Rohit Kaila — CTO

Loved doing this Podcast with Zinnov: http://bit.ly/3Vwqxai A bit of everything podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcE6wzcIJB0 This captures the essence of my career thanks to Ajay Nangalia: https://bit.ly/3jHFC4K (Actual podcast is here: https://bit.ly/3j0Z1hp). This is me Dissecting Future of E-Retail, Technology & Leadership Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_X5UWJhv64 Seasoned Tech Industry Professional with experience in the U.S. and India including stints at ECommerce (@walmartLabs), Online software (Intuit), Internet (Yahoo), Telecom companies (Motorola, Lucent), Expatriate assignments (Lucent), core research organizations (Bell Labs) and advanced technology startups (envIO networks, Network Programs & Machines). Exposure to many different domains – eCommerce, big data & analytics platforms, online advertising, mobile, internet, networking, embedded and telecom – with focus on end-to-end product development. Key strength is in innovation with experience in research, advertising, big data, architecture, design and development of innovative products, invariably qualifying as “first in class”. Strong leadership in product strategy, engineering, organizational management, project management, and customer management activities. Here is a post on my love for tech: https://bit.ly/3k1Jhv3 Here is a post on my sit down with Roopa Kumar of Purple Quarter looking back in time and peeking into a possible future: https://lnkd.in/g5sTBaQW

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in ECommerce and SaaS with expertise in product development and big data.

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Experience: 32 yrs 4 mos

Skills

Leadership
Product Development
Ecommerce
Data Engineering
Big Data
Advertising
Mobile Applications
Embedded Systems

Career Highlights

Established Wayfair's tech center in record time.
Led Walmart's international eCommerce strategy.
Developed big data platforms at Intuit.

Work Experience

Wayfair

Head of Technology and site leader wayfair India TDC (3 yrs 5 mos)

Walmart Global Tech India

Vice President Engineering (5 yrs 9 mos)

Intuit

Director - Intuit Data Engineering & Analytics (2 yrs 9 mos)

Yahoo!

Senior Director - Product & Engineering (5 yrs)

Envio Networks

Vice President Engineering (2 yrs 7 mos)

Motorola Inc.

Engineering Manager (2 yrs 8 mos)

Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies Inc.

International Assignee / MTS (4 yrs 7 mos)

Network Programs / Machines Inc.

Vice President / Chief architect (4 yrs 7 mos)

Cadence Design Systems

MTS (1 yr)

Education

MS at Rutgers University

Bachelor’s Degree at Netaji Subhas University of Technology

High School at Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram

Rohit Kaila

CTO

Bangalore, Karnataka, India32 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Established Wayfair's tech center in record time.
Led Walmart's international eCommerce strategy.
Developed big data platforms at Intuit.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in ECommerce and SaaS with expertise in product development and big data.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProduct DevelopmentEcommerceData EngineeringBig DataAdvertisingMobile ApplicationsEmbedded Systems

Other Skills

Project ManagementOrganizational ManagementTechnology DevelopmentDigital TransformationTeam LeadershipInnovationAnalyticsCloud ComputingAdvertising SolutionsCustomer InteractionVoIPDistributed SystemsAgile MethodologiesHadoopScalability

About

Experience

Wayfair

Head of Technology and site leader wayfair India TDC

Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

I started Wayfair Technology Development Center in Bengaluru, India. From setting up the entity to hiring a strong set of leadership team and scaling the organization has been key to my tenure here. In less than 2 years after incorporation, we reached close to a third of the global technology team comprising 600+ engineers with a top-notch leadership team.
This center has become a benchmark on how to leapfrog and create strong technology development centers in record time. What others do in 4-5 years we could do in 18 months.

