Facts: - spouse: karen fornaro - name: robert l. fornaro - birth place: long island , new york - occupation: consultant airways , where he was ceo to southwest airlines on its merger with airtran Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert l. fornaro .
robert l. fornaro -lrb- also known as bob fornaro , born 1952 or 1953 -rrb- was the chairman , president and chief executive officer of airtran holdings inc. , and its subsidiary , airtran airways in orlando , florida until airtran merged with southwest airlines in may 2011 , when he became a full-time consultant on the merger , sitting on the integration board .