Richard Bratton

Richard Bratton has had a long and successful career in the travel and technology industries. Richard began their career in 1996, when they co-founded Stylewise Interactive, Las Vegas' first interactive/digital agency. Richard worked with some of the biggest companies in Las Vegas and built the agency's revenue to over $1 million annually. In 1999, they were recruited by America Online as an Account Executive and was a top 10% National Sales Performer for 4 years, growing the business from $0 to $2mm+/year. Richard was also awarded AOL's "Circle of Excellence" for 120%+ of quota in 2000, 2001, and 2002, and was #1 in US Sales in 2001. In 2003, they were recruited by TripRes.com as Director of Marketing and increased ROAS by 30% YoY while continuing to increase revenue by 20% YoY. In 2005, they joined Travelzoo as Advertising Sales Director and sold and executed direct response digital campaigns including email, on site, and integrated ticket offers. Richard then joined KAYAK in 2008 as VP of Sales and Head of Sales - Western US, and Advertising Sales Director. Richard managed a team generating over $100mm/year and managed over $40mm/year as direct seller, and played an instrumental role in conceptualizing, optimizing, and selling a suite of new/incremental/unique products that generate over $5mm/month. In 2015, they joined Fareportal as VP - Sales and Marketing, where they managed a cross-functional team that developed and deployed facilitated booking (API) solution with partners such as Microsoft, Google, and KAYAK, and grew ad revenue by over 50% YoY in their first year. In 2021, they became Co-Founder and CCO of CELITECH, a premium one-click connectivity platform for global travel providers, their customers, and their employees. Richard also became Vice President of Business Development at AdConnects. Under their leadership, CELITECH has won the Phocuswright LAUNCH "Runner-up People's Choice Award" for Travel Innovation and Mobile Breakthrough Awards "Overall Wireless Broadband Solution of the Year".

Richard Bratton obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business and E-Business from the University of Phoenix between 2003 and 2007.