Background:
Known as Jafri to his friends, Mr. Jafri is the current Board of Directors’ Chairman and with every action he inspires us to expand the visibility and reach of the Hume Center. He is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Onvoya which he founded to eliminate the frustration consumers face when buying travel. Harnessing the power of AI/Machine Learning, Conversational Voice Technologies and NDC (the new Broadband standard adopted by the Airline Industry) Onvoya will transform the travel industry from its current 50-year-old platform to a more streamlined platform connecting consumers directly to the suppliers without any middlemen. Books could be written about enterprises created through leveraging emerging technologies to enable worldwide success for his many ventures. Before Onvoya Jafri founded Mondee, Cfares.com, Exambria, Inc., Docunet, TeleTix, Jafcom and Tri World Inc through partnerships with EDS and Olivetti, Ticketmaster, Chemical Bank, Bell Atlantic and Visa. Mr. Jafri holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from Stanford University and BS in Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan.
