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Gerry has more than 20 years experience in the travel industry, at Thomson Travel (TUI) and then at Worldspan, where he became Director - Northern Europe. In 1997 Gerry co-founded Gradient Solutions, a Dublin-based internet booking engine specialist. With a record of rapid and profitable growth, and a client list including many of Europe's and N.America's largest airlines and intermediaries, Gradient was acquired by Sabre in August 2000. Following the acquisition, Gerry served two years as Vice President, Business Development & e-Commerce, Sabre. Gerry started actively looking at the opportunities in mobile travel in 2003 and development of a mobile travel platform commenced in 2004. Mobile Travel Technologies (MTT), a mobile software development specialist for the travel sector, was formally founded in 2005 by Gerry, and he is the full-time Executive Director (Commercial). MTT has quickly built up an impressive client base of leading airlines and hotel chains which includes Sol Melia, easyJet, Atlantis the Palm, S7, Virgin Blue, Qantas Group's Jetstar, and InterContinental Hotels Group.