Vince Chirico is a rock star executive with vast, world-class expertise in travel distribution, partnerships, and strategy and business development. I had the privilege of working with Vince twice during my career, first as strategy colleagues at Cendant and then years later at CWT, where his remit included leadership of all global partnerships. During his tenure at CWT, he drove massive impact and value creation, including: spearheading the largest GDS rationalization/migration of its kind in the history of corporate travel, driving strategic alignment with OBT partners to improve user experience and product mix, delivering double-digit growth for CWT’s partner network, and navigating the technical and commercial challenges and opportunities of NDC. I admire Vince’s unique blend of strategic acumen, humility and collaboration, and have the highest possible regard for his abilities.