Alaska Air Group ubhengeze namhlanje ukuba Brandon Pedersen, iGosa lezeMali oyiNtloko ukususela 2010, uceba ukuba umhlala-phantsi ngoMatshi 2. Shane Tackett, ngoku usekela-mongameli olawulayo Alaska yocwangciso kunye neqhinga uya kuphumelela Pedersen, kugxininiswe ukuphunyezwa imodeli ishishini yenkampani ukuqhubeka ixesha elide- ukukhula kwexesha kunye nexabiso leendwendwe, abasebenzi, abanini kunye noluntu.
“UBrandon wenze umsebenzi ongaqhelekanga njengeCFO yaseAlaska,” utshilo uBrad Tilden, usihlalo kunye neCEO yeAlaska Air Group. “UBrandon uye wagqwesa kumsebenzi wakhe nabahlalutyi nabatyali-mali, echaza ngokucacileyo imiba yoshishino kunye nezicwangciso zeAlaska zokudala ukukhula kwexesha elide kunye nexabiso. Uya kumkhumbula ngokunzulu sonke. Siyambulela ngenkonzo yakhe entle eAlaska, kwaye simnqwenelela okuhle kodwa yena nenkosikazi yakhe uJanet kwikamva labo.”
U-Pedersen ngumhlali wase Seattle ubomi bonke. Emva kokusebenza njengomphicothi-zincwadi wangaphandle waseAlaska iminyaka eyi-11, wazibandakanya neAlaska ngo-2003 njengosekela mongameli wezezimali nomlawuli waza wenyuselwa kwi-CFO ngoMeyi ka-2010. Ngexesha lakhe njenge-CFO. IQela leMoya laseAlaska fu maneka Virgin Melika I-Inc., iqinise i-balance sheet yayo, kwaye iqalise i-dividend ekhulayo minyaka yonke ukususela ngo-2013. I-Puget Sound Business Journal ebizwa ngokuba yi-Pedersen njenge "CFO yoNyaka" kwi-2015 kwiinkampani zoluntu ezinengeniso engaphezulu kwesigidi sezigidi zeedola kwaye yena. iye yamkelwa minyaka le ukusukela ngo-2012 njengenye yee-CFOs zenqwelomoya eziphezulu kuluhlu lwaminyaka le “Iqela leSigqeba se-All-America” kwi-Institutional Investor Magazine. Uthweswe isidanga kwiYunivesithi yaseWashington, apho aqhubeka khona efundisa kwaye ethatha inxaxheba.
UTackett wajoyina iAlaska ngo-2000 kwaye ukhokele kwizinto ezininzi kwinkampani iphela. Ngo-2010, uTackett waba ngusekela mongameli wobudlelwane babasebenzi e-Alaska Airlines, esakha kwaye ekhokela ubudlelwane benkampani kunye neemanyano zayo ezintlanu kwaye ekugqibeleni wathethathethana ezintandathu, izivumelwano zabasebenzi zexesha elide. Ngo-2015, waba noxanduva lolawulo lwengeniso kunye nemisebenzi ye-e-commerce ye-Alaska kunye nokulawula ubudlelwane kunye namaqabane abalulekileyo obugcisa borhwebo. Uye wanyuselwa waba ngusekela mongameli olawulayo wokucwangcisa kunye neqhinga ngo-2018, waphinda wakhokela iqela lezobudlelwane babasebenzi baseAlaska, aza kuqhubeka ekhokela njengeCFO.
“Sinethamsanqa elikhulu ukuba nomntu okwinqanaba likaShane okulungeleyo ukuthatha isikhundla sikaBrandon,” utshilo uTilden. UShane ebekunye neAlaska phantse iminyaka engama-20. Ukhokele uluhlu olubanzi lwezahlulo, kubandakanywa ukucwangciswa kwemali kunye nohlalutyo, i-e-commerce, ulawulo lwengeniso kunye nobudlelwane babasebenzi. Unokuqonda okumangalisayo kwe-algebra esisiseko yeshishini lethu, kodwa mhlawumbi okona kubaluleke kakhulu, kwindlela esisebenza ngayo ngokwembono yabantu. Sonke sikuvuyele kakhulu ukumamkela njenge-CFO yethu, kwaye sijonge phambili ekuboneni ifuthe alenzayo kule ndima.”
UTackett wafunda kwiYunivesithi yasePacific yamaLuthere kufutshane neTacoma, eWashington, apho waye wagqwesa kulawulo lweshishini ngokugxila kwezemali. Ukwanawo ne-MBA kwiYunivesithi yaseWashington iFoster School of Business. UTackett usebenza kwibhodi yabaphathiswa beMake-A-Wish yaseWashington naseAlaska.
