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<p>BANGALORE, India, Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bespoke CTO Search firm, Purple Quarter's continued partnership with Hopscotch has closed yet another Tech Head appointment for the kid's apparel e-commerce. The Bangalore-based search firm had previously closed Hopscotch's crucial CTO position in 2020. With the latest appointment, Purple Quarter spearheaded the leadership search identifying the Flipkart Tech veteran, Harish Babu for the role of Senior Director of Engineering (SDE). Hopscotch, a technology-based DTC, was founded by Harvard Business School alumni by closely analysing kids' fashion market opportunities in India. Digitally focused and machine-driven, the company aims to ramp up its engineering processes by building a solid tech foundation for its systems to scale. For the SDE mandate, Purple Quarter, laden with its tech leadership search expertise, stepped in and documented the unique requirements and existing tech landscape of Hopscotch to map its right tech leadership profile. Speaking on the appointment, Ajay Gondhiya, CTO, Hopscotch, said, "We are glad to have Harish join the team. To broaden our technological landscape, we were looking for a capable engineering leader who can take charge of our large-scale intelligent systems for retail eCommerce and optimize software development processes implementing best practices. Our engineering team found the most suitable leader in Harish through Purple Quarter's meticulous and contemporary approach. Having worked with Purple Quarter first hand, I have witnessed the team's driven efforts and appreciate their thoughtful handling of the role requirements." Purple Quarter systematically analyzed Harish's body of work, career trajectory, to gauge and understand the exact fitment for his next career move. With over 18+ years of industry expertise, Harish was the erstwhile Senior Engineering Manager at Flipkart and previously, Director of Engineering at OnMobile Global. He is passionate about scalable systems, networking, and pioneered technologies with substantial prowess in N-Tier web applications, team management, and technical management. "Hopscotch is a prominent brand in the kids' fashion space with a great recall. I am looking forward to partnering with the Hopscotch leadership in strengthening the technology & process foundations already laid and taking the good work forward. Purple Quarter has been very engaging in this journey, their continued assistance and careful monitoring ensured a smooth transition. They found the best match for me as well as the organization through a meticulous process of mapping skill and role," remarked Harish on his new position and the Purple Quarter experience. Purple Quarters' unmatched tech network, extensive talent pool and comprehensive end-to-end search process have been instrumental in securing multiple key leadership positions for the likes of Licious, Swiggy, Upstox, PharmEasy, Urban Company, 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 over 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 corporates, 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 <u><a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a></u> or visit: <u><a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></u></p>
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<p>BANGALORE, India, Oct. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern processing and embedded Banking solutions platform, Zeta has appointed Narayan Babu as the VP of Product & Technology. Bespoke CTO Search firm, <u><a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a></u> assisted Zeta in finding Narayan Babu, who took over the tech leadership role on 7th October. Reporting to Zeta's CTO & Co-Founder Ramki (Ramakrishna) Gaddipati, Narayan is based out of the company's HQ office in Bangalore. Speaking of the appointment, Ramki said, "I am thrilled to welcome Narayan to the team. At Zeta, we are building one of its kind cloud native banking and payment stack ground up to help banks succeed in the world of digital natives. With Narayan's addition, we look forward to expanding the reach of our products to the US market. A special note of thanks to Purple Quarter for duly understanding our requirement and aiding us with the most suitable Tech Leader at the right time." With around 14 years of industry experience, Narayan is a Product and Engineering leader with years of expertise building mobile-first, blue ocean products in multiple industries. Prior to Zeta, Narayan was the VP of Engineering at Glance and has donned varied leaderships positions in his diverse career; Director of Product at True Caller, Chief Technology Officer at Lookup.to, Director of Engineering at Quixey, as well as the Founder and CEO of Dexetra, a consumer tech company with a Mobile-first approach. "Joining Zeta's growing tech team is an incredible opportunity and I am thankful to Purple Quarter for assisting me throughout the process. As Zeta's VP of Product & Technology, I would be responsible for furthering the company's Tech landscape and I am thoroughly excited to drive innovations together with the team! " shared Narayan. Purple Quarter's precise and dynamic approach helped Zeta map its tech leader profiling to find a leader who could oversee their product and engineering simultaneously. Narayan's extensive expertise will support the neo-banking platform in scaling its tech offerings with an efficient architecture and organizational growth across its verticals. Purple Quarter's unmatched tech network and comprehensive end-to-end search process have been instrumental in securing multiple key tech leadership roles 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 <u><a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a></u> or visit: <u><a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></u></p>
