10 Avis Budget Group IT leaders
Gerard Insall, Chief Information Officer at Avis Budget Group, is one of ten Avis Budget Group IT leaders listed here, alongside people who hold or have held roles in network infrastructure, solution architecture, service management and systems integration. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at Avis Budget Group from people who have held the role.
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Anastasia Odenwaldt
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Transformation Engineering · Avis Budget Group
Anastasia Odenwaldt has been Vice President, Transformation Engineering at Avis Budget Group since December 2024. Anastasia Odenwaldt was Deployment Strategist at Palantir Technologies from 2019 to 2024 and Data Scientist + Technical Project Manager at Vidora from 2018 to 2019, and held portfolio analytics roles at BlackRock from 2016 to 2018.
Christopher Cerruto
LinkedInExperience: Global Vice President, Architecture, Data Platform & Analytics · Avis Budget Group
Christopher Cerruto was Global Vice President, Architecture, Data Platform & Analytics at Avis Budget Group from 2017 to 2023 and is now Chief Technology Advisor at World Wide Technology. Christopher Cerruto was Chief Enterprise Architect at Kenvue from 2023 to 2025 and Chief Architect, Vice President of Architecture, Data Mgmt. and Integration at Wyndham Destinations from 2009 to 2017.
David Bozsik
LinkedInExperience: Director, Service Management · Avis Budget Group
David Bozsik has been Director, Service Management at Avis Budget Group since January 2022 and was Global Service Delivery Manager there from 2018 to 2021. At Avis Budget Group David Bozsik was also Service Transition Lead (2017–2018), and at Avis Budget Group International held Major Incident Manager and IT service desk coordinator roles from 2016.
George Schaaf
LinkedInExperience: Head of Solution Architecture · Avis Budget Group
George Schaaf has been Head of Solution Architecture at Avis Budget Group since January 2014, and the profile headline lists architecture, enterprise apps, cloud migration, modernization and digital transformation. George Schaaf was Director, Business Systems Architecture at Western Union from 2008 to 2014 and Manager of Distributed Systems at Stryker from 2005 to 2007.
Gerard Insall
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Avis Budget Group
Gerard Insall has been Chief Information Officer at Avis Budget Group since March 2008, and the profile also lists a Vice President role at Avis Budget Group held since April 2006. Gerard Insall was Senior Director at Cendant Corporation from 2002 to 2006 and is based in Huntington Station, New York.
Grace Xu
LinkedInExperience: Asia IT Director · Avis Budget Group
Grace Xu has been Asia IT Director at Avis Budget Group since May 2017. Grace Xu was GLobal IT Sr. Manager at adidas in 2016, IT Director at CEVA Logistics from 2014 to 2016 and Deputy General Manager, IT at A.P. Moller - Maersk from 2008 to 2013, and was Customer Technology Manager, East China at FedEx from 2000 to 2008.
Jeff Kaelin
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Technology Strategy, Performance & Data Services · Avis Budget Group
Jeff Kaelin has been Vice President, Technology Strategy, Performance & Data Services at Avis Budget Group since August 2023 and was Vice President Of Innovation and Product Management there from 2015 to 2023. At Avis Budget Group Jeff Kaelin was also Vice President Strategic Growth - Payless Car Rental (2014–2015) and Vice President, Customer Experience (2013–2014).
Joe Martins
LinkedInExperience: Director of Network Infrastructure · Avis Budget Group
Joe Martins has been Director of Network Infrastructure at Avis Budget Group since May 2025. Joe Martins was Vice President Of Technical Services at Global Outsourcing Services, Inc. from 2019 to 2025 and Executive Director of Technical Services at GOS Technical Services from 2001 to 2019, and describes a background in network design, troubleshooting and installations.
Kevin Smith
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Global Infrastructure & IT Support Services · Avis Budget Group
Kevin Smith was Vice President - Global Infrastructure & IT Support Services at Avis Budget Group from 2017 to 2019 and Director of IT Support Services EMEA & APAC at Avis Budget Group International from 2014 to 2017. Kevin Smith was later Interim Director of IT Operations at The AA in 2022 and was Infrastructure Services Manager at Kingfisher plc from 2010 to 2014.
Ray Matlala
LinkedInExperience: Head of Systems and Digital Integration · Avis Budget Group
Ray Matlala has been Head of Systems and Digital Integration at Avis Budget Group since April 2025. Ray Matlala was Lead Enterprise Architect at Absa Group from 2020 to 2025 and Lead Solutions Architect there from 2019 to 2020, and held middleware integration and integration analyst roles at Absa Group from 2017 to 2019.
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