Gianni Marostica
Board Member, Hyatt; Chair at Travalyst Inc; Managing Director, Google Inc., Mentor, MIT Sandbox Innovation, Director US National Council, Atlantic Salmon Federation
MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program•Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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A dynamic and results-oriented executive with over 30 years of global leadership experience in P&L management, Business Development, execution, strategic partnerships, and commercial strategy within the travel and technology sectors. Gianni’s travel experience has been in the Airline, Hotelier and OTA sectors. He has led two software companies in both decision support, search, and mission critical software. Gianni worked at Google for 13.5 years, as the head of Global Business Development, responsible for all Travel and Local products including Flight Search, Hotel search, Things to do and Dining (restaurants and food ordering) Prior to Google, Gianni served as Chief Commercial Officer at ITA Software, a privately held startup in Cambridge, MA, offering pricing and shopping solutions to the industry. Gianni also served as President, Airline Passenger Solutions at Sabre Holdings Corp, providing mission critical and decision support software solutions to suppliers and intermediaries. He also served as the Managing Partner for Worldwide Consulting. His international assignments have been in Montreal, Paris, and Rome where he participated in or led the turnaround efforts for the privatization of three companies. He graduated with an MBA from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia in Montreal, Canada where he was born. Gianni currently serves on the board of a non-profit, a biotech startup and is involved in mentoring students in various university programs.
Career Timeline
- HyattCurrentApr 2026–Present· 6 mos
- Board MemberCurrentApr 2026–Present
- 2026–Present· 9 mos
- Mentor, Professional DevelopmentCurrent2026–Present
- Atlantic Salmon FederationCurrent2025–Present· 1 yr 9 mos
- US National CouncilCurrent2025–Present
- TravalystCurrent2025–Present· 1 yr 9 mos
- ChairmanCurrent2025–Present
- Chair2025–Present
- G$MS Inc.CurrentDec 2024–Present· 1 yr 10 mos
- Chief Executive OfficerCurrentDec 2024–Present
- Atlantic Salmon FederationCurrentOct 2024–Present· 2 yrs
- US National CouncilCurrentOct 2024–Present
- Jul 2014–Present· 12 yrs 3 mos
- Board MemberCurrentJul 2014–Present
- Apr 2011–Oct 2024· 13 yrs 6 mos
- Managing Director, Global Business Development at GoogleApr 2011–Oct 2024
- 2006–Mar 2011· 5 yrs 2 mos
- Chief Commercial Officer2006–Mar 2011
- Aug 1999–Aug 2006· 7 yrs
- President, Airline Passenger SolutionsSep 2001–Aug 2006
- Managing Director, Worldwide ConsultingAug 1999–Aug 2002
- 1998–Jul 1999· 1 yr 6 mos
- EVP Marketing, & Network Planning1998–Jul 1999
- Jul 1995–1998· 2 yrs 6 mos
- SVP Revenue Management & DistributionJul 1995–1998
- 1988–1995· 7 yrs
- Director, Commercial Strategy1988–1995
Education
MBA
International Business and Transportation
Concordia University, John Molson School of BusinessBComm
Finance & Marketing
Concordia University