Ravi Simhambhatla
VP & CIO

An information technology industry veteran with more than 18 years of experience, Ravi has played a leading role in developing Virgin America’s innovative, guest-friendly and cost-effective technology platforms from prior to the airline’s launch. Ravi joined Virgin America as the Director of Architecture and Integration in early 2006 and most recently served as the Company’s Acting CIO from November 2008 to June 2009.

Ravi has and continues to lead Virgin America’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 Web site. Ravi’s experience reflects a broad cross-section of disciplines, including software development methodologies, project management, performance management, systems development, data/application architecture, ERP and CRM applications.

Prior to joining Virgin America, he served as the Director, Global Applications at Aspect Communications from 2004 to 2006 where his portfolio included systems architecture, application engineering and sustenance in the enterprise financial systems and customer relationship management areas. Prior to Aspect, Ravi was the Senior Manager of ERP and CRM systems at Legato Systems from 1998 to 2003.

Ravi graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Richmond College, London in 1991. Simhambhatla has lived in Europe, Africa, and South Asia and resides with his wife and two daughters in Sunnyvale, California.