With origins dating to November 1999, ATCO Software LLC ("ATCO") is a Hawaii based Limited Liability Company offering a suite of software products for the Attractions Industry sector of the global tourism market.
The ATCO corporate headquarters are located on the island of Kauai and the principal operations facility for technology development and sales is located in Honolulu at the Manoa Innovation Center.
The ATCO Mission
The ATCO goal is to provide global, real-time connectivity among all of the participants of the Attractions Industry through a suite of web-enabled software components that includes reservation systems, voucher systems and other software that is essential for participation in the industry. ATCO automates the processing of a voucher by the sales agent, and/or the taking of the reservation by an activity provider or restaurant. The software provides for real-time online connectivity between industry participants, as well as between each participant's website and their reservation or vouchering software.
ATCO believes that the Internet forever altered the traditional Tourism and Travel industries and is dedicated to bringing the connectivity and efficiencies of the Internet to the Attractions Industry through its products. We believe that our value as a purveyor is enhanced by a dedication to technology application that is coupled with customer service.
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A three man executive team currently manages the company. Thomas S. Blankley, Jr. is the company President and founder. Mr. Kevin Shin is the company's Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for the company's technology development and application. Mr. John L. Brizdle is the company's VP-Sales and Marketing.
Thomas S. Blankley, Jr. Originally from New York, Mr. Blankley has been involved in the Hawaii Tourism industry since 1991. His background in the industry includes Vacation Ownership and Activity Sales with PAHIO Resorts Inc. (1991-1998), Hotel and Lodging with Castle Resorts and Hotels, Inc. (1999-2000) prior to his founding of Access Inc., the corporate predecessor to ATCO Software Inc. in 2000. Prior to moving to Hawaii, Mr. Blankley was a corporate executive for Merrill Lynch (New York 1975-1979, Hong Kong/Tokyo 1981-1986) where he was the youngest Regional Director in the company's history, and Drexel Burnham Lambert (London 1986-1988). Mr. Blankley became a Wall Street Refugee in 1988 when he moved to Kauai to retire. Mr. Blankley is married and has three children.
John L. Brizdle. Mr. Brizdle has been involved in the Hawaii Tourism industry since 1974. His background in the industry includes Tour and Trolley Company ownership on Oahu with E Noa Corporation (1974-1995). During that time Mr. Brizdle participated in numerous community activities including: Interpret Hawaii training at Kapiolani Community College, Hawaii Activities and Attractions Association President, and Hawaii Transportation Association Board of Directors. Since leaving E Noa Corporation, he has been a Consultant for the Hawaii Visitor and Convention Bureau (1998-2002), Publisher of the book, "Streetcar Days in Honolulu", and Consultant for Access Inc. (the corporate predecessor to ATCO Software Inc.) 2002 until the present. Mr. Brizdle is married and has two children.
In addition to the existing ASI management team identified above, ASI employs 5 additional software specialists who program the ASI components on an ongoing basis and work with the sales team and customers to create a customer driven product. Mr. Kevin Shin is the lead software specialist on the ATCO Reservation system project. Mr. Danny Mun is the lead software specialist for the ATCO Vouchering project. All of the ASI professional software team members are computer science or business school graduates of the University of Hawaii.
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