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Evans Gebhardt
Evans joined 3 PEAKS with 20+ years of executive experience with consumer companies, both Fortune 100 and start-ups. He brings a track record of both scaling and turning around businesses, including significant experience with e-commerce, international markets, and acquisitions. He brings to 3 PEAKS the unique ability to translate theory into pragmatic actions that relevant to senior management environments.
Prior to 3 PEAKS, Evans grew CheapTickets from a small, West Coast offline travel agency in 2000 to the 4th largest and fastest growing online travel agency in 2004 with sales over $1 billion. As President during the aftermath of 9/11, he led financial turnaround of CheapTickets.com, putting it on a positive EBITDA trajectory after 2 consecutive years of $50+ million losses. Underpinning this turnaround was an ever-strengthening culture of trust and mutual accountability.
He was also President of Cendant's International Consumer Travel group and responsible for the integration of several new acquired companies accounting for $2 billion in turnover, including leading UK online travel agency Ebookers.com. Relying upon his acumen to develop individuals and building teams, Evans was able to tap the organizational potential of 2000 employees in over 15 countries and "make it happen" in a difficult post-acquisition environment.
Evans also was also instrumental in the start up of Eos Airlines, a premium only class airline with service between London & New York. Through strong internal team working and decisive personnel moves, sales grew monthly revenues from $250K to $6 million in just 12 months. In the process, Eos because the preeminent lifestyle brand, unseating long time winners, Virgin Atlantic and British Airways, as Best Long Haul Airline of the Year.
In his tenure, Evans has held many senior executive roles in very diverse settings. He has worked for New and Old Economy companies, start-ups and Fortune 100's, and domestic and international entities such as Cendant, CheapTickets.com, Ebookers.com, Clairol, Mead Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb.He sits on Boards for AdVenture Interactive, Whole Travel, Runthevoo, Handcrafting Justice and the Peer Foundation.
Evans has a MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business with an undergraduate degree from Hobart College.