Navtech, Inc. Names President and Chief Executive Officer

Waterloo – Navtech, Inc. announced that Michael O. Hulley will be named as President and Chief Executive Officer on February 26, 2009. Mr. Hulley will also join Navtech's Board of Directors. Mr. Hulley succeeds President and CEO David Strucke.

Mr. Hulley, a global senior executive with strong leadership qualities, comes to Navtech from Tata Consultancy Services, where he was a Senior Partner responsible for expanding the travel, transportation, and hospitality sectors of the business. Prior to this, he was the CEO of LeisureLogix, where he led the company through its product launch, garnering acclaim from industry analysts, trades and the media, and won LeisureLogix the 2007 Startup of the Year Award at the PhocusWright travel distribution conference.

Mr. Hulley’s career spans more than two decades in the aviation industry and includes positions with industry leaders such as Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS), IBM, COVIA/Galileo, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines. As President of Transportation Global Industry Solutions at EDS, Mr. Hulley was responsible for leading and growing the company’s worldwide transportation business. At IBM, he was Vice President and General Manager of Global Travel and Transportation where he led strategy, sales and marketing, product development, and deployment for industry-specific solutions. Mr. Hulley served as Vice President of Products and Services for the Transportation Technologies unit of Siemens Nixdorf, where he was responsible for the startup and management of the Travel and Transportation Division.

Regarding his new position, Mr. Hulley said, "Navtech is a market leader with superior products, strong industry expertise, and a genuine commitment to our customers. Together with our senior executive team, I look forward to leading the company into a new era of customer focus, growth, and quality."

Mr. Hulley graduated from Memphis State University where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering and was named DEC Fellow in Artificial Intelligence after attending a fellowship program at Harvard and MIT Universities.

“Mike Hulley brings significant industry, global leadership, and technology expertise to Navtech. His track record speaks for itself.” said Michael Chung, Cambridge Information Group (CIG) Chief Operating Officer and a member of Navtech’s Board of Directors. Mr. Chung speaking on behalf of CIG (www.cigcompanies.com), Navtech’s largest shareholder, and the other two significant shareholders, Externalis S.A. (www.externalis.be) and ABRY Partners LLC (www.abry.com) said: “We are very pleased to have him join the Navtech leadership team and look forward to Navtech’s continued innovation and growth under Mike’s stewardship.”