TravelCenters of America has named Murtaza Sitabkhan as its new chief information officer, Sitabkhan announced via LinkedIn last week. Sitabkhan moves into the position after spending the past 15 years in various technology and supply chain leadership positions with TA’s parent company, BP.
Sitabkhan is replacing Sandy Rapp, TA’s senior vice president and CIO since May 2020, who recently shifted to a new role within the company, a spokesperson from BP confirmed via email. The spokesperson did not comment on Sitabkhan becoming TA’s new CIO.
Sitabkhan is likely to take over Rapp’s duties as CIO, which included oversight of TA’s information technology strategy, platforms, systems and security across all areas of the company’s operations, according to Rapp’s LInkedIn bio.
Sitabkhan joined BP in 2009 as CIO of the company’s U.S. fuels value chains division, according to his LinkedIn bio. In that role, Sitabkhan led information technology for BP’s downstream segment, including leading a modernization program that reduced IT costs by over 35% between 2013 and 2015.
In 2015, he also assumed digital leadership of BP’s global refining portfolio, a role in which he led technology efforts across 14 manufacturing sites in seven countries and helped launch BP’s digital hub in 2020.
Sitabkhan became BP’s head of digital products for the company’s global supply chain and midstream divisions in 2020. In that position, he oversaw the digital product strategy for BP, managing supply, sales, pricing and logistics for fuel value chains across North America, Europe and Australia.
Prior to joining BP, Sitabkhan spent over a decade in a supply chain management role with business consultancy Accenture, and over two years as a technical consultant for professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Founded in 1972, Westlake, Ohio-based TravelCenters of America is a full-service travel center network with over 300 locations across 44 states under the TA, Petro Stopping Centers and TA Express brands. The company was acquired by BP last year for $1.3 billion.