<p>BANGALORE, India, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bespoke CTO search firm, <u><a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a></u> has closed another C-Suite role adding to its list of stellar closures. With the appointment of Ashish Gupta as the Chief Product & Technology Officer, the Delhi-based technology-driven lending marketplace aims to set in place a Tech Leader to scale and oversee its operations on the tech front. Backed by Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management, Progcap provides financing capital for underserved micro and small businesses in India. An alumnus of IIT Delhi, Ashish Gupta has spearheaded several C-Level Tech roles with stints in PolicyBazaar.com, HealthKart, docprime, the most recent being the CTO for Max Bupa Health Insurance. Ashish joined ProgCap on 1st October and is based out of their headquarter in Delhi. Speaking on the appointment, Pallavi Shrivastava, Co-Founder & Director, Progcap said, "We are thrilled to welcome Ashish to our team. His diverse experience will aid Progcap's increased efforts at improving the integration of cutting-edge technology that will help propel our process efficiency and expand our scope into untapped markets. We are thankful to Purple Quarter for their methodical approach in finding us the ideal Tech Leader, suitable for our business scale and vision." Purple Quarter's concentrated efforts at accurately analyzing Progcap's requirements, its growth trajectory led to gauge custom Leadership profiling for the role. An extensive study of Progcap's tech landscape, challenges and the tech roadmap comprehended the need for an experienced Leader who could single-handedly take charge of the Tech operations, sort the existing challenges and map out the future actions aligned with the Business objectives. Given Ashish's deep understanding of tech and business synergy and his proven experience across domains, the firm now has a very credible Tech Leader onboard. "With a plethora of macroeconomic changes the whole business financing and banking models are there to be transformed. With its massive head start and innovative approach, Progcap is sure to be a front end runner in this space which makes me super excited to lead their tech and product functions. A huge thanks to Purple Quarter's stepwise assistance in the whole process, I appreciate the team's thoughtful, precise and streamlined approach." shared Ashish Gupta on his Purple Quarter 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 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 <u><a href="mailto:interact@purplequarter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">interact@purplequarter.com</a></u> or visit: <u><a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://purplequarter.com/</a></u></p>
<p>BANGALORE, India, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- <a href="https://purplequarter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purple Quarter</a>, the leading tech leadership search firm, has closed yet another Tech Head role for Urban Company, closing their mandate for Vice President of Engineering. This is Purple Quarter's second appointment for Asia's largest home services provider. The Bespoke CTO Search firm had previously closed Rishabhdhwaj Singh as VP of Engineering for their Supply vertical, who joined in May this year. Ananda Matthur joined Urban Company's marketplace vertical as the VP of Engineering on 15th September. In his new role, Ananda is responsible for ensuring the best match experience for customers and the firm's partners. Right from pairing a customer request to a suitable partner, to ensuring a smooth fulfilment experience, Ananda's role involves complex technical decision-making, scaling for a strong tech platform and ensuring the products are designed with maximum flexibility. "I welcome Ananda as VP Engineering. I am confident that his rich experience will prove incredibly valuable in doubling our marketplace experience and aid the team's growth efforts. I'd like to also thank Purple Quarter for their continued partnership in finding the right leadership for us," said Raghav Chandra, Urban Company Co-Founder & CPTO. Prior to joining Urban Company, Ananda was the Director of Engineering at Flipkart. With around 15 years of experience, of which 10 were at Flipkart, Ananda believes in crafting highly scalable, intelligent systems and has an affinity towards machine learning. A graduate of Columbia University, his previous stint was at Bloomberg in New York, and ClearTax in Bangalore. Purple Quarter worked hand-in-hand with the Urban Company team to map out a search strategy based on the specific Tech Leader profiling to close Ananda for the role. Speaking on his Purple Quarter experience, Ananda shared, "Purple Quarter has been an amazing partner. Over the course of the process, they built a great relationship with me, elevating the experience of finding a suitable role to a real partnership." 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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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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