Virasb Vahidi

Virasb Vahidi leads American's planning and marketing activities including network planning, strategic alliances, inclusive of American's membership in oneworld®, corporate fleet planning, corporate real estate, revenue management, in addition to broad responsibility for the development, management, and promotion of American's products and services, including sales and distribution, marketing and advertising, and the AAdvantage frequent flyer program. Vahidi joined American Airlines as Senior Vice President / Planning in June 2009. In returning to American, Vahidi rejoined the company where he spent more than eight years during the first phase of his airline career. In 1994, Vahidi joined American in Planning and subsequently served in a number of roles of increasing responsibilities in Revenue Management. He was named Managing Director of International Planning in 1998 and later served as Managing Director of Airline Profitability & Financial Analysis from 2000 to 2002.

Vahidi joined AT&T in 2002 as Vice President of Corporate Planning and Investor Relations and later became Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development, a position he held until 2006. At AT&T, his responsibilities included global mergers and divestitures, strategic business and technology initiatives, the AT&T venture capital fund, financial and capital planning and investor relations. He also played a key role in the AT&T/SBC Communications merger and was the co-leader of the integration team.

Following his tenure at AT&T, he served as Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Phorm, a technology company. During his time, he led successful fundraisings, negotiated and executed agreements with global business partners, led the development of a long-term business and financial plan, and recruited a strong management team.

Vahidi earned a Master of Business Administration in 1994 at Paris' Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences from the University of California - San Diego in 1988.