Wheels Up has hired software engineer and entrepreneur Gene McKenna as its chief product officer, overseeing the private aviation supplier's product portfolio. McKenna's previous roles include leadership positions at Groupon and database marketing company Acxiom as well as starting and founding two tech companies. Wheels Up, which merged with Delta Private Jets last year, has been building up its corporate leadership team, and McKenna will help it "deliver a leading-edge marketplace platform to private aviation," Wheels Up chief marketplace officer Vinayak Hegde said in a statement.