Revolutionizing Travel  Industry Technology

Stephen co-founded the company in 2017. Previously he lead supplier analytics for Skyscanner, creating tools used by more than 250 airlines and travel companies, and designed a Machine Learning algorithm for automatically parsing airline APIs. His first travel role was at ITA Software (later Google Flights), and he received his degree from Carleton College.

Ben is a member of Gordian's commercial team, where he assists partners in expanding their businesses through airline ancillaries. Before joining Gordian, Ben held diverse professional responsibilities, ranging from optimizing international logistics networks to promoting the adoption of AI in the commercial insurance sector. Outside of work, you can spot Ben in New York City's parks, playing basketball, chess, or whatever else happens to be on at the time.

After graduating with an MSc in Econometrics, Bernardas started his career in a global OTA. His roles and responsibilities ranged from pricing and data analysis to leading regional commercial teams, covering different geographies from Europe to the Middle East and the Americas. He has been working on pricing digitalization in the road logistics industry for the past few years, but his passion for travel and innovation has led him to Gordian, where he intends to help simplify travel for everyone

Clay started with summer lemonade stands & shoveling driveways on Chicago snow days. He eventually worked his way up to knocking on doors for paint jobs. These early entrepreneurial experiences drove Clay to graduate The University of Wisconsin-Madison in 3 years and found his first company, driving revenue by - you guessed it - knocking on the doors of bars & restaurants. He’s been a founder or early employee in mobile payments, NEMT rideshare, collaboration, & legal tech APIs. These experiences have helped him to connect product roadmaps with the goals of diverse buyer groups. Moving fast, working with smart, hungry people, and the opportunity to grow name-brands drove Clay to Gordian.

Prior to joining, Eduardo co-founded e-commerce, industrial IoT and ride-sharing companies, and was CTO at a legal-tech start-up. His passion for simplifying processes using software have led him to join Gordian in building the operating system for the travel industry.

Jakub is a technologist and software engineer who has spent his career learning how to design, build, and scale high-performance distributed systems. Before Gordian, Jakub worked on building voice-analysis and fraud-detection systems in a hyper-growth startup where he learned how to solve difficult problems utilizing cutting-edge technologies. Jakub's passion for travel and a demand for excellence have led him to Gordian where he intends to help shape the future of travel.

Jonathan is an ex-Intel engineer skilled in rapid-prototyping and enterprise applications. His previous work has included designing and building software for financial modeling and analytics, legal compliance, and big-data ETL pipelines. His passion for engineering and travel led him to Gordian where he’s changing how we fly.

Kevin has worked with small but ambitious startups his entire career & has experienced both the highs and lows, through two acquisitions and a fiery failure. Most recently, he worked for a travel tech startup where he became passionate about the complexities and problems to be solved in the travel space. He's primarily built backend systems, but the nature of working with small teams has required him to play across the stack and take on a variety of roles within his previous engineering teams.

Kishore graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. Before joining Gordian, he spent his summers working at startups of various sizes: Anduril Industries, Flexport, and Squishy Robotics. These experiences helped him realize that startups were the right environment for him, ultimately leading him to Gordian.

Koray is a senior software engineer with a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from University of Toronto. Prior to joining Gordian, Koray co-founded two startups and worked as the Backend Team Lead for a VPN company.

Meishan is a finance professional with both public and private accounting experience. She is passionate about building an efficient and strong supporting function for the business and transforming numbers into meaningful financial data. Meishan is currently a CPA in New York State and CFA Charterholder.

Natalia is a strong believer in the KISS, keep it simple stupid, methodology. She thrives in a chaotic, constantly changing startup environment. She brings 10 years of accounting and finance experience in tech, advertising, SaaS, and FinTech. She fell in love with California where she trains for the next triathlon adventure.

Patrick owns various key strategic initiatives and operational responsibilities that cut across Gordian’s business. Prior to Gordian, he worked in Operations Strategy, Solutions Consultant, and Technical Support roles at FinTech and SaaS companies. In his free time, Patrick loves watching and playing sports, a good nonfiction book, and long walks around the neighborhood with his golden retriever.

Rahul is a staff engineer working on Backend Infrastructure. He has prior work experience at Amazon, Google, and Samsung. His search for a fast paced, high impact environment led him to Gordian. In his free time, he enjoys reading books, playing video games, and traveling/hiking.

Rohan is a member of the engineering team at Gordian. Before joining, he worked as a software engineer at a fraud prevention company designing and building big data software. His desire for fast paced software development and interest in the travel industry led him to Gordian. He graduated from UT Austin and spends his free time playing piano, bass, or drums.

Scott has over 10 years of experience in technical recruiting. He has run large teams, built out TA orgs and recruited in Silicon Valley for software engineers at Netflix.

Shankar graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Purdue University. Prior to Gordian, he worked as a lead software engineer for an edutech startup and as an SWE at Amazon. His experiences at both companies helped foster his desire to work in an fast paced, high impact environment, which is what led him to Gordian. In his free time, he can be found watching or playing basketball or learning to play the piano.