Neil Beck joins Kale Consultants as strategic advisor

Mumbai: Neil Beck, a prominent professional in the travel technology industry, has joined Kale as Strategic Advisor to the newly-formed 'Kale travel technology division'. Neil will work very closely with the top management of Kale to provide guidance and direction to all business and strategic initiatives in the travel technology domain.

Beck has been associated with the travel and airlines industry for over three decades now, with his last assignment being as global CEO at Datalex and member of the board. Beck led Datalex through the difficulties of a world wide recession and the aftermath of the September 11th terrorism and re-engineered the company to operate Datalex, Neil was senior VP at Worldspan, a leading Global Distribution System in travel successfully in the new geopolitical environment. Before joining.

Commenting on his association with Kale, Beck said, "I am excited about the fact that Kale is one of the few companies globally, to be focused on the travel and transportation vertical, offering IT outsourcing, BPO services and software products. I decided to associate with Kale and look forward to challenging and rewarding times ahead."

Says Vipul Jain, managing director and group CEO, Kale, "We are proud to welcome Neil as our strategic advisor. We are confident that his vast expertise in the travel domain would provide the right direction to travel technology division."

A graduate from the University of Chicago, Beck began his illustrious career with TWA and went on to work with PARS Travel Information Systems and Worldspan. He has rich experience in developing global business strategy and business development in the US and European markets. His expertise span from system integration, automation development, to mainframe product line definition and its development.