Dhiren Fonseca is an Advisor with Certares. Prior to joining Certares, he was Chief Commercial Officer of Expedia, Inc. (“Expedia”) from 2012 through April 2014 and served as Expedia’s Co-President, Partner Services Group from 2009 through 2012. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy beginning in 2005 and, prior to that role, held several roles responsible for the development of external facing relationships and business development at Expedia. Prior to Expedia, Dhiren was a longtime Microsoft Corporation employee and a member of the management team responsible for creating Expedia.com in 1995, while still part of Microsoft Corporation.
Dhiren serves an independent director on the Boards of Directors of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), Diamond Resorts, HotelTonight, Rackspace, and RentPath.