Dakota Smith

Head of Growth & Business Hopper

Dakota directs a cross-functional growth team and is responsible for aligning user growth with supply growth and business interests at Hopper. Hopper is the mobile-only company that uses big data to predict future prices for flights and accommodations and empower travelers to make smart travel decisions.

Under his leadership, Hopper has become one of the fastest growing travel apps ever with over 20 million installs since its launch in 2015. Hopper now sells over $1.5M of flights each day directly in the app and the company has raised $104M CAD in venture funding on the back of its success.

Prior to joining Hopper, Dakota was working in the online travel space in Hong Kong.