Eric Brodnax is a Vice President with Orbitz Worldwide where he serves as General Manager of Away.com and Outside Online. He joined Away as part of the founding management team in April of 1999, was SVP of Marketing & Operations during the company's formative years, and assumed his current role after Orbitz's acquisition of the company in January of 2005. As GM, Eric is responsible for setting the overall strategy and vision for the company including high level editorial direction.

Eric has a long standing interest in outdoor and active pursuits. He grew up on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands where he grew up riding horses, sailing, and scuba diving. He competed in the 1988 Olympic Games held in Seoul, Korea, and has a strong personal interest in whitewater kayaking, biking, hiking, skiing, and off the beaten path travel.

In addition to growing up in the Caribbean and living/working in Prague in 1992, he has had the good fortune to visit more than fifty countries. Personal favorites among these experiences include exploring the jungles of Belize, observing wildlife at Waterburg Plateau and Skeleton Coast National Parks in Namibia, meandering through the wine country of South Africa's Cape Province, and hitchhiking through the Sahara desert in Algeria.

Eric as thirteen years of total online business experience, and has held positions prior to Away that include being President and Co-founder of a wine importing company focused on South African brands, working as a management consultant in Czechoslovakia, and running marketing and business development for an online market research company. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA from Princeton University.

Eric is married and lives in Washington, DC with his wife Leigh and children Sarah and Anders.