Experienced Product & Application Developer joins leading employee empowerment and rewards platform.
NEW YORK – Rocketrip, the leading employee engagement platform for business travel, announces Sandeep Chand as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. The appointment will advance the development of Rocketrip’s innovative technology platform that enables companies to improve workplace cultures, reward employees, and save money.
Chand joins Rocketrip from WorkStride, where he served as Vice President of Engineering. With over 20 years of experience working with enterprise B2B SaaS businesses and structuring applications to be most efficient for users, Chand will lead Rocketrip’s engineering team to optimize the company’s current services and identify future opportunities for innovation. In his new role, Chand will manage a team of 22 and continue building out the engineering, architecture, test automation, and devops functions.
“Sandeep is a true innovator with deep experience in the employee recognition and rewards space,” said Dan Ruch, CEO and founder of Rocketrip. “He’s bringing incredible value to Rocketrip as we develop the future ways the platform can be used to encourage positive employee behavior. We’re truly honored to welcome him to our leadership team.”
“Rocketrip is a unique opportunity for me to develop its B2B2C platform and create new solutions for both enterprises as well as end users,” said Chand. “Dan has built an amazing product and I am excited to help him realize his future vision of the platform. There are many ways that Rocketrip can enhance employee engagement and improve company cultures. We’re just getting started.”
Rocketrip is used by today's forward-thinking organizations looking to create cultures of empowerment and recognition. Rocketrip allows companies to create customizable budgets and if employees choose cost-effective travel options that fall below that budget, they keep a portion of the savings. Rocketrip is designed to function within a company’s existing travel program, integrating seamlessly with travel management companies, online booking tools, and expense management platforms to enable a seamless workflow from booking trips to redeeming rewards.
Sandeep Chand previously held the role as Vice President of Engineering at WorkStride, MeetMe and AWeber. He also served as Senior Director, R&D at iCIMS, Senior Director, Global Product Marketing at ADP, and Chief Technical Officer at Fi-Solutions. He graduated from NSIT (formerly DIT), Delhi with a degree in Computer Engineering, and from Carnegie Mellon University with a MBA in Strategy, Marketing & Finance.
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales.
She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.
