Executive Overview
Experienced and hands-on Silicon valley leader with deep understanding of Ecommerce/Data. 15+ years of experience in building enterprise data platforms, high volume retail/ecommerce frameworks and advanced data sciences at one of the leading global search engine (Yahoo) and one of the largest Ecommerce company (Staples) • Responsible for digital transformation of multiple revenue critical systems - inventory, CRM, personalization, recommendation, POS, Mobile • Developed framework for Unified commerce platform (aka Next Generation POS system) that would transform Staples retail stores to Omni stores. • Guided data products such as Search, Personalization, Recommendation, 360 degree customer view, Daily Deals, in-store Kiosks, Unified Inventory, Vendor Marketplace, Product and Customer Master Data Stores
Career Timeline
- KKRCurrentSep 2025–Present· 1 yr
- Advisor, TechnicalCurrentSep 2025–Present
- ChewyCurrentJun 2018–Present· 8 yrs 3 mos
- Chief Technology OfficerCurrentJun 2018–Present
- Dec 2022–Dec 2024· 2 yrs
- Member, Board of DirectorsDec 2022–Dec 2024
- Jun 2017–Jun 2018· 1 yr
- VP, Data and Analytics SolutionsJun 2017–Jun 2018
- 2014–Jun 2017· 3 yrs 5 mos
- VP, Data & Analytics, Omni-Channel and Innovation LabsSep 2014–Jun 2017
- Vice President, Data and Analytics, Global2014–Sep 2014
- Nov 2005–2014· 8 yrs 2 mos
- Senior Director, Global Data and Ad TechOct 2010–2014
- Director, User Data, BI and Analytics Team2010–Oct 2010
- Senior Manager, Datawarehouse and BINov 2005–2010
- Nov 2000–Nov 2005· 5 yrs
- Tech Lead, Datawarehouse and AnalyticsNov 2000–Nov 2005
- 1995–2000· 5 yrs
- Lieutenant Commander1995–2000
Education
CTO Program
The Wharton School
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Accounting, Finance and IT
California Miramar UniversityCommunication Engineering Diploma
Communication Electronics
Naval School of CommunicationsBachelor of Science
Physics, Math
Jawahar Lal Nehru University