Yasuo Sonoda

Yasuo Sonoda has focused on designing procurement analytics for the past five years, while working as a senior manager, managing travel and corporate card programs (T&E and Procurement Cards) at Verisign. Prior to that, he has spent 8 years with United Airlines with positions including Customer Service Rep, Gate Coordinator and in his last 4 years with United, Yasuo worked at West Region Sales.  In the 2 years following his time at United, Yasuo served as a Vice President of Corporate Operations at an American Express affiliate agency.  Yasuo has served as Global Travel Manager aka "Travel Guru” at three companies, worked as a principle consultant at Sonoda Management Travel Solutions, a company that assisted corporations enhance/build their travel infrastructure.

Yasuo’s LinkedIn profile contains over 1,500 connections including many finance and HR executives, recruiters and travel buyers and suppliers, and also includes recommendation from all four CFOs of the companies he was the travel buyer for. He is an active networker and a blogger of travel management and on his spare time, he plays drums and loves posting food pictures on facebook.