Myntra Hires Ambarish Kenghe as Head of Product
Myntra
Hires
Ambarish Kenghe
Ambarish Kenghe
as Head of Product
by Shrutee K / DNS
New Delhi, India, July 14, 2015:
Myntra, India’s leading m-commerce platform for fashion & lifestyle has
appointed Ambarish Kenghe, as Senior Vice President and Head of Product at
Myntra. Ambarish will start working at Myntra’s Bengaluru headquarters by the
end of this month and will report to CEO, Mukesh Bansal to scale up Myntra’s
product road map while leveraging the mobile smartphone revolution in India.
With more than 15 years of experience in product development and
management, Ambarish co-founded and led product management for Google
Chrome cast. He was instrumental in its conceptualization, making it one of the
best selling electronic devices and one of the highly decorated hardware products
from Google.
In addition to the above roles, he was also a key member of the
Google TV team that helped build the first android compatible TV. Prior to
Google, he was a management consultant at Bain & Company, Technical leader
at Cisco where he worked on Catalyst 6000, a highly appreciated product. He has
multiple patents from his work there.
"We are excited to have Ambarish join our leadership team
to lead product management. He has an extensive experience in developing
various world class consumer products including Google Chrome cast. He will be
driving product innovation to build the next generation of mobile products to
deliver a highly engaging & personalised fashion experience to our
customers", said Mukesh
Bansal, CEO, Myntra and Head of Commerce, Flipkart.
Excited
about his new role, Ambarish said, “I am honoured to join a
company such as Myntra that is re-writing the rules of the game. I am looking
forward to being part of the amazing team obsessed with developing the
best-in-class product experience for customers by constantly engaging in
solving unique challenges for consuming & buying fashion online using
technology & product insights.” He further added, “I am also excited about
moving to India where a large chunk of next billion Internet users will come
from. India has a confluence of factors coming together to make it a once in a
lifetime opportunity for technology professionals to make a difference.” Ambarish holds an MBA from Berkeley and Master’s degrees in
Computer Science and Engineering from Purdue University and IIT Kanpur.
About
Myntra:
Myntra is among the leading e-commerce platforms in India for
fashion and lifestyle products. Myntra has partnered with over 1,300 leading
fashion and lifestyle brands in the country such as Nike, Adidas, Puma, Lee,
Levis, Wrangler, Arrow, Jealous 21, Diesel, CAT, Timberland, US Polo, FabIndia,
Biba and many more to offer a wide range in latest branded fashion and
lifestyle wear. The App has over 10 million downloads and services over 12,000
pin codes across the country.
With the largest in-season product catalogue, 100% authentic
products, Cash on Delivery and 30-day Exchange/Return policy, Myntra is today
the preferred shopping destination in India.
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