There’s no better way to learn about life at ITA than from ITA employees themselves. We asked a few of our people in different departments to take a shot.
- Software Engineer: Paul
- Technical Consultant: Laura
- Software Engineer: Rodney
- Network Engineer: James
- Director Customer Relations for Availability Systems: Jinane
- Sr. Manager, Operations: Dave
- Sr. Director, Business Development - Americas: Mike
- Software Engineer: Boris
- Account and Support Manager: Joanne
- Software Engineer: Mike
- Technical Librarian: Julka
- Software QA Engineer: Jitesh
- Reservation Systems Engineer: Patrick
- Marketing Manager: Cheryl
- Software Engineer: Catherine
Paul -
Software Engineer
MIT, B.S. Mathematics, M.S. Computer Science
"I have a lot of confidence in the competence and integrity of the people who are running the comany."
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Laura -
Technical Consultant
MIT, S.B. Computer Science & S.M. Computer Science
"The thing I like best about ITA is the corporate culture. After over two decades in the software industry, I have learned that it is the most important predictor for job satisfaction. ITA values honesty, independence, high standards, and taking care of its employees."
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Rodney -
Software Engineer
Vanderbilt University, B.S. Computer Science, Mathematics, and Psychology
University of Alabama, M.S. Computer Science
"One really cool thing about ITA is that it has many similarites to working in an academic environment, such as a lab. There are weekly technical talks on a large variety of topics, often not directly related to our software (for example, a recent talk about advanced origami)."
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James -
Network Engineer
UMass Lowell, Information Technology
"What I like best about ITA is the opportunity to experiment and roll out the latest technologies.
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Jinane -
Director Customer Relations for Availability Systems
Bryn Mawr College, A.B. Physics & Mathematics
California Institute of Technology, B.S. Electrical Engineering
MIT, M.S. & Ph.D. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
"Coming off an academic track with a background in large scale optimization and artificial intelligence, I was interested in working with an application that offered solutions to a combination of complex problems. "
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Dave -
Sr. Manager, Operations
Carnegie Mellon, B.S. Business Management
Clark University, Pursuing M.S. Information Technology
"As the company grows, I am seeing more and more familiar faces - faces I trust and know as leaders in their fields.
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Mike -
Sr. Director, Business Development - Americas
Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Engineering and Public Policy
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D.
Kellogg Graduate School of Management, MBA
"Being part of the decision making in regards to how to position and expand our products in the marketplace has been very rewarding. It's fun to see your products implemented by the industry's biggest names.
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Boris -
Software Engineer
MIT, S.B. Physics and Mathematics
MIT, S.M. Physics
"I love the fact that my work impacts the everyday experience of millions of people shopping for travel on the internet.
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Joanne -
Account and Support Manager
Providence College, B.S. Computer Science
"As a trained software engineer, I really enjoy merging my technical ability with my program management and relationship management skills. It keeps me in touch with the cutting edge of ITA's product offerings, and allows me to be an active participant in growing our business and solving new complex problems for our customers."
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Mike -
Software Engineer
Northwestern University, B.S. Computer Science
MIT, S.M. & Ph.D. Computer Science
"Coming to work in the morning, I feel like a kid who has to decide which playground to go to. I love the fact that I'm involved in so many parts of our application. I've touched parts of the system ranging from the machine learning guts, all the way to the gloss on the end user's experience."
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Julka -
Technical Librarian
UC Santa Barbara, B.A. Philosophy
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at Universiteit van Amsterdam, Logic
Simmons College, M.S. Library and Information Science
"The culture here is open and intelligent, and information sharing is prolific. People see the value in sharing and the need for more organization in their resources.
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Jitesh -
Software QA Engineer
Ohio University, M.S. in Computer Science
"The company's work culture is such that it allows freedom to be innovative. Managers encourage suggestions and new ideas, and support their implementation."
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Patrick -
Reservation Systems Engineer
University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.S. Computer Science
"The thing I enjoy the most is solving problems, and being able to do that in a flexible environment has been very rewarding."
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Cheryl -
Marketing Manager
University of Nebraska, B.S. International Business & Minor in Spanish, Marketing, and Economics
"I've worked in the travel space for over 7 years now, and ITA's people are among the smartest and most creative problem-solvers I've come across.
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Catherine -
Software Engineer
Brown University, B.S. Computer Science
"People's ideas and proposals are not accepted or rejected based on seniority, but based on whether they have any merit. Even as an intern I was able to make contributions to the core parts of the project I was working on.
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