Alaska Air Group Names Kris Kutchera Vice President of Information Technology and Strategy Management

Alaska Air Group today announced the election of Kris Kutchera as vice president of information technology and strategy management. In addition to continuing her oversight of IT applications,...

Alaska Air Group today announced the election of Kris Kutchera as vice president of information technology and strategy management. In addition to continuing her oversight of IT applications, Kutchera assumes responsibility for managing the resources needed to fulfill the company’s strategic goals. This includes oversight of the company’s Project Management Office and its process improvement group.

Kutchera, who joined Alaska Airlines in May 2005, has more than 15 years of leadership experience in information technology. She began her career at Boeing Computer Services and Capgemini America before moving on to leadership positions at Washington Natural Gas (now part of Puget Sound Energy), Fluke, and, most recently, at F5 Networks, where she served as vice president of IT.

"Our award-winning alaskaair.com Web site, industry-leading airport automation and hundreds of other business processes have resulted from making sure that creative IT applications, process improvements and project management work in tandem," said Bob Reeder, Alaska Air Group’s senior vice president of information technology services and chief information officer. "Kris has terrific expertise and experience in all three disciplines. We’re fortunate to be able to align these functions under her leadership, and we’re confident we can continue to expand her responsibilities going forward."

Previously at Alaska Airlines, Kutchera served as managing director of IT applications, which provides computer applications and business intelligence tools to Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.

She earned a bachelor of science degree at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and is enrolled in the Executive MBA program at the University of Washington.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air together serve 92 cities through an expansive network in Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. For reservations, visit alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at alaskaair.com/newsroom.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: maria.koenig@alaskaair.com

SOURCE: Alaska Air Group

CONTACT: Caroline Boren, +1-206-392-5799, or Paul McElroy,
+1-206-392-5038, both of Alaska Air Group