About

Anand Thakur is an accomplished entrepreneur, CXO, and techno-business leader with over 18 years of experience in digital transformation, e-commerce, application design and architecture, digital marketing, data analytics, managing start-ups/large corporates, project execution, and product management. He is currently serving as the Group Chief Technology Officer at housing.com, proptiger.com, makaan.com, and fastfox.com. Anand has held CXO level positions in Jubilant (Domino's), Koovs, and Lenskart, where he exhibited deep expertise in managing technology and marketing for omni-channel businesses in both company-owned and franchise-based operations. He has published multiple papers and holds a US patent issued. At Jubilant FoodWorks, Anand was the Chief Digital Officer and led the digital transformation of the business, which led to an annual incremental digital revenue of about INR 500 crores (USD 72 million). He managed technology, analytics and insights, data engineering, product management, and digital marketing functions. Anand scaled the digital team from 0 to 75 high performing individuals and structured it to execute with top-notch quality. Anand has a solid educational background, having completed his B.Tech in Electronics from YMCA Institute of Engineering in 2003. He has a diverse tech stack that includes product management, AI, research scientist, data engineering, NLP, Android, microservices, and senior software engineer. Anand is recognized as one of Asia's 100 power leaders in Technology 2022. He has demonstrated an ability to scale and optimize business and technology both nationally and internationally, making him a valuable asset to any organization.