Bike Rent Manager brings in talent from Trek Bicycles & and Travel Ledger
Bike.rent Manager (BRM) has hired two new additions to its team. The first addition to the team is Veneta Sotirova who will take over as product manager and the second is Mark Hoggatt becoming the new Fractional product owner. These two new acquisitions show BRMs commitment to growing and innovating the bike rental market, it said.
Doug Stoddart, BRM founder and CEO, said: “I am delighted to welcome Veneta and Mark to the BRM team. They bring exceptional skills and experience, and their personal values and vision also align closely with BRM’s commitment to innovation and exceptional service, making them ideal additions to our team.”
Veneta Sotirova, previously of lastminute.com and Travel Ledger, has had a 20-year career in the travel industry and has worked for some of the big names in the industry. She has many success stories, including; successfully launching a Travel B2B payment platform for Travel Ledger, Developing and launching a start-up online travel agency EspressoTravels and continuous delivery of new product features to leading travel tech providers. Customer satisfaction as well as core system solutions stand to gain from Sotirova’s arrival, especially from her deep understanding of FinTech and other user-centric product development she has been involved with.
Mark Hoggatt has spent 30 years at Trek Bicycles where he played a pivotal role as a product manager. His key achievements include; guiding the growth of Ascend Retail Management Services from a start-up to a multi-million dollar software company and establishing Level 5 Ventures to continue helping small companies grow.
Stoddart added: “As BRM’s founder, I have defined our product and its ongoing evolution for the last 14 years. So, it is enormously satisfying to reach a new growth phase with a larger team, with huge product experience, who will help us build on our strong foundation and achieve our ambitious goals.”
CIN recently spoke with BRM founder Doug Stoddart in its series of Podcasts, discussing the positive potential that bike rental has for bike shops.
