Every year, travel positively connects and impacts billions of people. It’s part of why Director of Engineering Kevin Cui was so eager to build and maintain the infrastructure that facilitates in-person connection at Spotnana....

Over 15 years in the travel industry, Farooq Shaikh developed a deep familiarity with travel’s pain points. Joining Spotnana offered the prime opportunity to help solve them at scale. At Spotnana, Farooq is both...

Enterprise Implementation Manager Angela Mickelson works with our TMC partners to help them deploy Spotnana and onboard new customers. This includes ensuring that our partners receive the proper training and have access to the...

Director of Product Management for Data & AI Yash Doshi leads Spotnana’s strategic vision and execution across data and how AI becomes an integral part of Spotnana’s products and features. His role includes building...

Spotnana’s channel partners and large enterprise customers rely on the critical foundational work of Implementation Managers like Jessica Goncalves to unlock Spotnana’s ability to power delightful travel experiences. [caption id="attachment_6470" align="alignright" width="300"] Implementation Manager...

In November, Spotnana held its third annual global offsite. Named Converge, the event brings together our diverse group of talented Spotters from around the world and helps us align on how we move forward...

Measurement, data, and analytics are a core focus at Spotnana, where Matthew Riccio leads our Data Science, Analytics, and Reporting team.  As Director of Data Analytics, his primary role and responsibility is translating data...

How did Finance Controller Saurabh Sanganeria leverage nearly two decades of expertise to help build the compliant financial backbone for Spotnana? At Spotnana, Saurabh’s primary responsibility is managing the overall finance operations of our...

It takes an experienced professional to lead a Security team in the travel industry. At Spotnana, our fearless leader is Senior Director of Security Ben Godard. At Spotnana, Ben oversees our incident response, governance...

Two years ago, Senior Frontend Engineer Nikita (Mykyta) Lyzhov decided to move to the United States and join Spotnana. Becoming a Spotter provided an opportunity to meaningfully apply his extensive travel knowledge and tech...

Spotnana’s core value Stronger Together calls us to lead with respect and integrity, foster inclusion, and commit to lifelong learning. We believe that intentional connection and collaboration with our colleagues is pivotal to our...

After a five-year journey in tech, Support Operations Specialist & SC Admin Tanaya Roy Barman joined Spotnana to help support our mission to modernize the infrastructure of the travel industry. At Spotnana, Tanaya optimizes...

Spotnana’s employee resource group (ERG) for women, also known as Spot-her (a reference to how all employees are called “Spotters”) has developed a mentorship program that aims to empower women by providing a platform...

Bhumika Rawat began her travel industry career as a cabin crew member. Since her start, she has diligently pursued her passion for delivering exceptional traveler experiences, whether she was assisting a passenger in Business...

We are excited to welcome Rubén Leal to Spotnana as our new Director of Sales! Rubén brings nearly 20 years of experience in strategic sourcing and travel management to his role at Spotnana. He...

At Spotnana, we know Esha Tiwari as our Senior Manager of Partner Alliance Management. She builds and manages strategic relationships with several partners across the Spotnana ecosystem. At our partner Brex, she is known...

Corporate travel has been slow to evolve. While other industries have raced ahead with technological breakthroughs, travel often feels stuck in the past.  Travel is much more than logistics and bookings—it’s an emotional experience....

Product Manager Ami Merchant’s journey at Spotnana is the result of her years developing a deep understanding of corporate travel. Her travel industry career includes customer service and operations roles at Ian Allan Travel,...

Senior Technical Recruiter Kelly Meeks has a knack for hiring top-tier new talent across Spotnana’s departments. Even more important, Kelly has helped Spotnana create a positive and engaging interview experience that gives candidates a...

As a Frontend Staff Software Engineer at Spotnana, Kruthi Venkatesh is at the forefront of shaping the next generation of transformative traveler experiences. While she is tackling the daily responsibilities of her first role...

Kamaldeep Singh’s lifelong passion for travel led him to join Spotnana, where he is helping transform travel experiences for global businesses as our Senior Manager, Content and Travel Experience. As a member of the...

It takes dedication and discipline from hundreds of Spotnana employees around the world to achieve our vision of powering The Perfect Trip for travelers everywhere. In September, Spotnana held its second annual global offsite....

I believe that having strong values that accurately reflect how you operate and treat one another is critical to building a successful business and positive workplace community. As a People leader, I have seen...

