ALAN WALKER
Pilots at Robin Ln, Grapevine, TX

License number

Texas A4926105

Issued Date

Jan 2016

Expiration Date

Jan 2018

Professional information

Executive Principal, Operations Research At Sabre Holdings

Position:

Executive Principal, Operations Research Consulting at Sabre Holdings

Location:

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Industry:

Computer Software

Work:

Sabre Holdings since Jun 2012 - Executive Principal, Operations Research Consulting Sabre Holdings - Southlake TX Oct 2011 - Jun 2012 - Executive Principal, Research Sabre - Southlake, TX May 2010 - Sep 2011 - VP, Architecture Sabre Airline Solutions Jul 2008 - Mar 2010 - Chief Architect - SabreSonic CSS Sabre Holdings - Southlake TX Feb 2001 - Jun 2008 - VP Architecture Sabre Holdings - Southlake TX Jan 1995 - Jan 2001 - Senior Principal, Research American Airlines Decision Technologies - Southlake TX 1989 - 1997 - Principal Electricity Commission of NSW Jan 1985 - Nov 1985 - Contract Programmer BHP - Portt Kembla, NSW Jan 1981 - Dec 1984 - Trainee Programmer

Education:

Southern Methodist University 2007 - 2009
The University of Texas at Arlington 2001 - 2004
University of Wollongong 1981 - 1984
Hurlstone Agricultural High School 1976 - 1981

Skills:

French (fluent), Operations Research, Airlines, Algorithms, Transaction Processing, Relational Databases, Private Pilot, Enterprise Architecture, Hadoop, REST, Business Intelligence, Programming, Distributed Systems, French, Mainframe, Web Services, SOA, Software Development, Data Analysis, Linux, Strategy, Integration, Architecture, MySQL, Databases, Software Engineering

Interests:

My interestes include running, triathlon, skiing, climbing and white water kayaking.

Languages:

French

Systems, Methods, And Computer Program Products For Searching And Displaying Low Cost Product Availability Information For A Given Departure-Return Date Combination Or Range Of Departure-Return Date Combinations

US Patent:

2005027, Dec 8, 2005

Filed:

May 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/133688

Inventors:

Alan Walker - Southlake TX, US
Yanjun Zhang - Plano TX, US
Dirk Guenther - Roanoke TX, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705005000

Abstract:

The present invention generates a grid of low-priced fare combinations for either a selected departure and return date or a range of departure and return dates. The present invention uses various techniques to reduce processing and delay in generating the grids. The present invention first converts flight itineraries for the selected departure and return dates or the range of dates into the fare domain. The invention discards fare combinations that are not valid for the given travel request. The valid fare combinations are processed to determine which has the lowest fare price. The fare combinations are processed one at a time starting with the cheapest fare combination to determine which of the possible flight itineraries may be covered by the fare combination. The invention may use additional prunning steps to validate the fare combinations prior to application to individual flight itineraries. As each fare combination is matched to a flight itinerary, the grid is populated with this fare combination.

Methods, Systems, And Articles Of Manufacture For Providing Product Availability Information

US Patent:

2003008, May 8, 2003

Filed:

Nov 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/286891

Inventors:

Joseph Offutt - Grapevine TX, US
Tony Brice - Colleyville TX, US
Alan Walker - Southlake TX, US
Barry Smith - Flower Mound TX, US

Assignee:

Sabre Inc.

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/022000

Abstract:

Methods and systems consistent with certain aspects related to the invention provide product availability information to a requestor via a proxy computer. In one aspect, a proxy computer that acts on the behalf of a seller computer receives product inventory information and one or more inventory control rules provided by the seller computer. In response to an availability request provided by a user, the proxy computer may determine product availability information based on the product inventory information and the one or more inventory control rules. Further, the proxy computer may be configured to update at the product inventory information and/or one or more control rules based on a determination that the seller computer has updated the same information stored in a database.

System, Method, And Computer Program Product For Improving Accuracy Of Cache-Based Searches

US Patent:

2006014, Jul 6, 2006

Filed:

Jan 6, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/030494

Inventors:

Alan Walker - Southlake TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

A system, method, and computer program product search a cache database in response to a search request from a user, determine which of the search results is most likely to be preferred by the user, and verify the preferred results against a real-time database. If the verification determines that the preferred results are accurate, then all the search results are provided to the user. If the verification determines that the preferred results are not accurate, then those results are deleted and the remaining results are provided to the user. As a result, the accuracy of the results returned to the user is increased, while queries of the real-time database are utilized only where most useful and are thereby reduced.

System, Method, And Computer Program Product For Finding Web Services Using Example Queries

US Patent:

8041727, Oct 18, 2011

Filed:

Jan 6, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/030463

Inventors:

Alan Walker - Southlake TX, US

Assignee:

Sabre Inc. - Southlake TX

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707765, 707780

Abstract:

A system, method, and computer program product allows a web service consumer to create an example query which illustrates the web service desired. The example query is compared, element by element, to potentially relevant web services. The difference between each element in the example query and any element in the web service being compared is quantified as a distance metric, based on the relationship between the elements. The relationships might be classified as: exact match, direct synonym, fuzzy synonym, hyponym, hypernym, or no match. The distance metric for each element in the example query is summed to calculate a total distance between the example query and the web service being compared. This sum is an expression of the difference between the example query and the web service being compared.

Availability Based Value Creation Method And System

US Patent:

2002005, May 16, 2002

Filed:

Sep 25, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/961419

Inventors:

Richard Ratliff - Flower Mound TX, US
Alan Walker - Southlake TX, US
Barry Smith - Flower Mound TX, US
Tony Brice - N. Colleyville TX, US

Assignee:

Sabre Inc.

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/014000

Abstract:

A method and system for providing price information, comprising receiving a request for price information associated with at least one item; obtaining from a database results responsive to the request; modifying at least one entry in the database results to reflect a more competitive price, when compared to another entry in the database results; and providing the database results to a consumer after completing the modifying step.