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Published: July 21, 2020, 9:57 a.m.

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Emily Dresner is Chief Technology Officer at Upside Business Travel. Emily has built and scaled a department initially of 5 engineers to a team of 60 across 11 teams including multiple product development teams, a machine learning/AI team, DevOps, data engineering, security, infrastructure and quality engineering.

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Upside Business Travel is revolutionizing travel management for small to mid-sized companies. We hear about how Upside is in place to react and adapt to the current pandemic that has affected the logistics of the travel industry greatly.

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0:50 - The service Upside Business Travel Provides

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1:49 - Emily's role as Chief Technology Officer and career background

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4:26 - How Upside is recovering and rebounding from the pandemic

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5:38 - How the pandemic has created permanent change in the travel industry

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7:00 - How Upside has adapted to 100% remote working and the tech used to make this a smooth transition

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9:48 - Remotely recruiting and taking on new staff

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10:55 - An overview of the products under Upside

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12:51 - Supporting multiple products

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13:59 - Where Emily finds inspiration when taking on new challenges

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