JetBlue Appoints John Swift as Vice President of Technology

JetBlue has named Jon Swift as the carrier’s new Vice President of Technology effective immediately. In his new role, Mr. Swift will develop JetBlue’s strategy across engineering, QA, cloud and infrastructure.

On Monday (March 14, 2022), JetBlue announced the appointment of John Swift as the airline’s new Vice President – Technology, effective immediately. Mr. Swift will report directly to JetBlue’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Carol Clements, and will be responsible for developing the carrier’s engineering, QA, cloud and infrastructure. He joins JetBlue with over 25 years of experience in software engineering and product architecture, serving most recently as Vice President of Engineering at Discovery+, where he oversaw a global multi-cloud platform organization responsible for digital content delivery. John Swift previously led world-class engineering and product teams for Netflix and Capital One, among others.

Commenting on John Swift’s new role at the airline, JetBlue’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Carol Clements, said,

“Technology touches virtually everything we do and want to do as a company. We are all excited to make JetBlue stronger by modernizing our infrastructure and integrating emerging technologies across the travel ribbon. With John’s leadership, I’m confident our team will continue to deliver best-in-class solutions to our customers and crewmembers.”

JetBlue is ‘New York’s Hometown Airline®’ and a leading carrier in Boston (BOS), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Los Angeles (LAX), Orlando (MCO) and San Juan (SJU). The airline carries guests to destinations across the U.S., Caribbean, Latin America and London (Heathrow and Gatwick). JetBlue Airways Corporation trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol JBLU.

Source: JetBlue Airways/Business Wire