ATLANTA, Dec. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Dan Csont will
join Delta Dec. 12 as Vice President
of Brand Management. In this role Csont will oversee the airline's
product development and customer experience programs, brand design
and marketing communications programs.
"Dan has a strong track record of combining innovation, brand
strategy, strategic marketing communications and analytics to
positively address customer needs," said Tim Mapes, Senior Vice President and Chief
Marketing Officer. "Dan's leadership will bolster Delta's continued
efforts to expand the appeal of the Delta brand internationally and
to earn greater preference for the Delta brand around the
world."
Csont will come to Delta from his role as Global Chief Marketing
Officer for Network Solutions at TE Connectivity – a publicly
traded $12 billion electronics
company. While there, he led a global team across 10 countries to
develop and execute comprehensive digital strategies, re-engineer
go-to-market processes and drive brand affinity. Csont has also
held executive marketing roles at AT&T and Equifax.
Csont will lead the Delta Marketing teams whose work continues
to position Delta as a leading global brand. He will direct product
design, innovation, creativity and specific design elements that
deliver on Delta's brand promise of being thoughtful, reliable and
innovative at all points of the travel experience.
Csont will be based in Atlanta
and report to Mapes.
About Delta
Delta Air Lines serves nearly 180 million customers each year.
In 2016, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies
in addition to being named the most admired airline for the fifth
time in six years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the
Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented
five consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network,
Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 312
destinations in 54 countries on six continents. Headquartered in
Atlanta, Delta employs more than
80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more
than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam
global alliance and participates in the industry's leading
transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia
as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its
worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than
15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including
Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de
Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has
invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products
and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in
the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on
the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub,
Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.
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