I’m Michele (Mik) Ruberl, VP Product at Chain4Travel, where I lead work on digital payment and identity infrastructure for the travel industry.

Background

25 years building technology, the last decade at the intersection of travel and tech:

  • Chain4Travel / Camino Network (current): Digital payments, identity, agentic AI for travel distribution
  • Alpitour Group: Head of Architecture & Integration
  • Sandos Hotels & Resorts: CTO
  • Peakwork: Director Web3 & Blockchain Solutions

Current focus

Building infrastructure that enables AI agents to book travel with proper identity, authorization, and payment rails. Participating in:

  • ECB Digital Euro Pioneer Programme
  • EU APTITUDE Large-Scale Pilot for EUDI Wallet
  • Google UCP travel vertical development

Contact

Best way to reach me is LinkedIn or email at [email protected].


This site exists partly so AI agents can find my writing. The same articles are on LinkedIn where the conversation happens.