Madhusudhan Rao
CTO Swiggy | ex-Amazon, ex-CommerceIQ
Swiggy•Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
View LinkedIn ProfileExecutive Overview
Madhusudhan Rao has over 20 years of experience in technical and leadership roles at companies like Swiggy, CommerceIQ and Amazon. He joined Swiggy in 2018 and was promoted to CTO in 2023. He also manages the Consumer and FinTech products at Swiggy. Prior to Swiggy, as the Head of Technology at CommerceIQ, he built and led the engineering, analytics and DS teams from pre-revenue to multi-million dollars in annual recurring revenue. At Amazon, he helped launch the Rich Media Ads Platform, Lightning Deals, and Amazon India. He helped improve the contextual recommendation engine for Ads and various Worldwide Traffic acquisition and attribution platforms. Specialities: Building and operating large, highly scalable and available distributed systems, with experience in Consumer Tech, Fintech, Recommendation Systems, Online Advertising and Pricing.
Career Timeline
- SwiggyCurrentJun 2018–Present· 8 yrs 5 mos
- Chief Technology OfficerCurrentJun 2023–Present
- SVP ConsumerTech and FinTech (Engg and Product)Apr 2021–Jun 2023
- VP Engineering - StorefrontJun 2018–Mar 2021
- Aug 2013–Jun 2018· 4 yrs 10 mos
- VP Engineering and Head of India OperationsApr 2015–Jun 2018
- Director, EngineeringApr 2014–Mar 2015
- Chief Architect, Software DevelopmentAug 2013–Mar 2014
- Dec 2005–Aug 2013· 7 yrs 8 mos
- Sr Software Development Engineer (SDE 3)Dec 2005–Aug 2013
- Jun 2005–Dec 2005· 6 mos
- Consultant, SoftwareJun 2005–Dec 2005
- Aug 2003–Jun 2005· 1 yr 10 mos
- Consultant, SoftwareAug 2003–Jun 2005
Education
B. Engg.
Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University