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<p class="prntac"><i>The former SBI Global Deputy Chief Technology Officer took over the role on September 15</i><p> BENGALURU, India, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bespoke CTO Search firm, <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a> is pleased to announce that it has successfully closed the CTO search for the country's premier financial entity RBI's latest subsidiary, the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH). RBIH was founded with the aim to promote technology-led innovation across the financial sector. For the CTO, RBIH sought an agile and curious Tech Leader who could leverage technology to solve population-scale problems in India. Purple Quarter's streamlined multi-step search backed by precise process helped zero in seasoned techie Amit Saxena for the leadership role. "For RBIH's nascent platform we were seeking someone who can get things done and has had an impressive track record in the fintech domain. I am confident that Amit will scale RBIH to new heights and am thankful for RBIH's trust in us with this crucial mandate. We are ecstatic to have delivered the mandate in a record time!" said Roopa Kumar, Founder & COO, Purple Quarter. As the RBIH CTO, Amit who will be based out of Bangalore will be responsible for conceptualizing and operating an innovative ecosystem to uplift the country's banking & financial sectors aided by emerging tech solutions. A seasoned Tech Leader with 22 years of experience, Amit has been a part of transforming digital banking in the country, innovated on customer-centric journeys and has been the architect for complex and strategic technical projects during his career. Amit, who was previously with State Bank of India for over half a decade, has had earlier stints with Tech Mahindra, Quark, HCL. Speaking on the appointment, Rajesh Bansal, CEO, RBIH said, "I am thrilled to welcome Amit to the RBIH team and keen to build together a robust ecosystem that will enable banks, non-banks and fintech to take financial sector innovation to a billion people over the next few years. A special note of thanks to Roopa and the Purple Quarter team for understanding our core requirements and getting down to business from the word 'go'. We appreciate the timely and thoughtful support." Purple Quarters' unmatched tech network and comprehensive end-to-end search process have been instrumental in securing multiple key tech leadership positions for the likes of Licious, Swiggy, PharmEasy, Urban Company, hike, Vedantu, Upstox, LendingKart, Acko and more. <b>About Purple Quarter</b> Purple Quarter is a bespoke CTO search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, Acko, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit: <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></p></p>
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<i>The Amazon Techie officially took on the role on 13 September<p> BANGALORE, India, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On a journey to ease the property buying process, Chennai headquartered, Maatrum Technologies had been on the search for a prolific Tech Leader to drive its tech-led platform and frontend their tech operations backed growth. Leading tech-head search firm, <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a> stepped in to assist Maatrum exclusively in the executive search process. Purple Quarter's exclusive, authentic, and precise process helped close on seasoned techie Sriram Sivarajan for spearheading Maatrum as their Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With more than 19+ years of IT experience, Sriram has previously been a part of Amazon, Tata Communications, Mindtree specializing in Product Development and Software Engineering. Product architecture, development and management, solution and data architecture, data modelling, business analysis, and service delivery are some of his areas of expertise. As a consultant, Sriram had also designed the data model for the Oslo Stock Exchange for their NextGen stack & fund management program. Speaking on his appointment, Sriram said, "I am thrilled to join Maatrum and tap into India's legal tech domain which is still an unexplored territory. As the CTO, I along with my team will formulate a vision for technology to align with business goals to deliver legal solutions to Maatrum's diverse customer base. Purple Quarter played a befitting role in engaging me and the Maatrum team by building synergy in every step of the process with complete transparency. I would refer to them as the 'A-team' in positioning tech leadership in India's growing start-up ecosystem." Maatrum is attempting to integrate cutting-edge technology like Artificial Intelligence and Data Science into their business, which necessitates careful monitoring and the expertise of a qualified engineering head. The organization's expanding business landscape includes the potential for expansion into numerous geographical areas around the