Frédéric Bessis
VP, Product Architecture & Delivery
Frédéric joined the newly-created Product Development Strategy (PDS) team in January 2009, as deputy to Bertrand Kientz, reporting both to the EVP Commercial and EVP Development. The PDS division has responsibility across a number of corporate processes, such as product strategy, budget, methods and technology coordination.
Prior to this role, Frédéric was Vice President, Product & Technology Strategic Planning since November 2004, reporting directly to Philippe Chérèque, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy. Frédéric coordinated the functional and technical evolutions of the Amadeus System within Amadeus' overall corporate strategy. He also assessed and developed opportunities for new products and partnership initiatives.
Prior to this promotion, Frédéric had successfully managed the architectural evolution of the Amadeus System and consolidation of the framework for the evolution of Amadeus global architecture since 1999.
Frédéric joined Amadeus in 1990 and held roles in the division that evolved into the current Sales & eCommerce Platform division, Front Office group and System Planning division. In 1998, Frédéric was promoted to Director, Distributed Systems, managing the development of products and services for travel agents.
Before joining Amadeus, Frédéric managed his own consulting company providing IT services to the oil industry, having worked for various oil companies as a geologist and geophysicist.
Frédéric began his career with a thesis in Earth Sciences at the French Institute for Petroleum (IFP), where he then did research work for five years. A native of France, Fred graduated in Engineering from École Polytechnique and École Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Paris.
