Sam Gilliland was named president and CEO of Sabre Holdings in December 2003. Prior to this role, he served in several senior leadership positions including president and CEO of Travelocity and executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Sabre Holdings. As CMO, he was responsible for corporate strategy and for driving enterprise-wide alignment with Sabre�s business strategy.
Previous roles have included group president of the company�s Airline Solutions business and senior vice president and general manager of product marketing, where he managed the company's global product and service portfolio for the travel industry. Gilliland also served as senior vice president and general manager of Sabre Business Travel Solutions and as a board member for Travelocity and chairman of the board for Sabre Holdings while each was a publicly traded company.
Before joining Sabre Holdings in 1988, Gilliland worked for Lockheed Missiles and Space in Austin, Texas, developing hardware and software for land- and air-based defense systems.
Gilliland holds an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Dallas and earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas.
About Sabre Holdings Corporation
Sabre Holdings connects people with the world�s greatest travel possibilities by retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. Sabre Holdings supports travelers, travel agents, corporations, government agencies and travel suppliers through its companies: Travelocity, Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Airline Solutions. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, the company has approximately 9,000 employees in 45 countries. More information is available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com. |