“Citymapper is one of the most highly rated transportation applications with the best technology in the space. Phillipson said: “As an avid Citymapper user since 2014, I’m excited to join the team, and see so much potential for growth. He was also director of holiday packaging systems for National Leisure Group, a Boston based travel agency that led the industry in online travel distribution for cruises and holidays.

Prior to that he was vice president for strategy at ITA Software, the airline IT provider acquired by Google to power its Flight Search application. He was a cofounder of SilverRail Technologies, a provider of distribution and ticketing systems for the rail industry that was sold to Expedia Group in 2017. Phillipson has over two decades of building high-performance organisations and delivering enterprise technology for the travel sector. Will Phillipson has joined Citymapper as the chief operations officer as the company continues the expansion of its enterprise business.

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