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July 6, 2010 at 11:51 a.m.
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Filed under: Chicago executives, Jobs/employment, Travel

Orbitz hires eBay exec as chief marketing officer

By Kathy Bergen

Orbitz Worldwide Inc. announced today it is hiring eBay Inc. executive Chris Orton as its chief marketing officer, effectively immediately.

Orton was senior director of Internet marketing at eBay, where he worked since 2003.

“We believe his deep experience of applying massive data sets to marketing opportunities will make Orbitz a more effective and efficient marketing organization,” Barney Harford, president and chief executive officer of the Chicago-based online travel company, said in a written statement.

June 8, 2010 at 4:13 p.m.
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Filed under: Airlines, Chicago executives, Internet, Travel

Orbitz CFO Marsha Williams to retire

ct-biz-orbitz-marsh.jpgBy Julie Johnsson
| Marsha Williams, 59, plans to retire by years’ end as chief financial
officer at Orbitz Worldwide Inc., the global online travel company
announced Tuesday.
 
Williams joined Orbitz in 2007 as it prepared to go public, spinning out
from parent company Travelport. As Orbitz restructured amid a rocky
travel market over the past 18 months, she led efforts to trim $45
million in operating and capital costs and to attract new capital to
shore up its capital structure, said Barney Harford, president and CEO
of Orbitz Worldwide.

Williams held key financial positions at many iconic Chicago companies
over a 37-year-career that began with First National Bank of Chicago,
where she worked from 1973 to 1988. She served as treasurer of Amoco
Corp., which she left in 1998; chief administrative officer at Crate and
Barrel until 2002, and executive vice-president and chief financial
officer at Equity Office Properties Trust.

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