Title
Statewide Travel Program
Company
State of California, Department of General Services
Bio
Bill Amaral has been in travel since joining Pan Am in 1978. He recently rejoined the State of California’s Statewide Travel Program as the Business Partnership and Travel Manager. A position he held back in the 90’s after Pan Am went out of business. His current responsibilities include implementing an executive mandate for 275,000 state employees to use Concur and/or CalTravelStore for all travel and integrating Transportation Network Service providers into the state’s program. His private sector career includes the position of VP of Corporate and Government Sales for TravelStore and a 6 year career at Intel within their Corporate Travel and Business Development and Diversity Groups. Prior to Intel, Bill was the Global Travel Manager for Level One Communications, Inc. While at Level One, Bill implemented a comprehensive travel management program that included a global corporate payment system, self-booking and expense automation, safety and security training, as well as miles and points management classes for frequent travelers. Bill was the founder and President of the Sacramento Business Travel Association. Bill received the 2000 Business Travel Professional Service Award given by the National (Global) Business Travel Association and served on the Association's Board of Directors until July 2002. Bill has been conducting travel safety, frequent traveler educational forums and miles management classes since 1993.