Simon Tam
Senior Vice President of Product and Technology
As the Sr. Vice President of Product and Technology for Egencia, Simon Tam leads the global team responsible for strategic planning, marketing, management and development of the corporate travel product offering in addition to technology direction.
Since Expedia Corporate Travel’s launch in 2002, Mr. Tam and his team have helped to spur the company to its current standing as the No. 1 on-demand, full-service corporate travel agency. Mr. Tam will continue to guide his team as Egencia extends its reach into global markets, and continues to build upon business intelligence to develop a compelling corporate travel ecosystem.
Mr. Tam originally joined Expedia in 1996 as a primary developer on the American Express/AXI project, which was Expedia’s first foray into corporate travel. While working on this project he helped launch three versions of AXI, which successfully became one of the first online booking tools in the travel industry.
Prior to joining Expedia, Mr. Tam was a software engineer at Microsoft working on a variety of teams ranging from handwriting recognition and interactive television. He also served in the role of technical evangelist promoting technical development for Windows NT in corporate environments.