LeadershipProject ManagementOrganizational ManagementTechnology DevelopmentProduct Development

Walmart global tech india

Vice President Engineering

Jan 2017 – Oct 2022 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

I lead Walmart’s US Technology organization and the International eCommerce organizations. A team of 900+ associates come every day to work in my organization to change the lives on customers worldwide.
My teams builds technology that powers close to $40B of revenues for Walmart, with focus on bring the physical and digital worlds together.
In the past 4 years I led the Walmart International eCommerce team as well where my team drove eCommerce for Walmart in Mexico, Canada and the UK with focus on growth, innovation and striving to be the best in class.
I am part of the leadership team at IDC and as an L4 part of the overall officer leadership within Walmart global. I drive many horizontal activities for campus programs, talent, branding and representing Walmart in external forums.
Digital Transformation
https://bit.ly/3vKIzbF
ET article on unified customer experiences
https://bit.ly/3kSoko1
Tech Circle interview:
https://bit.ly/2P0RiSd
Executive sponsor for our campus program:
https://bit.ly/39s9L3y
This is how we are taking on some tough competitors (interview):
https://bit.ly/2wbRUy8
We are now Walmart Global Tech
https://bit.ly/387vOvU
My Recent blogs on hiring (https://goo.gl/KBwBp3) & Phygital commerce (https://goo.gl/cNh3vf)
Some recent activity in getting startups on board our Walmart Labs ecosystem in IDC ... https://bit.ly/2FloRKV
Good talk by our center head ...
https://bit.ly/2H5fYI6
GCC’s and what they are doing for India ...
https://bit.ly/2XKotMA
I am an executive sponsor for acquihire @ IDC, some good results ...
https://yourstory.com/2019/07/walmart-labs-acquihires-flocare-bigtrade
Thoughts on Walmart / Tech and some personal life ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqlWqPld8Bs
Recent roundtable with zinnov:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcP8Al0zbW4
Presentation at BITS Pilani campus (remotely):
https://youtu.be/GfbuXd3eV6k

Digital TransformationECommerceTeam LeadershipInnovationLeadership

Intuit

Director - Intuit Data Engineering & Analytics

Apr 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

I lead a world class Intuit Data Engineering & Analytics group at the India Development Center that is responsible for building big data platforms used by all the Intuit business units to store, process and analyze data. By building real time, cloud based, highly secure big data platforms which are on the leading edge of the current technology, this group helps drive key customer benefits across the tax, accounting and personal finance products at Intuit.

Big DataData EngineeringAnalyticsCloud Computing

Yahoo!

Senior Director - Product & Engineering

Mar 2009 – Mar 2014 · 5 yrs · Bangalore, India

Display Advertising Products
Right Media Product development (http://www.rightmedia.com/).
Advertising Trust & Safety Program (http://rightmediablog.com/?p=6837)
Big Data - Prediction technology (http://tinyurl.com/aqnvfpb)
Mobile Monetization
Advertising Solutions (http://tinyurl.com/aksssz9)

Product DevelopmentAdvertising SolutionsBig DataAdvertising

Envio networks

Vice President Engineering

Jun 2006 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore, India

envIO was a venture funded startup based in MA, USA working in the area of mobile applications targeted at increasing VAS revenues for service providers and providing a mechanism for content providers to significantly increase content absorption using social and viral features. The company ceased operations in mid-2010.
Created envIO’s India Product Development Center (was the first employee)
Led Product Development and Customer interaction activities

Mobile ApplicationsProduct DevelopmentCustomer Interaction

Motorola inc.

Engineering Manager

Oct 2003 – Jun 2006 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Joined Motorola in Tewksbury, MA, USA. Then took a transfer to Motorola in Bangalore, India to setup a an embedded system product development team.
Took up product ownership in the embedded space – next generation VoIP Media Gateway, IMS system on ATCA platform, IXP Network Processor based engine for the market leading PoC (Push To Talk Over Cellular) product line.

Embedded SystemsProduct DevelopmentVoIP

Bell labs, lucent technologies inc.

International Assignee / MTS

Mar 1999 – Oct 2003 · 4 yrs 7 mos

I was in Bell Labs research based in Murray Hill, NJ and for half that time, was on an expat assignment with the task of setting up a reserach lab in Bangalore, India.

Network programs / machines inc.

Vice President / Chief architect

Jun 1994 – Jan 1999 · 4 yrs 7 mos

During the stint here I looked at various product lines this startup was involved in. Chief amongst them being hotel video systems, full service networks, distributed design. I help setup a part of the Noida offshore center for this organization.