Ben Parodi

Ben Parodi began his travel career in the airline industry 30 years ago.  He moved to the corporate travel side of the business in 1994, where he steadily rose from Director of Sales to Senior Vice President of Global Sales for a major TMC. During his tenure, Ben led account management, industry relations, pricing, proposal development and creative services teams, while concurrently managing sales. He also spent 2 years managing procurement at a major Silicon Valley corporation. Most recently Ben is Vice President of Sales, leading the US Mid-Market team. He was recognized recently as an exceptional leader, when he won the Kim Vismale Leadership award.

Ben attributes his leadership expertise as the ability to align his athletic/coaching experience, with his business experience to motivate and inspire his team to produce exceptional results.  

Ben lives in Pacifica with his wife Laurie, and two children Ben Jr. (22) and Alyssa (16). In Ben’s spare time he enjoys hunting, coaching football and sideline coaching his son and daughter in shot put, hammer, soccer and volleyball, respectively.