Introducing two new members of the SimpliTeam – Jenn Seeley and Ravi Chauhan

In the last four years, one of the key lessons I’ve learnt in entrepreneurship is never to let go of a good potential team member, when you spot one. As we continue to grow and expand, having helped over 35 airlines and airports think differently about aviation marketing, our team needs to grow fast too!

After putting out a couple of tweets last month, that we’re looking to hire one new person, we received a huge number of applications for the new role. Some so good, that we ended up hiring two new people to join the SimpliTeam, rather than just the one we had initially planned.

Jenn Seeley joins us in Canada

Based just outside Toronto, Canada, Jenn will be joining SimpliFlying as a Project Associate, helping create meaningful relationships – online and offline, by furthering our thought leadership in the aviation marketing space. An effervescent personality, Jenn will also be specifically helping drive more subscriptions for our hugely successful Airline and Airport Marketing Benchmark Reports. She will also be working on a number of our client projects in the future.

I’ve personally known Jenn for over three years, when she was part of the travel vertical at Radian6, before they were bought by Salesforce.com. I first met Jenn at an Eyefortravel conference in Vegas, where she won the award for being the “most prolific tweeter” – that too at a social-media conference. I then spent time with her in Halifax, visiting the Radian6 offices in late 2011 and was impressed by her pro-activeness. We kept in touch, and it was a matter of time before an opportunity came up to join the SimpliFlying team, and here she is! Part of our growing family.

Jenn is passionate about community and engagement. Despite being from small town Canada, Jenn thrives in big cities and spends time between Toronto (where she’s based near) and Montreal. You can do more than just follow Jenn on Twitter – she loves it when you engage! She also loves take-offs, landings and in-flight snacks.

There’s already quite some excitement about Jenn joining our team, over on Twitter!

Ravi Chauhan joins us in India

Based out of Delhi, India, Ravi will be joining as a Project Associate, focused on Special Projects for SimpliFlying. Just like how Apple developed the iPhone, Ravi will be focused on building new business avenues for SimpliFlying, and potentially help us create the next iPhone-equivalent for aviation marketing.

A childhood friend of our very own Shubhodeep Pal, developing businesses is Ravi’s passion and numbers his love. As a student he was deeply involved in quizzing and marketing competitions. He won almost every marketing and quizzing competition that his college had. He saved up the winnings (about $2000, a huge amount by Indian standards), and left to travel India.  After clocking over 8000 kms, mostly on buses, he encountered a business opportunity in the interiors of Kashmir in the food business, and dedicated the next 3 years to developing it. By 2010, he had developed it into a $100,000 annual turnover business. But with the collapse of the international markets, and monopolistic practices of the larger players, he had to shut down the business.

So he brings to SimpliFlying’s table, invaluable lessons in starting, marketing and running a business as well as in strategy. A fast learner, he aims to shake up the aviation marketing field with his drive and curiosity.

You can follow Ravi on Twitter and connect with him on LinkedIn as well.

Please join me in welcoming both Jenn and Ravi to the SimpliFlying family.

 

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