TravelCLICK | Board of Directors

Robert E. Dowdell
Robert Post
Jean-Pierre Conte
Mark Hanson

Michael Krupka
Tony Salewski
R. David Schmaier

Robert E. Dowdell
Chairman of the Board
Bob is the former Chief Executive Officer of Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MS/B). MS/B is a leading supplier of local building cost information, residential and commercial property valuation technology and services for the property and casualty insurance sector in the U.S. and Canada.

During his tenure, he successfully transformed MS/B from paper-based publishing companies to “knowledge companies” that provide a wide variety of services to the property insurance, appraisal, and assessment industries. Bob is also one of the founders of Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO), a $2 billion postsecondary educational institute, with 80+ campuses in the US, Canada, Europe, and Dubai, and the second largest degree granting online institution (AIU Online). Prior to this, he was President of National Education Centers, which at the time was the largest chain of postsecondary educational institutions in the US. Bob also served as Corporate Controller and Treasurer at National Education Corp (NYSE) and Corporate Controller of Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp (AMEX) and worked at Price Waterhouse in Chicago as an Audit manager. He is a Director of 21st Services. Bob earned an MBA and a BBA from the University of Notre Dame.

Bob joined TravelCLICK’s Board of Directors in 2008.

Robert Post
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Robert is responsible for TravelCLICK’s overall strategic direction. He is a business veteran with over 20 years of executive experience in the travel and hospitality industry, as well as in home security and defense electronics. Bob joined TravelCLICK as Chief Financial Officer in May 2004, where he contributed to TravelCLICK’s growth and strong financial performance.

Before joining TravelCLICK, he was the principal of Pconsulting LLC, an independent business consultancy to Fortune 500 and fast-growth companies. He is also a former executive of MICROS Systems, Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Bob is also a board member of Avatech Solutions, a systems integrator for CAD/CAM solutions, and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, a nationally recognized teaching hospital. In 2007, he was recognized with the CEO of the Year Award from the Illinois Information Technology Association. Bob holds a BS in Accounting from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bob has served on TravelCLICK's Board of Directors since May 2005.

Jean-Pierre Conte
J-P is the Chairman and Managing Director of Genstar Capital, responsible for acquisitions, divestitures, and oversight of portfolio companies in a number of industries including life sciences and industrial technologies. Prior to leading Genstar Capital, J-P was a principal at The NTC Group, Inc., a private-equity firm focused on industrial technology companies.

He began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in 1985. J-P earned an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business and a BA from Colgate University.

J-P joined TravelCLICK’s Board of Directors in 2008.

Mark Hanson
Mark is a Managing Director of Genstar Capital, responsible for expanding Genstar’s Business Services practice by leveraging his more than twenty years in the software industry. Prior to joining Genstar, Mark most recently served as Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and Chief of Staff for Siebel Systems, Inc., where he worked closely with the executive team to help Siebel return to growth in 2005.

He was responsible for building the Mergers & Acquisitions function at Siebel and during his tenure the company made seventeen acquisitions. Prior to that, Mark was President and Chief Operating Officer of Visigenic Software, Inc., where he helped grow the company from a startup entity with no revenues to its IPO and sale to Borland Software Corporation. Mark has also worked as a senior executive with other leading software companies, including Sybase, Inc., Macromedia, Inc., and Informix Software, Inc. Mark is a graduate of Santa Clara University and holds an MBA from Golden Gate University.

Mark joined TravelCLICK’s Board of Directors in 2008.

Mike Krupka
Mike is a Managing Director at Bain Capital Ventures. He has also held the position of Managing Director with the Private Equity Group of Bain Capital, during which time he focused his investing activities on technology and technology-driven companies, including software, hardware, database, and telecommunication services. Earlier at Bain Capital, Mike was part of Information Partners, a fund focused on early-stage information technology investing.

He has served in several operating roles including that of President of a $110 M revenue software company and CFO of a $70 M revenue services company. Before Bain Capital, Mike was a consultant with Bain & Company. Mike holds a BS in Chemistry from Dartmouth College.

Mike has served on TravelCLICK’s Board of Directors since 1999.

Tony Salewski
Tony is a Senior Associate with Genstar Capital, helping to identify, evaluate, and execute acquisition and investment opportunities. Prior to joining Genstar, Tony was a Principal at Alpine Investors, a private equity firm in San Francisco that invests in lower middle-market companies.

He also served as the Chief of Staff for Operations at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), the world’s largest institutional investment manager, where he reported to the Chief Operating Officer and executed strategic initiatives for the Executive Committee. Prior to BGI, Tony was an Associate at Hellman & Friedman LLC, a private equity investment firm in San Francisco. He began his career in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley in New York. Tony received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated with honors from Harvard College.

Tony joined TravelCLICK’s Board of Directors in 2008.

R. David Schmaier
David worked most recently as the Executive Vice President at Siebel Systems, Inc, the world's leading provider of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in February 2006. During his twelve-year tenure at the company, David was a member of the Siebel executive management team and the Founder's Circle of first employees, as well as led the Products, Marketing and Alliances organizations.

Prior to Siebel Systems, David worked in a variety of sales and marketing roles at Oracle Corporation and as a strategy consultant at Braxton Associates (now part of Deloitte Consulting).

David earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

David joined TravelCLICK’s Board of Directors in 2008.