Pierre V. Samec

Overview

Pierre V. Samec has served as Chief Technology Officer of Expedia since August 2007. Mr. Samec had previously served as Senior Vice President, Engineering since joining Expedia in October 2006. Prior to joining Expedia, Mr. Samec had been Senior Vice President of the Product Group of Cartesis, Inc., a French software and services company, since July 2004. From December 2001 to July 2004, Mr. Samec served as Vice President Quality Operations and Services for Business Objects, SA, a French provider of business management solutions, and from October 2000 until the present he has also been a partner with Accore Inc., a U.S. management consulting and services company that he helped form. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Samec was Chief Information Officer at Ventro Corporation, a company that built and managed an electronic marketplace for pharmaceutical and drug development companies. Prior to joining Ventro, Mr. Samec had been Senior Vice President, Retail Technology at Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. and had been Vice President of Engineering at Quintus Corporation and Petrovision, Inc., the latter having been founded by Mr. Samec in 1990. Mr. Samec received a general engineering degree from the Ecoles des Mines de Paris, France and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Geophysics from Stanford University.