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Creating an inviting workplace for all genders @ Expedia Group

Expedia Group has a different take on gender equity. Want to hear more? 🚀 Attendees were invited to an in-person networking event with a diverse panel of leaders and recruiters from Expedia Group in Gurgaon, India. ❤️ During an invite-only session, attendees got a behind-the-scenes look at how Expedia Group’s Gurgaon…

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About this event

Expedia Group has a different take on gender equity. Want to hear more?

🚀 Attendees were invited to an in-person networking event with a diverse panel of leaders and recruiters from Expedia Group in Gurgaon, India.

❤️ During an invite-only session, attendees got a behind-the-scenes look at how Expedia Group’s Gurgaon office prioritizes inclusion and gender equity, including first-hand stories from current team members. We covered everything from their impressive employee benefits to their culture of belonging… and more.

Agenda:
  • 4:00 PM IST - Check-in and networking
  • 4:45 PM IST - Kick-off & event housekeeping
  • 5:00 PM IST - Welcome address from Rathi Murthy, Chief Technology Officer/ President
  • 5:15 PM IST - Panel discussion + audience Q&A featuring:
  • 5:55 PM IST - Closing remarks
  • 6:00 PM IST - Optional networking session
  • 6:30 PM IST - Event concludes

About Expedia Group: Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. For more information, visit www.expediagroup.com.

About PowerToFly: PowerToFly is a women-run platform that works with companies to identify skilled professionals for networking and recruiting opportunities. Over the past few years, we’ve produced 2,000+ events across the world with brands like Meta, American Express, Morgan Stanley, and Deloitte, resulting in countless hires.

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Meet the speakers

Rathi Murthy

Rathi Murthy

Chief Technology Officer/ President

Rathi Murthy is CTO and President of Expedia Product & Technology, which includes overseeing the company’s product and platform strategy. In this role, she focuses on innovating accessible and equitable products, and delivering quality experiences for travelers, partners, and developers. She most recently served as CTO for Verizon Media where she oversaw Verizon Media’s global technology strategy, leading the company’s continued innovations in 5G while also managing the platform technology and infrastructure. Previously, she worked with GAP, Inc and American Express where she was named Top Woman in Cloud Innovation in 2014, and Most Influential Women in Payments in 2015. Rathi has held senior technology leadership roles at some of the world’s best technology companies including eBay, Inc., Yahoo, Sun Microsystems and WebMD. Rathi, holding a Masters in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University, is not only a technology leader but also an Art of Living Teacher dedicated to spreading peace in the community.

Reena Patil

Reena Patil

Senior Vice President, Partner Products

Reena is currently Senior Vice President, Partner Products across all lines of business including hotels, vacation rentals, air, cruise, activities and Ads at Expedia Group. She is a customer-focused product and engineering leader with expertise in digital transformation, cybersecurity, building scalable platforms and monetization of consumer products.

Prior to Expedia, Reena was at Google in Mountain View, CA where she ran a multi-billion-dollar portfolio for Google Maps monetization and Local Ads to help reach local customers and drive in-store sales in the post-pandemic recovery. During her 11 year tenure at Google she led product management across several groups including: building and launching G Suite Enterprise to meet cybersecurity and compliance needs for large companies and being part of the original Google Wallet team and Google’s payments platform. She has also held leadership roles at Motorola and started her career as a software engineer on the Windows team at Microsoft.

She has an MBA from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science. Reena cares deeply about causes related to women-in-technology and mentoring at-risk youth. She mentors under-represented groups at Expedia and is an advocate for kids in foster care.

Karen Batzle

Karen Batzle

Vice President, People Partner

Karen is associated with Expedia Group as Vice President People Partner boasting 6-years of tenure. With over 20 years of rich background in Fortune 500 companies like Coinstar, Microsoft and Liberty Mutual, she excels in creating result-driven HR teams. She is recognized for her unique blend of system thinking, situational and data analysis, creative flair, and advanced people skills. Specializing in HR management, program management, team building, and more, she is dedicated to realizing the full potential of HR and fostering a culture of engagement.

Shiyi Pickrell, Ph.D.

