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After Dark with CEO LAWA John Ackerman 10/30/24
Name: After Dark with CEO LAWA John Ackerman 10/30/24Date: October 30, 2024Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM PDTRegistration: Register NowEvent Description:
John Ackerman is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and has oversight of Los Angeles International (LAX) and Van Nuys (VNY) airports.
Ackerman has over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry. He most recently served as Executive Vice President of Global Strategy and Development for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), where he was part of the team that expanded the organization’s global footprint by driving the first-ever cargo strategy — a multi-year program focused on Asia-Latin America trade flows. His team also designed and launched the first online parking system with dynamic pricing offered at a U.S. airport and grew the business to be DFW’s largest source of earnings. Additionally, he helped develop a data and analytics strategy that led to the creation of the airport’s first data science team, deploying Data360 across the
enterprise and consolidating all data in a single data lake.
Ackerman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Duke University. He is also a trained pilot and veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.
