University

Bachelor of Computer Applications — Information Technology

Nov 2008Jan 2011

St.Aloysius PU College

Pre University — Science

Jan 2005Jan 2007

Baldwin Boys High School

ICSE — ICSE

Jan 1992Jan 2004

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