Okaloosa County BOCC — September 6, 2016 — Owen, Martin - Resume August 2016

Martin Owen Profile Martin has spent 46 years in the travel industry (Sales, Marketing, Operations and Technolo- gy) in the UK, Continental Europe, the USA and Australia. Martin has been involved in both corporate and leisure travel. Within the leisure sector, he has covered retail, tour operating, hospitality, vacation and corporate rentals and consolidation. He has also spent time in the 2807 Lee Trevino Court airline sector, and worked extensively with IT and e-commerce in the travel industry, Web Shalimar Design and Web Marketing. Martin has been instrumental in company re-organization, re- Florida structuring, expansion into new markets and adoption of on-line sales strategies. Martin was 32579 born in England and is a US Citizen, having achieved citizenship in June 2010. He has a United States Diploma in Company Direction and Fellowships from the UK Institute of Directors and the Home +1 850 651 2559 Institute of Travel & Tourism. Martin was Vice-Chairman of the Walton Area Chamber of Office +1 850 420 1934 Commerce MAC, 2012 Chair of the Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce, sat on the martin@owenorganization.com Advertising and Internet Committee of VisitFlorida in 2012, and sat on VisitFlorida’s In- ternational Committee from 2013 -2015, 2013 Chair of the Marketing Council of the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association - (FRLA) and on the Policy Board of the Okaloosa County Economic Development Council. He has been appointed to the Okaloosa County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee, as the Travel Industry representative, by the Okaloosa County Commissioners. From 2014 to 2015 he was a Board member on the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council. Key business success • ResortQuest by Wyndham Vacation Rentals - Rebuilt marketing department on two sepa- rate occasions. Integrated marketing department from acquired company. Revised market- ing strategy • Crystal Beach Development - Established corporate branding across all companies. Im- plemented Web Marketing and Social Networking. Launched marketing for new companies and divisions. Successfully handled press and public relations. Planned and executed many large public events. • Global Systems Group – Developed and sold reservations system for specialist tour opera- tors incorporating dynamic packaging and e-commerce tools. • Travelbag plc – Grew company from £2m to £90m in 13 years. Expanded regionally by opening retail locations. Introduced new technology. • USAirtours – Revised business strategy to successfully attract outside investment. • Port Philip Group – Successful integration of US company into group and expansion of European and Australian operations. • Sabre – Achieved savings of £2m in product distribution. Roll out of new products to major customers. !1  Key areas of expertise · Marketing · Travel industry business development