John Fazio is a Partner in The Corporate Solutions Group? and has over 25 years experience in various phases of the travel industry. For seven years, he served as Corporate Travel Manager for Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc. For the 16 years previous to that, he held management positions with two of America's largest travel management companies. During that period, he was responsible for the development of strategic operating plans for a number of major clients of those agencies.

Fazio has been responsible for the set-up and operation of corporate travel programs for businesses ranging from lower volume highly travel intensive companies to global corporations with multi-national travel programs. At Mitsubishi, Fazio developed their travel program and grew its size from providing service to one core company with a travel volume of under $3 million to an integrated travel operation consisting of 8 Mitsubishi subsidiaries and affiliated companies with travel and entertainment budgets in excess of $30 million. Mitsubishi has retained him on a long-term contract to provide management services as their travel program continues to grow.

Fazio holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame, and has completed course work as a Masters Degree Candidate in Business Administration at Pepperdine University.

Fazio also has been recognized as a leader in the travel industry by his peers, having served the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) membership as their first elected Vice President / Treasurer. He has served on a number of their committees and has also chaired the NBTA Technology Committee which is one of its standing committees and which is charged with the review of technology relative to the travel industry. He is the co-founder and served as President of the Orange County Business Travel Association of California.

Fazio is also recognized as a spokesman for the corporate travel industry and has been a featured presenter at numerous seminars and panels throughout the United States and abroad.