country. "Our rapid growth efforts necessitated the hiring of a talented tech leader and Purple Quarter proved to be our go-to choice to find the ideal tech-head to lead our tech operations. Our primary goal is to unlock via tech an enhanced customer-centric experience for our diverse customer base in adherence to regulatory norms and compliance. And thanks to Team Purple Quarter's driven efforts we have found Sriram, whose proven experience is something we're looking at for creating strong, futuristic tech-driven initiatives," said Dr Anosh Agarwal, Founder, Maatrum Technologies. Purple Quarter examined Maatrum's business and technological landscape and devised a strategy for selecting the right leadership profile to collaborate closely with the engineering and data science teams to achieve the company's tech objectives and shortening their current timetables for adoption in each city on its network. Sriram's effective leadership and problem-solving experience in directing high-performing teams make him a suitable Tech Leader to align Maatrum's business and technology-enabled services. Purple Quarter's unmatched tech network and comprehensive end-to-end search process have been instrumental in securing multiple key tech leadership positions for the likes of Swiggy, Upstox, PharmEasy, Licious, Vedantu, Urban Company, LendingKart, hike, ACKO and more. <b>About Purple Quarter</b> Purple Quarter is a Bespoke CTO Search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, ACKO, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company, and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit: <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></p></i>
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<p class="prntac"><i>Sudipta Banerjee took over the leadership role on 23 August</i><p> BENGALURU, India, Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- India's largest and fastest-growing managed accommodation firm, Stanza Living, found in Sudipta Banerjee their new Chief Technology Officer (CTO), courtesy <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a>, the leading Bespoke CTO Search firm. The Delhi-based tech-enabled platform operating with 150+ residences across 15+ cities reached out to Purple Quarter for a suitable tech leader to keep up with its rapid growth pace. "Purple Quarter's custom processes are dedicated to understanding our partners' authentic requirements. Stanza Living, since its inception has come a long way, positioning its technology ecosystem as a 360-degree with end-to-end solution suite across diverse business pillars. Its product and engineering teams have developed several industry-first solutions. With Sudipta as the CTO, I expect Stanza to scale higher delivering on their mission of technology-backed best-in-class living experiences," says Roopa Kumar, Founder & COO, Purple Quarter. A veteran tech leader with stints at Yahoo and Verizon, Sudipta had been successfully leading the development, deployment and hyper-growth of several technology incubations for Airtel's Wynk Music and XStream properties in his prior position as the CPTO. With Sudipta's appointment, Stanza Living seeks to cement its position as one of the fastest-growing startups backed by its technology interventions. Purple Quarters' unmatched tech network and comprehensive end-to-end search process have been instrumental in securing multiple key tech leadership positions for the likes of Licious, Swiggy, PharmEasy, Urban Company, hike, Vedantu, Upstox, LendingKart, Acko and more. <b>About Purple Quarter</b> Purple Quarter is a bespoke CTO search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, Acko, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit: <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></p></p>
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<i>The Ex-Amazon techie joined the InsurTech firm on September 6<p> BENGALURU, India, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a>, the leading tech leadership search organization, has added another feather to its cap by closing the Senior Vice President of Engineering role for ACKO. This is Purple Quarter's second appointment for the digital insurance company. The Bespoke CTO Search firm had previously closed Vishwanath Ramarao as ACKO's CTPO. Speaking on Amol's appointment, Ruchi Deepak, Co-Founder, ACKO, said, "I am thrilled to welcome Amol to team ACKO! His robust customer-focused tech experience will greatly contribute to our scaling technology platform. Purple Quarter has once again proved their mettle in finding us a suitable Tech Leader. We appreciate the uniqueness of their tech search process and their driven efforts in fulfilling our criteria." Purple Quarter developed the most requisite roadmap to find the right tech head to address the existing challenges of the Insur-tech platform. Amol Wanjari, who has previously built an end-to-end multi-tenant digital publishing system that powers Appstore (android app store for Kindle devices), Alexa (skills