Cheap Frills
CIO, November, 2006 by Stephanie Overby
How many high-profile CIOs can say they got their job through a free ad on Craigslist? Probably not that many. But that’s exactly how Bill Maguire became vice president and CIO of Virgin America. Which makes sense. Like any startup, Virgin America must do a lot with a little, including fishing for IT talent in Craigslist’s free pool.
That said, Virgin’s resources—$177.3 million in funding and a license to use the Virgin brand name, purchased from investor Richard Branson’s Virgin Management Ltd.—are a bit bigger than Craig Newmark’s were when he began his eponymous community forum a decade ago. But, again like Craigslist, the upside is big. Virgin America’s plan is to create a new kind of low-cost carrier. Its fares will be in line with the sub-$300 cross-country round-trips...
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