Bengaluru : Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart announced appointments of three former Amazon, Google and Microsoft senior technology executives to different roles in the company.
The firm appointed Amazon’s Dan Rawson as Head of Customer Logistics and Supply Chain Ecosystems, while Google’s Ravi Byakod is appointed as Director of Engineering – Accounting and Anand Lakshminarayanan from Microsoft as Head of Product Management for Digital Goods and Services.
India’s e-commerce industry is likely to clock a compounded annual growth rate of 35% and cross the $100-billion mark over the next five years, from $17 billion at present, according to an Assocham-PricewaterhouseCoopers study.
Flipkart said Rawson will oversee all aspects of customer delivery solutions, leading product, business, and operations teams to advance the way Flipkart uses technology to expand delivery while maintaining a consistently excellent experience for consumers.
As Director of Engineering – Accounting, Ravi Byakod will lead accounting technology for Flipkart and will provide an accurate picture of the company’s finances, the company said.
On the appointment of Anand Lakshminarayanan, Flipkart said he will lead the expansion of the company’s digital product offerings, following the company’s success as the leading online marketplace for physical goods.