store), and Twitch (games), will bring some significant technological advancements to ACKO. "Having worked closely with Purple Quarter, I understand the firm's dedicated process at mapping the most suitable Tech heads to match the companies. With a Tech leader like Amol onboard, I am certain we will assemble high-performing teams to attain new objectives. I look forward to scaling ACKO's solid tech-enabled platform together," commented Vishwanath Ramarao, CTPO, ACKO. As the SVP of Engineering, Amol will focus on ACKO's core Auto Insurance business and contribute to innovating and improving the customer experience through cutting-edge technology. With 17 years of experience, the former Amazon veteran has previously served as the Engineering Head for Core Payments and Engineering Leader at Amazon's Digital Publishing Platforms. He has been instrumental in building foundational technology such as fraud detection systems for advertising, core digital ingestion, publishing, and core payments platforms that powers all Amazon India businesses. "To be a part of ACKO and witness the digital insurance industry disruption firsthand, is a remarkable opportunity! I am ecstatic at the prospect of leveraging my core strengths to innovate and build core tech products that could augment the company's existing and new offerings. Purple Quarter has amazingly assisted me with the ideal profiling fit for my future growth opportunity, talent aptitude and culture fitment. I thank the team for their overall assistance in the entire process," added Amol Wanjari. Purple Quarter's unmatched tech network and comprehensive end-to-end search process have been instrumental in securing multiple key tech leadership positions for the likes of Licious, Swiggy, Upstox, PharmEasy, hike, Vedantu, Urban Company, LendingKart, ACKO, and more. <b>About Purple Quarter:</b> Purple Quarter is a bespoke CTO search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, ACKO, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company, and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a>. <b>About ACKO:</b> <a href="http://www.acko.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ACKO Insurance</a> is one of India's leading digital insurance policy providers with its entire operations offered through the digital platform. Founded in 2016 by Varun Dua and Ruchi Deepak, ACKO's entire process is designed to provide better customer experience. ACKO executes primarily through a digital platform with no offline hassles - zero paperwork from purchase, claims to renewals. ACKO's innovative products and smart technology offerings make it stand out. The company uses a direct-to-consumer approach for distributing traditional products, allowing for favorable risk selection and underwriting. ACKO also offers innovative and bite-sized insurance products such as rider insurance, mobile and appliance protection, ticket cancellation etc in partnership with 35+ leading players in the internet ecosystem such as Ola, Oyo, redBus, Zomato, HDB Financial Services, and Urban Company. In a span of 3 years of operations, the company has distributed insurance policies to over 68+ Mn unique customers and issued 1 Bn+ insurance policies. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.acko.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">www.acko.com</a> or follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ackoinsurance/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/AckoInsurance" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a>.</p></i>
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<p class="prntac"><i>The Ex-Flipkart techie took over the role on <span class="xn-chron">August 3</span> </i><p> BENGALURU, India, Aug. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- With over 17+ years of experience, Sumit Pilankar, a Bangalore-based seasoned Techie joined the leading crowdsourced logistics platform, Shadowfax Technologies. Following his stints at Flipkart and HolidayIQ, Sumit's appointment into the logistics entity was facilitated by Bespoke CTO search firm, <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a>. Shadowfax Technologies, since its inception in 2015, has been building a fast and reliable logistics network. To further strengthen its team, the firm approached Purple Quarter to find a suitable Tech Leader for its VP of Engineering and Technology position. Post meticulous analysis of the company's growth, operations and roadmap, Purple Quarter carefully took on the meticulous search for a Tech Head who could take charge of the company's expanding engineering teams and own the company's design and architecture. In approaching Sumit, Purple Quarter methodically assessed beyond his valuable experience across e-Commerce and B2C domains to also gauge his tech leadership acumen, cultural alignment via a unique set of behavioural metrics. As the Vice President of Technology and Engineering at Shadowfax, Sumit will lead the innovation at the company aiming at the right