Prasanth Nair

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 24 years of experience in technology leadership.
  • Successfully launched multiple high-impact products.
  • Expert in driving digital transformation and operational efficiency.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in E-commerce and Fintech with a strong focus on product development and digital transformation.

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Agile MethodologiesAgile Project ManagementAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)AnalyticsBig DataClassificationData MiningDistributed SystemsHadoopHigh Performance ComputingInformation RetrievalJavaJava Enterprise EditionLeadership

About

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.

Experience

Zapcom group inc

Chief Technology Officer

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Bizongo

SVP, Head Of Engineering

Oct 2022May 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • At Bizongo, I led the engineering division, significantly expanding the team and enhancing operational capabilities. I successfully delivered critical compliance certifications in record time while also establishing a robust infrastructure that supported rapid growth. My efforts contributed to a remarkable increase in topline revenue of 2X, showcasing the impact of strategic engineering leadership.

Bzaar

Co-Founder

May 2021Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • As a co-founder and CPTO at Bzaar, I played a pivotal role in shaping a platform that revolutionizes cross-border trade. My responsibilities included leading product development and implementing effective digital marketing strategies. Through these efforts, we aimed to capture a significant share of the trillion-dollar market opportunity, driving growth and innovation.

Ne digital

SVP, Chief Digital & Technology Officer

Jun 2018May 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Singapore

  • In my role, I led digital transformation efforts that enhanced operational efficiency and security across NTUC's education, retail and healthcare businesses. By focusing on product development and technology infrastructure, I drove significant improvements in automation and data protection, ultimately contributing to the organization's growth and resilience.

Lazada group

Sr. Vice President, Product & Engineering

Jul 2017Jun 2018 · 11 mos · Singapore

  • Led Order management and supply-chain technology for Lazada. Co-led Alibaba's biggest initiative of rebuilding the whole Lazada platform on Alibaba stack in a record 3 months time and launched in all SEA countries where Lazada has a presence.

Cleartax india

2 roles

Sr. Vice President, Head Of Product & Engineering

Apr 2017Jul 2017 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • As an early team member & Head of Product & Engineering of ClearTax scaled both product and engineering functions of ClearTax. Launched tax-saving product and service marketplace for CAs.

Vice President, Head Of Engineering

Apr 2016Mar 2017 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Flipkart

2 roles

Director of Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2015Apr 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Led Flipkart's Fulfilment technology division and was responsible for automating and optimising supply-chain functions that allowed significant supply-chain cost reduction, scale and speed.
  • Bootstrapped Flipkart's digital delivery platform.

Sr Engineering Manager

Feb 2014Dec 2014 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Aheadyou

Co-Founder & CTO

May 2013Feb 2014 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • AheadYou was founded with the vision of simplifying the application assessment process for North American undergrad universities. Was responsible for building the product with the help of AI.

Yahoo

Senior Engineering Manager (Search)

Dec 2011May 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Responsible for leading Yahoo's Vertical Intent Search Engineering, which helps Yahoo Search users with richer contextual structured data (than just links)

Amazon.com

Software Development Manager (Automotive)

Jun 2011Dec 2011 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Was responsible for leading Amazon's Automotive Engineering team.

Travelocity

5 roles

Director of Software Development

Mar 2010Jun 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Led Travelocity's Hotels platform development from ground zero. Provided leadership support to a globally distributed team spread over 3 countries. Launched and scaled the platform across 20+ countries within 6 months.

Sr. Development Manager, Merchandising Technology & Research

Promoted

Jan 2009Feb 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Was responsible for leading Travelocity's merchandising platform which focuses on the shopping experience of travelers. Re-architected 'search' platform.

Manager, Software Development

Promoted

Feb 2007Dec 2008 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Technical Manager for Travelocity Partner Network platform. Responsible for leading a small engineering team (7) and leading product delivery.

Lead, Software Development

Jul 2006Feb 2007 · 7 mos

  • Technical Lead at Travelocity Partner Network, responsible for developing affiliate / white label solutions for Travelocity.

Sr Engineer

Jul 2005Jul 2006 · 1 yr

  • Programmer (backend) at pricing product team.

Bea systems

Sr Engineer

Jul 2004Jun 2005 · 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Part of the Weblogic Integration product, developing backend and integration modules for various operating systems like OpenVMS, HP UX etc...

Ifinix corp

Member Of Technical Staff

Apr 2000May 2004 · 4 yrs 1 mo · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Part of the early engineering team and was responsible for building ifinix's web trading stack. Largely wrote code in Java, Javascript, HTML etc.

Education

University of Madras

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Computer Science

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