40 UNDER FORTY: Grant Milstead.

Keywords: 40 UNDER 40; 40 UNDER FORTY; FORTY UNDER 40; FORTY UNDER FORTY EN 40 UNDER 40 40 UNDER FORTY FORTY UNDER 40 FORTY UNDER FORTY 30 30 1 11/15/21 20211108 NES 211108 Grant Milstead 36 Vice president, digital technology, United Airlines If you've made your United Airlines flight, even though you were running late, you can thank Grant Milstead. As vice president of digital technology, Milstead oversaw ConnectionSaver, which allows United to wait for passengers for a few minutes if necessary and still get to their destinations on time. COVID-19 left airlines scrambling to use technology to remake everything from boarding a plane to ordering food onboard, which put Milstead's team front and center. [Extracted from the article]