technological integration towards ensuring last-mile delivery delight. Mr Vaibhav Khandelwal, Co-founder & CTO, Shadowfax Technologies said, "We are glad to have Sumit as part of our team to lead our tech initiatives. We believe that having the right people on board is the right beginning to the journey towards excellence. With the long-standing experience he brings to the table, we are optimistic to create value for all our customers and set a new benchmark for the logistics industry to follow." He further added, "Purple Quarter, owing to their network of dedicated professionals, helped us navigate through the entire process." Sharing his Purple Quarter experience, Sumit said, "Joining as the VP of Engineering and Technology at Shadowfax is an exciting and a challenging opportunity; this is possible only due to Purple Quarter's very sorted process of mapping people and companies together. Their research on both is detailed and on target. They had all the details available to convince me on why Shadowfax is the right choice for my new stint. The team had also been in constant touch and even worked out my profile, highlighting areas of my expertise. I am very happy with Purple Quarter's process and the overall experience." Purple Quarter's unmatched tech network and comprehensive end-to-end search process have been instrumental in securing multiple key tech leadership positions for the likes of Licious, Swiggy, PharmEasy, Urban Company, hike, Vedantu, Urban Company, LendingKart, Acko and more. <b>About Purple Quarter</b> Purple Quarter is a bespoke CTO search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, Acko, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit: <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></p></p>
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<i>Irfan Shah joined the tech leadership role in Bangalore on June 14 <p> BENGALURU, India, June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Setu is on a mission to accelerate India's economic growth by making financial services accessible and affordable to all. To further this goal, founders Sahil Kini and Nikhil Kumar have been actively expanding the leadership team in partnership with <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a>, one of the leading tech leadership search firms. "We are so excited to have Irfan join us as CTO. Setu is building financial infrastructure for the internet, and our guild of code poets needed a leader like Irfan to build a kickass technology backbone and help find kindred spirits. His experience building legendary teams, immensely scalable platforms and payments systems in a hyper-growth startup are exactly the kind of wisdom our company needs! Special thanks to the amazing team at Purple Quarter for finding us a gem of a leader!" said Sahil Kini, Co-Founder and CEO, Setu. Irfan has been coding, architecting systems and coaching for over 18 years. Prior to joining Setu, he served as the Vice President of Engineering at Gojek and was also associated with GoPay, Bluejeans and Thoughtworks in senior roles. He is super passionate about platforms, distributed systems, functional programming and the theory of constraints. "Fintech is in a very interesting phase in India right now, and after two decades building software for the world, I'm excited to build for India and accelerate our mission at Setu. I'd like to thank Purple Quarter for enabling this opportunity!" said Irfan. With its unmatched tech network, Purple Quarter has been instrumental in closing key leadership positions for the likes of Vedantu, Swiggy, Pharmeasy, Urban Company, hike, Licious, Urban Company, LendingKart, and Acko. <b>About Purple Quarter</b> Purple Quarter is a bespoke CTO search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, Acko, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit: <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></p></i>
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<p class="prntac"><i>Jaisimha Muthegere took over the India-based role based on July 12</i><p> BENGALURU, India, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Tech Head search firm, <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a> is thrilled to announce the key tech leadership closure for Seattle-headquartered Ally.io. The Senior Vice President of Engineering & Site Leader position was crucial for leading the goal management and business execution platform's R&D arm in Chennai, India. Ally.io exclusively partnered with Purple Quarter to further their search for their senior tech leadership. With over 25+ years of industry experience in managing teams across building software products, product management, engineering, and strategic technology roadmap, Purple Quarter found in Jaisimha a suitable tech leader for Ally.io. An alumnus of Iowa State University, Jaisimha, in his diverse career has been associated with quite a few US-based tech companies, including Yahoo, where he was the Head of Engineering. Prior to joining Ally.io, he was