BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240318T183000Z DTEND:20240318T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Coffee Talks: Leading a Diverse Workforce of People with Heart DESCRIPTION:Registration for this event has closed. Walk-ins are welcome. Mahalo!\n\n\n\nNEW! Introducing Coffee Talks: Your Chamber's Premier Morning Seminar Series! \n\nGet ready to kickstart your mornings with our brand-new seminar series designed to elevate your business expertise and expand your professional network. \n\n\n\nRegister to attend the March edition of Coffee Talks: Leading a Diverse Workforce of People with Heart. \n\n\n\nJoin us to hear from Andrew Watterson\, Chief Operating Officer at Southwest Airlines as he shares lessons and observations from his everyday experience in leading the Executive Team that supports the people operating the world's most awarded air carrier. Through developing individual and organizational relationships among the workgroups of the most highly unionized airline in the world\, Watterson's three-decades of experience in commercial aviation helps find consensus on how best to serve the interests of Employees\, Customers\, and Shareholders.\n\n\n\nTopics covered include:\n\n\n Brokering progress around the conference table by helping everyone feel heard and bought-in on a plan\n Reaching Labor agreements guiding tone and philosophy from the top seat\n Adapting a complex organization around the need to constantly improve\, adapt\, while staying true to its Heart\n and more! \n\n\nWhether you're a seasoned business owner or just starting out\, Coffee Talks offers something for everyone. Fuel your ambition\, deepen your knowledge\, and connect with like-minded individuals who share your passion for success.\n\n\n\n Registration includes coffee and complimentary pastries provided by 1132 Cafe & Catering. \n\n\n\nRegistration will close on Friday\, March 15. For assistance\, please contact Marisa Pangan at: mpangan@cochawaii.org. \n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers:\n\n\n\nAndrew Watterson\n\nChief Operating Officer\n\nSouthwest Airlines \n\nAndrew Watterson serves the People of Southwest Airlines as Chief Operating Officer. As COO\, Andrew's Executive guidance shapes the strategy\, design\, and performance of the operation and commercial organizations of the world's largest point-to-point air carrier\, the world's most awarded airline. More than 60\,000 Southwest Employees under his leadership work as a team to safely transport hundreds of thousands of Customers\, their bags\, and cargo each day.\n\nAndrew assumed the role of COO in October 2022\, and previously served as Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer\, his most recent executive appointment since joining Southwest as Vice President of Network Planning and Performance in October 2013.\n\nPrior to his time at Southwest\, he served as Vice President of Planning and Revenue Management at Hawaiian Airlines after 12 years as a partner with Oliver Wyman in the consulting firm's aviation practice. Andrew also spent three years as an operations management consultant with Ernst & Young in both Atlanta and Paris.\n\nHe was conferred a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA with concentration in Operations Management from Vanderbilt University. He served four years in the U.S. Army. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Registration for this event has closed. Walk-ins are welcome. Mahalo!
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\nNEW! ☕\; \;Introducing Coffee Talks: Your Chamber'\;s Premier Morning Seminar Series! \;☕\;
\nGet ready to kickstart your mornings with our brand-new seminar series designed to elevate your business expertise and expand your professional network. \;
\n
\nRegister to attend the March edition of Coffee Talks: Leading a Diverse Workforce of People with Heart. \;
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\nJoin us to hear from \;Andrew Watterson\, \;Chief Operating Officer \;at Southwest Airlines as he \;shares lessons and observations from his everyday experience in leading the Executive Team that supports the people operating the world&rsquo\;s most awarded air carrier. Through developing individual and organizational relationships among the workgroups of the most highly unionized airline in the world\, Watterson&rsquo\;s three-decades of experience in commercial aviation helps find consensus on how best to serve the interests of Employees\, Customers\, and Shareholders.
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\nTopics covered include:

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Whether you'\;re a seasoned business owner or just starting out\, Coffee Talks offers something for everyone. Fuel your ambition\, deepen your knowledge\, and connect with like-minded individuals who share your passion for success.
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\n​\;Registration includes coffee and complimentary pastries provided by \;1132 Cafe &\; Catering. \;
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\nRegistration will close on Friday\, March 15. \;For assistance\, please contact \;Marisa Pangan at: mpangan@cochawaii.org. \;
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\nFeatured Speakers:
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\nAndrew Watterson
\nChief Operating Officer
\nSouthwest Airlines \;

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Andrew Watterson serves the People of Southwest Airlines as Chief Operating Officer. As COO\, Andrew'\;s Executive guidance shapes the strategy\, design\, and performance of the operation and commercial organizations of the world'\;s largest point-to-point air carrier\, the world'\;s most awarded airline. More than 60\,000 Southwest Employees under his leadership work as a team to safely transport hundreds of thousands of Customers\, their bags\, and cargo each day.

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Andrew assumed the role of COO in October 2022\, and previously served as Executive Vice President &\; Chief Commercial Officer\, his most recent executive appointment since joining Southwest as Vice President of Network Planning and Performance in October 2013.

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Prior to his time at Southwest\, he served as Vice President of Planning and Revenue Management at Hawaiian Airlines after 12 years as a partner with Oliver Wyman in the consulting firm'\;s aviation practice. Andrew also spent three years as an operations management consultant with Ernst &\; Young in both Atlanta and Paris.

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He was conferred a bachelor'\;s degree from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA with concentration in Operations Management from Vanderbilt University. He served four years in the U.S. Army.

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