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Southwest Airlines Names Chief Technology Officer

Written by thomas · Filed Under Commercial 

August 18, 2008

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  Bob Young Plugs In for Airline's Extensive Technology Projects

    DALLAS, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines announced
today that Bob Young joins the Dallas-based airline as its new Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

    For a photo of Bob Young, please use this link
(http://gallery.swamedia.com/photos).

    Young will lead Southwest's Infrastructure Teams including Change, Test
and Deployment, Application and Data Architecture, Tech Services Operations
Support, and Tech Services Field Support and Engineering. He joins the
Technology family led by Jan Marshall, Southwest's Vice President
Technology and Chief Information Officer; Laurie Hulin, Vice President
Aircraft Operations and Enterprise Management; and Darren Dayley, Vice
President Customer Experience Portfolio. These departments are vital in
driving and supporting the airline's extensive technology projects needed
to meet such corporate goals as re-launching the carrier's award-winning
frequent flyer program in 2009, expanding its codeshare relationships to
international destinations, and exploring the potential for onboard
wireless Internet.

    "With so much work to do and the excitement we all feel about these
projects, we are thrilled to have someone with Bob's energy and background
on our team to help carry all of this momentum forward," said Bob Jordan,
Southwest's Executive Vice President Strategy and Planning.

    Young brings with him extensive experience in the areas of Data Center
Operations, architecture, and applications development. Most recently,
Young was employed by a large, well-known, U.S.-based electronics products
company, where he was responsible for support of a large business unit with
annual revenues of $15-20 billion. His responsibilities also included
global marketing and global go-to-market organizations with IT teams across
ten countries.

    Young has served his country as an Officer and Naval Aviator with the
United States Navy. He earned a Masters of Business Administration from the
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn. and a Bachelor of Science from
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Penn.

    After 37 years of service, Southwest Airlines, the nation's leading
low-fare carrier, continues to stand above other airlines -- offering a
reliable product with exemplary Customer Service. Southwest Airlines is the
most productive airline in the sky and offers Customers a comfortable
traveling experience with premium all leather seats and plenty of legroom.
Southwest recently updated its gate areas and improved its boarding
procedure to make flying Southwest Airlines even more convenient and
simple. Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), the nation's largest carrier in
terms of domestic passengers enplaned, currently serves 64 cities in 32
states. Based in Dallas, Southwest currently operates more than 3,400
flights a day and has more than 34,000 Employees systemwide.

SOURCE Southwest Airlines

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