serving as the CTO for Reflektive, a performance management company On Jaisimha's appointment, Ally.io's Founder & CEO Vetri Vellore said, "I am ecstatic to have a veteran tech leader like Jaisimha join our hyper-growing Ally.io team. As we continue to grow and expand our customer base, we actively seek the valuable contributions of the senior leadership in accelerating our position. I look forward to working with Jaisima and would like to thank the Purple Quarter team's dedicated efforts in delivering upon our mandate, as promised. It has been a great experience!" Purple Quarters' unmatched tech network and comprehensive end-to-end search process have been instrumental in closing multiple key leadership positions for the likes of Licious, Swiggy, PharmEasy, Urban Company, hike, Vedantu, Urban Company, LendingKart, Acko and more. <b>About Purple Quarter</b> Purple Quarter is a bespoke CTO search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, Acko, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit: <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></p></p>
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<p class="prntac">Thippesha Dyamappa took over the leadership role on July 15<p> BENGALURU, India, July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Discount broking platform, Upstox has expanded its core leadership team onboarding Ex-Amazon and Ex-Sabre, Thippesha Dyamappa for heading its tech teams based in the US and Bangalore. Bespoke CTO search firm <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a> closed the CXO role based on Upstox's mandate to the team. With Upstox's burgeoning tech landscape and products, the rapidly scaling consumer-facing platform approached Purple Quarter in search of a Tech Leader to align their tech org on the product-side adhering to their large scale consumer base. The specialised tech-head search firm's detailed assessment of Upstox's current position, challenges and roadmap ahead, helped map a suitable leader profile for the high-growth startup. "In this highly conducive fintech scene, Upstox needs a leader to scale its already growing platform. Thippesha is a global leader with diverse experience in leading multi-fold billion-dollar companies over the years. I am certain that Thippesha's move to Upstox will bring tremendous pace to their already accelerating platform. I congratulate both and thank Upstox for placing their trust in us," says <b>Roopa Kumar, Founder & COO, Purple Quarter. </b> As the Chief Technology Officer, Thippesha will oversee Upstox's technology vision, strategy, innovation of products, and the entire technology org. Given the rate of immense digital transformation in Fintech in India and the US, he will help build and support transformational technology systems that will scale the next phase of Upstox's growth. Speaking on the appointment, Shrini Viswanath, Co-founder, Upstox said, "Upstox has been at the forefront of cutting-edge innovation evident in the plethora of our quality product offerings. With Thippesha onboard, we envision notching it up higher! I am thrilled to welcome Thippesha and excited to work together on scaling the platform's capabilities," adding, "And shoutout to the Purple Quarter team for their dedicated efforts at ensuring a streamlined approach in the entire search process. It's been a great experience, right from opening discussions to the final closure!" Prior to Upstox, Thippesha was the Director of Software Development & International Consumer Business at Amazon's Seattle office where he was responsible for a portfolio of technology systems and products. With a career spanning over 20+ years, Thippesha is a recognized technical leader and functional expert having built best-in-class organizations, innovative, scalable, and operationally excellent systems to support the growth strategies across global geographies and improve customer lives. "I am elated to be a part of team Upstox during this hyper-growth period and innovate and build world-class technology products that will empower customers to own financial assets and help to achieve their financial freedom. I want to thank Purple Quarter for connecting me to this opportunity. They have been very transparent and helpful throughout the whole process. Purple Quarter has been a great partner for bringing CTO executives and opportunities together, and I would recommend them for efficient technology executive recruitment," says Thippesha on his Purple Quarter experience. Purple Quarters' unmatched tech network and comprehensive end-to-end search process have been instrumental in securing multiple key leadership positions for the likes of Licious, Swiggy, PharmEasy, Urban Company, hike, Vedantu, Urban Company, LendingKart, Acko and more. <b>About Purple Quarter</b> Purple Quarter is a bespoke CTO search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, Acko, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit: <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></p></p>