Shiyi Pickrell, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President Data and AI

Shiyi leads the data product and machine learning function at Expedia Group. Her team mission is to maximize the value of data through actionable insights, and machine learning for EG travelers and partners. Throughout EG's journey to transform into a platform company, her team is building AI services and Data Products with scale, speed, and simplicity. She is an ex-Microsofter, ex-Amazonian. She holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from University of Southern California and an MBA from University of Washington.

About the company

Expedia Group


Why Expedia Group?

Expedia Group, Inc. brands power travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group’s three flagship consumer brands include: Expedia®, Hotels.com®, and Vrbo®.


Open culture, open world

We're a diverse community, and we share a vision: to create the products, platforms, and experiences the rest of the industry looks to for inspiration. We’re not doing this for its own sake. We’re doing it because it makes a positive difference to every single traveler we serve. Expedia Group is a place where everyone can feel safe and empowered. We’re incredibly proud of the open culture we’ve built, and we’re united behind the belief that travel is a force for good. The experiences we create bridge divides and broaden horizons – making the world a better, more open place.

Our work of driving inclusion at Expedia Group and designing a more equitable workforce would not be possible without our Inclusion Business Groups (IBGs), a subcategory of our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs—the commonly used industry term), who are specifically dedicated to systemic inclusion of historically excluded identities. These employee-led groups provide spaces for our employees to connect through lived experiences and cultivate a sense of belonging and, furthermore, their charters guide them to empower their members, collaborate across intersectional identities within their communities, and promote allyship to all employees across the company.

At Expedia Group, there are eight Inclusion Business Groups:

  • Latinx Education And Development
  • Asian Community at Expedia
  • Ability Inclusion Movement, PRIDE (LGBTQIA+)
  • Women at Expedia Learning and Leading
  • Black Expedia Allied Movement
  • Expedia Veterans Friends and Family
  • Indigenous Diversity Expedians and Allies

Impact & Sustainability

Expedia Group’s Open World™ global social impact and sustainability strategy is grounded in the pursuit of three pillars – access for underserved travelers, economic advancement for communities underrepresented in the travel industry, and a more prosperous planet for generations to come.

Open World combines Expedia Group’s mission, purpose, and values with its traveler-centric mindset to help bridge divides and strengthen connections.

Learn more about our Global Social Impact and Sustainability Strategy


Benefits:
  1. Competitive paid time off programs for vacation, holidays and illness
  2. Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Confidential 24/7 assistance for you and your household members at no cost
  3. Retirement/Pension Plan: Saving for your future financial wellbeing
  4. Insurance: Comprehensive coverage for your medical/health needs
  5. Global Travel & Wellness Reimbursement: Annual reimbursement for eligible travel and wellness expenses for you and your immediate family
  6. Service Award Program: Recognizes effort and commitment with additional travel reimbursement at key service milestones
  7. EG Traveler Program: Discounts on Expedia Group hotels, activities and attractions. 20% Employee Discount, 10% Family and Friends coupons
  8. Discover EG Program allows Expedians to explore our amazing offices around the world and work from another location for up to four weeks each year (max two weeks outside your country)
  9. International airlines travel agent network (IATAN) membership
  10. Business Travel Medical and Accident Insurance: Immediate assistance and coverage for unexpected medical care during business trips, including accident insurance
  11. New Parent Benefit: Maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  12. Transition Back Benefit: Flexibility to work part-time with regular full-time pay for the first 30 days after returning from parental leave
  13. Reimbursement Wallet: Up to $10,000 USD per lifetime for Fertility/Family Planning and/or Transgender Medical Services
  14. Cleo: Program offering guidance and expert assistance for working parents or adult caregivers
  15. Bereavement Leave: 10 days paid leaves granted upon the death of a close family member

Pet Benefits:
  1. Pet Perk: Allows two weeks of work schedule flexibility when you adopt/bring home a new dog or cat or any pet requiring initial settling-in care
  2. Bereavement Leave: Family pets are recognized as family members and when a family pet passes away, we provide 3 working days of paid leave
  3. Wellness Reimbursement benefits can now be used towards the wellbeing of pet

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