Virgin America Names New Chief Information Officer

Virgin America has announced the appointment of Ravi Simhambhatla as the company’s new vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Simhambhatla joined Virgin America in early 2006 and most recently served as the company’s acting CIO from November 2008 to present.

Simhambhatla has played a leading role in managing the new airline’s strategic technology initiatives, including the development of Virgin America’s data centers, storage subsystems, core application infrastructure and integration, and the architecture of its award-winning, user-friendly website. Simhambhatla originally joined Virgin America as director of architecture and integration in 2006.

Prior to joining Virgin America, Simhambhatla served as the director, global applications at Aspect Communications in Silicon Valley from 2004 to 2006, where his portfolio included systems architecture, application engineering and sustenance in the enterprise financial systems and customer relationship management areas.