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<article class="news-release carousel-template"> <section class="release-body container "> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1"> BENGALURU, India, June 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Driven by CTO search firm <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a>'s concentrated efforts, Parikshit Basu has successfully joined Avataar.me, a Sequoia Capital-backed deep-tech 3D Computer Vision & AI company - that powers full-funnel commerce outcomes for brands. Purple Quarter was the exclusive partner in Avataar's tech leadership search. Parikshit's experience and deep expertise in building and growing high-performing, innovative engineering teams, services, and products at Amazon, Cure.Fit and Flipkart made him an ideal candidate per Avataar's mandate to Purple Quarter for a skilled product acumen leader. Commenting on the leadership announcement, Founder & CEO, Avataar.me, Sravanth Aluru said, "At Avataar we aspire to build an ambitious team with an unwavering focus on shaping the world's most delightful visual discovery experiences, innovating on cutting-edge AI/ML and computer vision technologies. We are excited to bring Parikshit onboard as part of the leadership team. Parikshit brings in rich experience in building and leading high-performing teams that have driven innovation and will be a valuable partner for us in scaling our 'Avataar Within' technology platform globally." With 15 years of industry experience, Parikshit has worked extensively in the e-commerce, video streaming domains, and has led teams in delivering world-class cloud services handling high traffic. At Avataar, he will lead the engineering efforts for the next phase of the company's growth by building easy-to-use, self-serve platforms for clients to easily create more vivid experiences for their customers. "Avataar.me is bridging the gap between offline-online experiences by replacing the 2D visuals with life-like hyper-realistic 3D XR/AR experience. It is introducing spatial depth to online buying/ browsing experiences and pushing the boundaries of deep tech research in India. I look forward to building immersive visual experiences for consumers and taking it to the next level as part of this company," said Parikshit, who took over his new role on June 7. Purple Quarter helped connect Parikshit with his right match, Avataar.me. Sharing the experience, he said, "Folks at Purple Quarter have been really helpful, transparent and easy to connect with during the entire process. I would certainly recommend them for a streamlined Tech Leadership hiring process." With its unmatched tech network, Purple Quarter has been instrumental in closing key leadership positions for the likes of Vedantu, Swiggy, Pharmeasy, Hike, Licious, Urban Company, LendingKart, and Acko. <b>About Purple Quarter</b> Purple Quarter is a bespoke CTO search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, Acko, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit:<a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a> <b>About Avataar.me</b> Avataar.me is shaping consumer's online buying/ browsing behaviour by creating immersive, interactive shopping experiences and reimagining the visual discovery journey. It uses a globally first-of-its-kind XR+AR technology platform, taking a deep learning AI-driven approach to scaling commerce. With 10+ US patents, Avataar is deeply committed to re-shaping the digital commerce industry through delivering life-size 3D and XR+AR first experiences across all consumer touchpoints (web, in-app and social channels), using their proprietary platform, "Avataar Within". "Avataar Within", the tech platform, works behind the scenes, powering some of the world's largest automobile, retail and e-commerce brands across US, Asia and Europe in delivering delightful, new age experiences for end-consumers, and re-imagining business RoI in the course. </div> </div> </section> <section id="js-mkt-promo-hook-legacy" class="container read-more-explore"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-offset-1 swap-detail-explore"> <div class="row arabicdetail-source"> <div class="col-sm-12"></div> </div> </div> </div> </section></article>
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<p>BANGALORE, India, July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- <a href="https://www.licious.in/about-us-new" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Licious</a>, India's largest tech-powered D2C fresh meat and seafood brand, announces the appointment of Himanshu Verma as Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO). In its sixth year of operations, the Bengaluru-based brand is focused on disrupting the industry with world-class tech-based solutions and approached the leading Tech-head search firm, <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a> to meet their CXO-level requirement. Himanshu's appointment is a pivotal step for the company. An industry veteran with over two