After 25 years with Southwest Airways, most not too long ago heading up Southwest Enterprise as VP and chief gross sales officer, Dave Harvey on Saturday introduced on LinkedIn that he’ll retire from the provider. Southwest confirmed the data and added that Might 17 can be Harvey’s final day.
“We’re grateful for his 25 years of service, together with main Southwest Enterprise from inception to the place it’s immediately,” the provider mentioned in an announcement.
Southwest in 2016 moved company gross sales to a brand new enterprise perform, headed by Harvey as managing director of enterprise growth. Over the subsequent eight years, Harvey oversaw such modifications as launching a enterprise model of the provider’s loyalty program Fast Rewards, including Southwest content material into the three main international distribution methods, launching its Enterprise Help portal and revamping its conferences product.
BTN 4 instances acknowledged Harvey as one of many 25 Most Influential people in enterprise journey, in 2019,2020, 2021 and 2023.
Harvey on LinkedIn famous that “from a 22-year-old Programmer/Analyst in ‘Methods’ (pre-Know-how) to #southwestbusiness immediately, all I actually know is Southwest Airways.” He additionally wrote that he’ll share “the subsequent journey” quickly.
Southwest within the assertion mentioned it’s “working by way of transition plans” and didn’t share further particulars.