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  "markdown": "Chief Technology Officer.\n\nRamana Thumu is Chief Technology Officer of Expedia Group, in charge of engineering, data, artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, cybersecurity and technology operations. He was previously Chief Product and Technology Officer at Fanatics Commerce and spent a decade at eBay working on data, advertising, fraud and personalisation.\n\n## What Ramana builds\n\n- [Expedia Group Rapid API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expedia-rapid.md), graded E, 42.9/100, in Travel \u0026 booking. Expedia Group's lodging distribution API for partners, with shop, price check, book, change and cancel on Expedia's hotel inventory, plus content, geography and typeahead endpoints. Chief Technology Officer, researched 2026-10-29.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Alfonso Paredes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alfonso-paredes/), President of B2B and Chief Commercial Officer\n- [Ariane Gorin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ariane-gorin/), Chief Executive Officer\n- [Barry Diller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/barry-diller/), Chairman and Senior Executive\n- [Rich Barton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rich-barton/), Founder, stepped down in 2003\n- [Shilpa Ranganathan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shilpa-ranganathan/), Chief Product Officer\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Ramana Thumu?\n\nRamana Thumu is Chief Technology Officer of Expedia Group, in charge of engineering, data, artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, cybersecurity and technology operations. He was previously Chief Product and Technology Officer at Fanatics Commerce and spent a decade at eBay working on data, advertising, fraud and personalisation.\n\n### What does Expedia Group make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Expedia Group Rapid API from Expedia Group. Expedia Group's lodging distribution API for partners, with shop, price check, book, change and cancel on Expedia's hotel inventory, plus content, geography and typeahead endpoints.\n\n### How are Ramana's tools graded?\n\nExpedia Group Rapid API is graded E, 42.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/salmanmunirmalik_product-manager-iii-rapid-api-post-booking-activity-7507801557623808000-Hx4J\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/salmanmunirmalik\n- https://support.expediapartnersolutions.com/\n- https://developers.expediagroup.com/docs/support\n- https://developers.expediagroup.com/rapid/support\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedia_Group\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Barton\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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