Thomas Nealon - Southwest Airlines Executive VP of Strategy and Innovation

LUV Stock  USD 30.28  0.35  1.17%   

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Mr. Thomas M. Nealon is President of the Company. Mr. Nealon also served as Executive Vice President Strategy Innovation from January 2016 to January 2017. Prior to becoming an executive officer of the Company, Mr. Nealon served on the Companys Board of Directors from December 2010 until November 2015. Mr. Nealon has also served as Group Executive Vice President of J.C. Penney Company, Inc., a retail company, from August 2010 until December 2011. In this role Mr. Nealon was responsible for Strategy, jcp.com, Information Technology, Customer Insights, and Digital Ventures. Mr. Nealon also served as J.C. Penneys Executive Vice President Chief Information Officer from September 2006 until August 2010. Prior to joining J.C. Penney, Mr. Nealon was a partner with The Feld Group, a provider of information technology consulting services, where he served in a consultant capacity as Senior Vice President Chief Information Officer for the Company from 2002 to 2006 since 2017.
Age 63
Tenure 8 years
Address P.O. Box 36611, Dallas, TX, United States, 75235-1611
Phone214 792 4000
Webhttps://www.southwest.com
Nealon also served as Chief Information Officer for FritoLay, a division of PepsiCo, Inc., from 1996 to 2000, and in various software engineering, systems engineering, and management positions for FritoLay from 1983 to 1996.

Southwest Airlines Management Efficiency

Return On Tangible Assets is likely to drop to 0.01 in 2025. Return On Capital Employed is likely to drop to 0.01 in 2025. At this time, Southwest Airlines' Non Current Assets Total are fairly stable compared to the past year. Non Currrent Assets Other is likely to climb to about 1.1 B in 2025, whereas Other Current Assets are likely to drop slightly above 331.4 M in 2025. Southwest Airlines' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Southwest Airlines manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
Southwest Airlines has 8.06 B in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.93, which is OK given its current industry classification. Southwest Airlines has a current ratio of 1.55, which is typical for the industry and considered as normal. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Southwest to invest in growth at high rates of return.

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Southwest Airlines Co. operates as a passenger airline company that provide scheduled air transportation services in the United States and near-international markets. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Southwest Airlines operates under Airlines classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 64123 people. Southwest Airlines (LUV) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in P.O. Box 36611, Dallas, TX, United States, 75235-1611 and employs 72,450 people. Southwest Airlines is listed under Passenger Airlines category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

Southwest Airlines Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Southwest Airlines' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Southwest Airlines inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Southwest. The board's role is to monitor Southwest Airlines' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Southwest Airlines' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Southwest Airlines' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Ryan Green, Executive Transformation
Bob Waltz, Vice President - Flight Operations
Thomas Merritt, VP CTO
Whitney Eichinger, Senior Officer
Christopher Reynolds, Director
Dave Harvey, VP Officer
Thomas Gilligan, Independent Director
Lauren Woods, Senior Officer
Mark Shaw, Executive Vice President Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer
Nancy Loeffler, Independent Director
Kayce Ford, Vice President - Enterprise Management
Michael Ven, President, Chief Operating Officer
Thomas Nealon, Executive VP of Strategy and Innovation
Douglas Brooks, Independent Director
John Montford, Independent Director
Gregory Wells, Executive Vice President - Daily Operations
Ray Schuster, Managing Reporting
J Biggins, Independent Director
Marty Garza, Vice President - Operations Technology
Tammy Romo, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Julia Landrum, Managing Director - Financial Planning & Analysis
Robert Jordan, Executive Vice President - Corporate Services
John Denison, Independent Director
Chris Johnson, Vice President - Ground Operations
William Cunningham, Presiding Independent Director
Linda Rutherford, Chief Officer
Alan Kasher, Executive Vice President - Daily Operations
Kathleen Merril, VP Technology
Ron Ricks, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer and Executive VP
Gary Kelly, Chairman, CEO and President and Chairman of Executive Committee
David Biegler, Independent Director
David Harvey, VP Officer
Andrew Watterson, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
Jim Ruppel, Vice President - Customer Relations/Rapid Rewards
David Hess, Director
Grace Lieblein, Independent Director
Elizabeth Bryant, Senior Officer
Sam Ford, Vice President Operational Strategy & Performance

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