Diversity reboot

Martta Howard is a Distinguished Program Manager and Chief of Staff for Traveler Technology. Since joining Expedia Group in 2017 she led the Vrbo Product Operations organization responsible for planning, building, and facilitating internal events including strategic planning and regular product reviews. She has held multiple operations roles across product, engineering, and design teams most recently conceiving and launching the Design Program Management discipline and leading Design Operations. She previously worked for a decade in project controls and project management for organizations ranging from a large government contractor to a boutique custom software development firm before moving into development and operations roles. Martta has focused her career on the organization and optimization of people and resources to solve complex problems.

Martta graduated from Virginia Tech with bachelor's and master’s degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is based in Austin, Texas.