Abhilash Pillai — CEO
Abhilash believes in absolute customer obsession and loves building products/ecosystem that can model a fuzzy business area and drive intelligent decisions. He has worked with and built products that work at huge (web) scale, at both Yahoo! and Flipkart. Abhilash thinks strategically, believes in building products for the long term, and has an analytical bend of mind. Abhilash has worked on both consumer internet and enterprise products. Among industries, he has worked in retail and search. He has worked across India, US, Taiwan and Hongkong markets. This exposure gives him the ability to manage diverse stakeholders, different personality types and embrace nuances of every new culture, industry and company. Abhilash has collaborated with offsite teams (across international boundaries) across his experience. He loves building highly focused teams with passionate individuals and motivates them to achieve ambitious goals. He is able to handle pressure and resolve high degree of conflicts in decisions. Abhilash has a Business degree from IIM Lucknow and an Engineering degree in Information Science from PESIT Bangalore.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in E-commerce and Tech industries.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 19 yrs 5 mos
Career Highlights
- Led product teams at Flipkart and udaan.com.
- Expert in building consumer and enterprise products.
- Strong cross-cultural stakeholder management experience.
Work Experience
udaan.com
SVP & Head of Business - Staples (11 mos)
SVP & Head of Customer Platform & Retail (6 yrs 9 mos)
Startup
Explorer (4 mos)
Flipkart
Director of Product Management - Fulfillment (1 yr 8 mos)
Director of Product Management - Data Platform (11 mos)
FreeCharge
Associate Vice President - Moonshot Projects (8 mos)
Flipkart
Senior Product Manager - Consumer Promotions & Merchandising Platform (9 mos)
Product Manager - Promotions Platform (9 mos)
Yahoo! Inc.
Product Manager - Membership Platform (6 mos)
Product Manager - Search (9 mos)
ITC Limited
Assistant Under Training - Trade Marketing and Distribution (1 mo)
Summer Trainee, Trade Marketing and Distribution (1 mo)
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Placement Coordinator (1 yr 7 mos)
Autonomy Interwoven (Interwoven Inc)
Senior Software Developer (3 yrs 10 mos)
Education
PGDM at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
BE at P.E.S. Institute of Technology