Talk:Travis Katz

Latest comment: 2 years ago by MaryGaulke in topic COI edit requests

COI edit requests

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Hi! I'm a COI editor for BrightDrop, a client of FleishmanHillard, a sister agency of my employer Porter Novelli. A few edit requests for this article:

  • Add to infobox:
|website = Travis Katz on Twitter
  • At end of "Early life and education", delete Katz currently resides with his family in Menlo Park, California.[1], which is redundant of the beginning of "Personal life".
  • The second source cited in the "World Bank" subsection of "Career" is authored by Katz and not independent, so I think it makes sense to delete that second sentence entirely.
  • In "Trip.com" subsection, update
Following the acquisition, Katz worked as VP, Product for Skyscanner (a CTrip company), where Trip.com's reviews and predictive intelligence was integrated.[2]
to
Following the acquisition, Katz worked as vice president of product for Skyscanner, a Ctrip company, where Trip.com's reviews and photos were integrated.[3]
The source in the original text doesn't substantiate the information, so I swapped in a new source and tweaked the text to reflect.
  • Add to end of BrightDrop:
Under Katz's leadership, BrightDrop secured contracts with Walmart[4][5] and Merchants Fleet,[6][7] as well as an agreement to develop service vehicles for Verizon.[8][6] The company also delivered its first vehicles, purpose-built for commercial delivery, to FedEx in December 2021.[9][10]
  • In "Personal life", update first sentence from
Katz lives with his wife and 2 children in Menlo Park, California.
to
Katz lives with his family in Menlo Park, California.[11]
Adding ref and revising text to reflect.

Thank you for your time and feedback! Mary Gaulke (talk) 19:24, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

  Partly done: The Career section was blank at the time of my edit, so I could not do your request there and decided to delete it completely. Everything else done. casualdejekyll 02:04, 3 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Casualdejekyll: Thanks for your help! I believe the Career section was empty because it encompassed the four sub-sections covering Katz's career (World Bank through BrightDrop) – cf. Jeff Bezos#Business career. Given that, would it be OK to restore the section header? Right now it looks like each of the career subsections is a subsection of "Education and early life" instead. Also, the sentence I'm proposing deleting is in the "World Bank" section: In 1996, he joined the World Bank-United Nations Development Program Water and Santiation Program, where he led research on how to improve the sustainability of investments in clean drinking water in emerging markets.[12] Finally, double checking if it's possible to add the "website" parameter to the infobox as I described in my first bullet above. Thank you again! Mary Gaulke (talk) 21:10, 7 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
@MaryGaulke I have no clue how I missed that! Man, I can be dense sometimes.   Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. casualdejekyll 16:22, 14 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank you kindly! This is done. Mary Gaulke (talk) 18:04, 14 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ "Travel Style: Travis Katz -". Johnny Jet. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  2. ^ O'Neill, Sean (2017-11-01). "Ctrip Buys Trip.com for Skyscanner to Enhance Local Recommendations". Skift. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  3. ^ O'Neill, Sean (13 August 2019). "Why Skyscanner Is Closing Its Stand-Alone Local Recommendations App". Skift. Yahoo. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ^ Packer, Peggy (11 January 2022). "Walmart Taps BrightDrop to Optimize Delivery Fleet With Electric Vehicles; Travis Katz and Tom Ward Discuss". Deli Market News. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ^ Hawkins, Andrew J. (5 January 2022). "Walmart and FedEx ordering thousands of electric delivery vans from GM's BrightDrop". The Verge. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b Walford, Lynn (4 October 2021). "GM's BrightDrop Efficiently Electrifying First And Last-Mile Deliveries - CEO Travis Katz". Auto Futures. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  7. ^ Alamalhodaei, Aria (18 November 2021). "GM's electric delivery unit BrightDrop expands deal with Merchants Fleet". TechCrunch. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. ^ LaReau, Jamie L. (28 September 2021). "GM's startup, BrightDrop, to make new EV service van for Verizon". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  9. ^ Holland, Frank (17 December 2021). "FedEx gets first of 500 electric trucks from GM's EV unit in a major advance for green logistics". CNBC. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  10. ^ Ramey, Jay (20 December 2021). "FedEx Gets Its First BrightDrop EV Vans". Autoweek. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Travel Style: Travis Katz -". Johnny Jet. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  12. ^ Katz, Travis (1998). "Making Rural Water Supply Sustainable" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)