decades of experience, Himanshu's last assignment was with Amazon, where he served as Director of Product & Engineering. Prior to that, Himanshu has served as CTO at Yatra.com, one of the largest online travel companies in India. During his 25-year-long career, Himanshu had leadership stints with leading technology companies such as Flipkart, Yahoo!, and Oracle, to name a few. Commenting on the new appointment Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, Co-founders, Licious, said, "We are happy to have Himanshu on board with us. As Licious embarks on the next phase of growth, we are confident that his rich experience in building technology for transforming the supply chain and enhancing customer experience will help us chart a new path to success. We look forward to working with Himanshu to continue raising the bar as a market and category leader in the evolving protein-based food space.'' Roopa Kumar, Founder & COO, Purple Quarter added, "Licious' mandate to Purple Quarter was very clear - an experienced and dynamic tech visionary to steer their valued offerings in tandem with their rapid scale. We are beyond thrilled to have played a part in this perfect match between Licious and Himanshu." On his new stint, Himanshu Verma, CPTO, Licious, said, "I am delighted to join Licious at this point in its growth journey. It is not just a category leader, but also a category creator and presents a once in a lifetime opportunity to reimagine a large industry using technology as a driver. As a customer-centric and value-driven organization, Licious is in a great position to deeply impact the large protein-based food industry via technology in years to come and I am excited to be part of this inspiring story," adding "I extend my thanks to the Purple Quarter team for facilitating my move at the right time and ensuring a seamless end-to-end process." Since its inception in 2015, Licious has been building technology to resolve customer pain points related to quality, hygiene, freshness, and convenience. The brand has adopted 100% traceable and sustainable sourcing practices, creating quality benchmarks for the industry. Built on the farm-to-fork business model, Licious controls the entire supply chain, powered by stringent cold chain control to maintain the quality and freshness of products from the time of procurement, processing and storage until the time it reaches the end consumer. Licious is the first meat and seafood brand from India to be certified with FSSC22000, one of the highest food safety certifications in the world. The brand has a strong presence across 14 Indian markets, namely Bengaluru, Hyderabad, NCR, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Kochi, Puducherry, Vizag, Vijayawada and Kolkata. The 3500+ employee strong company is touted among the fastest-growing consumer brands in India. <b>About Purple Quarter</b> Purple Quarter is a bespoke CTO search firm based out of Bangalore. In less than four years, it has mapped over 4000+ leaders across the globe. Its singular approach to tech leadership hiring has given Purple Quarter a detailed acumen into the Tech Leadership hiring space, especially in the startup ecosystem. Its robust clientele includes early stage to mature startups such as Inmobi, Swiggy, Acko, PharmEasy, hike, Urban Company and many more. For Tech Leadership requirements, write to us at <a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a> or visit: <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a> <b>About Licious:</b> <a href="https://www.licious.in/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.licious.in/</a> Founded by Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, Licious is a consumer food company, focussed at delighting the world with an unmatched range of meat & meat products. Present in raw & fresh meat and seafood, marinades and ready-to-eat categories, Licious is set to disrupt every food category that needs a meaty intervention! In a highly underserved market, which is estimated at $40 billion today, Licious as a category-first brand backed by technology, has been able to solve the prevailing customer pain points of quality, hygiene, freshness and convenience in a sustainable manner. Built on the farm to fork business model, Licious controls the entire back-end supply chain powered by stringent cold chain control to maintain the quality and freshness of each product from the time of procurement, processing, storage to the time it reaches the end consumer. In just 5 years Licious has witnessed a 300% growth and has served over three million packs of world-class meat products to consumers across Bangalore, Hyderabad, NCR, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Kochi, Puducherry, Vizag, Vijayawada and Kolkata. Licious serves over 1mn orders every month with over 90% repeat consumption across markets. Licious is currently, a 3500+ members strong team with employees, across different disciplines and functions.</p>
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