Keynote Speaker Stephen J. O'Malley Vice President Strategy and Industry Relations

Stephen J. O’Malley has more than 15 years of experience in the travel and hospitality industry and now serves as vice president, Strategy and Industry Relations, for Maritz Travel Company.

Concurrently, he serves on the board of directors and as chief executive officer of SME Associates, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Maritz Travel Company specializing in Olympic sponsor hospitality management. In this role, he oversees Maritz Travel Company’s investment in this multi-national company.

O’Malley began his career at Maritz Travel Company in 1990 as a travel director and has since served in several operations, product development and marketing positions for the company, including travel program manager, project development manager and director of industry relations. Prior to joining Maritz, he served as chief concierge and banquet manager for Keystone Resort in Keystone, Colo.

O’Malley holds a bachelor’s degree in administration of criminal justice and psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in business administration from the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.

O’Malley’s areas of expertise include:

• Financial Services industry Meeting, Event and Incentive Travel best practices
• Compliance and Risk Management in meetings programs; Measuring Return on Meeting and Event Spend
• Travel destinations: Caribbean, Africa, Antarctica and India as well as cruises
• Meetings, events and incentive travel industry competition and consolidation