Software engineer Soniya Goyal joined Spotnana from Twitter (now called X) with no work experience in the travel industry. She now works directly with our channel partners to understand their needs, integrate Spotnana’s travel...

Expanding your thinking around who you build for and serve is the key to powering the world’s best traveler experiences. Director of Product Management Sebastien Goddijn leads product management at Spotnana for our Air,...

As Spotnana began building a new modern infrastructure for travel, our Editorial Director Andrew Sheivachman embarked on a new career journey to help grow Spotnana. Andrew, Spotnana’s first Marketing and U.S.-based hire, leads our...

How we choose to express and celebrate who we are is shaped in part by the history that preceded us, the way we currently engage with others, and the dreams and aspirations we have...

We are thrilled that Joyce Pflaumer has joined our team as a Strategic Customer Success Manager! Joyce brings a distinctive blend of skills and insights to Spotnana from her 15+ years of experience in...

We are excited to welcome Nikki Rogan, 2023 Business Travel Awards Europe Travel Buyer of the Year, 2017 ITM Multi-National Travel Buyer of the Year, and former Global Travel Director at Fujitsu to Spotnana...

One of Spotnana’s core values is obsessed with customer needs. We care deeply about our customers, actively listen to their needs, and strive daily to earn their trust by exceeding their expectations. This takes...

Today, Spotnana’s VP of Content and Travel Operations Bill Brindle fearlessly leads our efforts to drive innovation with suppliers and support seamless traveler experiences. But it was over a cup of coffee in London...

Spotnana VP of Finance Jessica Lewis’ mission to build and maintain the finance organization of a generational company like Spotnana is one of the most thrilling challenges of her career. Jessica started her career...

Claire Blades, formerly Director of Global Procurement for enterprise data management provider Veritas Technologies LLC, has joined Spotnana as Strategic Success Manager, Corporate Travel. Prior to eight years as Director of Global Procurement for...

As Spotnana’s VP of Sales, Bill Tillman oversees our go-to-market strategy and leads our sales organization. Bill has more than two decades of travel industry experience. He began his journey in travel technology in...

At Spotnana, we are at the forefront of an exciting transformation in the travel industry. Our goal is to challenge and reinvent the traditional architecture for booking travel that has remained stagnant for over...

Manish Nagpal is Spotnana’s Head of Engineering for Air. His team is responsible for developing our best-in-class booking experience for flights and building deep direct integrations with the world’s top airlines.  Before Spotnana, Manish...

Cynthia Beldner is Spotnana’s Head of Customer Success. When a new customer or partner signs on with Spotnana, Cynthia and her team ensure the implementation process is quick, easy, and seamless. After implementation, Customer...

Michelle Lewis is Spotnana’s Director of Travel Operations under Spotnana VP of Travel Operations Bill Brindle. She oversees four teams: Customer Experience, Seat 1A, Testing, and Training. It is her responsibility to ensure that...

Johnny Thorsen is Spotnana’s VP of Partnerships. He is a global technology evangelist in the corporate travel and mobile world with proven ability to start new businesses and develop new services within large companies....

Jessica Bartlett is Spotnana’s VP of People. She leads our global People Team which is focused on recruiting, retaining, and developing Spotnana’s most valuable asset: its people. Jessica strives to cultivate an environment where...

Amit Fnu is a Senior Director of Engineering at Spotnana. He has led backend teams to deliver strategic projects, including a new version of our analytics suite, payment processing improvements, new policies, and new...

Haiyang Liu is an Engineering Manager at Spotnana focused on backend engineering. Recently he’s been focusing on our Agent Desktop, the suite of tools we provide to travel agents to enable them to provide...

It’s important to foster community and collaboration when building a generational company. This past November, Spotnana hosted our global employee base in Jaipur, India, for Converge, our first global offsite. Converge strengthened connections between...

Melanie Zhou, one of Spotnana’s recent Software Engineering interns, has returned to pursue a Computer Science degree at Stanford University focused on human-computer interaction. We’re grateful that she took a moment to reflect on...

Providing care through coverage At Spotnana, our benefits philosophy is to care for the people who make everything possible.  Spotters around the world work hard to modernize the infrastructure of the trillion-dollar travel industry,...

At Spotnana, our interns grow not only as professionals, but also as global citizens and curious learners. Three of our Engineering interns from Summer 2022 recently shared their internship stories, providing a first-person perspective...