New product director for Cheapflights
Travel price comparison website Cheapflights has recruited Lisa Underkoffler as product director.
She joins after holding management positions at various software companies including Lotus/IBM, Interleaf, Slate and Trellix.
Reporting to group managing director Chris Cuddy Underkoffler will be based at the company’s US office in Boston, leading the company’s US and London product development teams.
She will be responsible for managing the research, design and development of new features, functionality, services and product offerings for both the Cheapflights UK and Cheapflights US sites, as well as other Cheapflights properties.
CEO David Soskin said: “Lisa has been consulting for us since June. I am delighted now to welcome her to Cheapflights as our full-time product director.
“Lisa’s experience brings an important additional resource to the group. Together with our other recent senior executive appointments, we have achieved a blend of technical savvy and financial experience which bodes well for the company’s plans for growth.
“Our solid and profitable progress to-date has been made possible by investment in the right people and technology to provide the best possible online user experience and content for our sites.
“Having an additional senior executive on board of Lisa’s calibre will be invaluable in helping us enter our next period of growth and achieve our expanded international corporate objectives.”
Report by Phil Davies
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