Steve Barnhart as New Chief Financial Officer at Arrivia

arriva today announced that Steve Barnhart has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer.  He brings a proven track record of leadership in finance, strategic planning, corporate development, and operations for complex financial organizations within a dynamic market.  Mr. Barnhart has a long track record of financial leadership at public and private companies, including at Orbitz Worldwide where he served as CFO and CEO.

“Steve is a strong leader and we are thrilled he is joining the arrivia team,” said CEO, Mike Nelson. “He brings deep financial experience and technical knowledge in all aspects of corporate finance, financial planning and accounting. And his impressive reputation for execution and achieving results makes him the right choice to lead our financial strategy. We are fortunate to be adding another highly-qualified executive to complement our management team as we continue delivering on our vision to offer the best private-branded loyalty solutions in the marketplace.”

Steve Barnhart commented, “I am excited to join arrivia’s management team and lead its finance organization as we help companies adapt to a new customer loyalty environment.  The company is well positioned to execute on strategies that deliver sustained, profitable revenue growth.” 

About Steve Barnhart

Mr. Barnhart most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FTD Companies.  Prior to that he served as CFO for several other consumers focused companies, including Bankrate, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Bally Total Fitness, and Orbitz Worldwide, where from 2003 to 2009, he served in various executive leadership roles including Chief Financial Officer, President, and Chief Executive Officer. From 1990 to 2003, Mr. Barnhart served in various finance and strategy roles for PepsiCo and The Pepsi Bottling Group. Barnhart holds an MBA in finance from the Booth School of Business and an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Chicago.

About arrivia:

arrivia is a global B2B travel company specializing in providing an array of private branded travel solutions to its partners. arrivia offers loyalty solutions in 20+ languages and 40+ currencies from 13 global offices with in-house fulfillment. Their travel and loyalty solutions are used by large scale blue-chip global brands including American Express, USAA and Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Learn more about arrivia at www.arrivia.com