Prasanth Nair — CTO
CXO-level Technology Leader having 24 years of experience in various Business, Product, Customer, and Stakeholder-facing roles with globally recognized Fortune 50 corporations and PE/VC-backed start-ups like Bizongo, NE Digital, Alibaba, ClearTax, Flipkart, Yahoo!, Amazon, Travelocity, Bea Systems & IFlnix Inc. Technology, Business & People Leadership Experience: Over 14 years of leadership experience have propelled business revenues multifold, digital transformation of enterprises, driving massive data migrations and leading global teams to deliver business mandates successfully. Current Role (Oct 2022 – Till Date): As Senior VP, of Engineering at Bizongo (Embedded Financing Platform), owns the mandate to drive organizational growth, deliver successful product launches (Product Development), and fortify the company's technological (Data & Analytics Platforms) and security foundations (DevOps & Security) Key Leadership Roles - Snapshot ❖ Sr. VP & Head of Engineering – Bizongo ❖ Co-Founder & Chief Product Technology Officer (CPTO) – Bzaar Inc. ❖ Sr. VP, Chief Digital & Technology Officer - NE Digital, Singapore ❖ Sr. VP, Product & Engineering - Alibaba (Lazada SG), China & Singapore ❖ Sr. VP Head of Product & Engineering – Clear (formerly Clear Tax) ❖ Director Of Engineering - Flipkart ❖ Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - Aheadyou Major Contributions across key roles: ▪ Big Billion Day, Flipkart: Successful launch of Flipkart's first fulfillment platform (order management & supply chain), which scaled to handle big-billion-day. ▪ Cleartax-B2C Tax Filing Platform; Launched first scalable b2c tax filing platform for ClearTax. ▪ Re-Platforming Lazada SG: Completely rebuilt Lazada, the e-comm platform, that scaled to 6 SEA markets for Alibaba within a record time for 6 months. ▪ Offline to Online Grocery, Fairprice SG: Envisioned online retail platform strategy for NTUC (Fairprice) along with digitization of the pre-school sector (NTUC First Campus). Entrepreneurial: ▪ Co-founded, Bzaar Inc. Developed & launched a cross-border marketplace platform www.bzaar.com with a span of 60 days. ▪ Co-founded, AheadYou. Developed a product to evaluate the student admission application process in the US efficiently.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in E-commerce and Fintech with a strong focus on product development and digital transformation.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 23 yrs 7 mos
Career Highlights
- 24 years of experience in technology leadership.
- Successfully launched multiple high-impact products.
- Expert in driving digital transformation and operational efficiency.
Work Experience
ZapCom Group Inc
Chief Technology Officer (1 yr 8 mos)
Bizongo
SVP, Head Of Engineering (1 yr 7 mos)
BZAAR
Co-Founder (4 yrs 10 mos)
NE Digital
SVP, Chief Digital & Technology Officer (2 yrs 11 mos)
Lazada Group
Sr. Vice President, Product & Engineering (11 mos)
ClearTax India
Sr. Vice President, Head Of Product & Engineering (3 mos)
Vice President, Head Of Engineering (11 mos)
Flipkart
Director of Engineering (1 yr 3 mos)
Sr Engineering Manager (10 mos)
AheadYou
Co-Founder & CTO (9 mos)
Yahoo
Senior Engineering Manager (Search) (1 yr 5 mos)
Amazon.com
Software Development Manager (Automotive) (6 mos)
Travelocity
Director of Software Development (1 yr 3 mos)
Sr. Development Manager, Merchandising Technology & Research (1 yr 1 mo)
Manager, Software Development (1 yr 10 mos)
Lead, Software Development (7 mos)
Sr Engineer (1 yr)
BEA Systems
Sr Engineer (11 mos)
Ifinix Corp
Member Of Technical Staff (4 yrs 1 mo)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at University of Madras