Alaska Air Group names ShaneTackett as CFO

Alaska Air Group names ShaneTackett as CFO:

7 January 2020:Alaska Air Group has appointed Shane Tackett as the Chief Financial Officer. He is currently the Executive Vice President of planning and strategy of Alaska.

Brad Tilden, chairman and CEO of Alaska Air Group said, "Shane has been with Alaska for nearly 20 years. He has led a wide array of divisions, including financial planning and analysis, e-commerce, revenue management and labor relations. He has a tremendous understanding of the underlying algebra of our business, but perhaps most importantly, of how we work from a people perspective. All of us are very excited to welcome him as our CFO, and we look forward to seeing the impact he makes in this role."

In 2000, Tackett joined Alaska. Tackett became Vice President of labor relations in 2010 at Alaska Airlines building and leading the company's relationship with its five unions and ultimately negotiating six, long-term labor agreements.

Tackett became responsible for the revenue management and e-commerce functions in 2015 and managed relationships with key commercial technology partners. In 2018, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of planning and strategy, once again leading Alaska's labor relations team, which he will continue to lead as CFO.