HolidayExtras enlists IT help from across the Atlantic
HolidayExtras.com has appointed Joe Stump, the co-founder of simpleGEO and the former lead architect at digg.com.
He will work with the company for a few days each quarter to aid the repositioning of the business as a customer technology business.
Stump said: “This project takes me a long way from my home in San Francisco but I am happy to have travelled all this way to help with something that excites me – and with such an awesome team.”
Left to right – Matthew Pack, Joe Stump and Nilan Peiris
HolidayExtras.com CEO Matthew Pack added: “We have been following Joe for the last couple of years and are very pleased to be in a position to attract such a talent as his to help us evolve our ambitious strategy.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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