About

Raghu Krishnananda is a seasoned technology executive with over 25 years of experience in product development and senior management positions in leading global companies. He has a proven track record of building platforms and services on web and mobile in e-commerce, consumer internet, and finance domains. Raghu is currently the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Myntra, where he is responsible for defining the technology vision and driving execution for building a world-class online fashion and lifestyle destination for consumers and a platform of choice for brands and sellers. Raghu is an innovative and strategic thinker experienced in charting product and technology vision. He has a strong focus on cloud platforms and machine learning and is well-versed in agile methodologies and all aspects of project management, including planning, requirements analysis, change control, and risk management. Raghu has extensive experience in building and leading large high-performing teams, hiring and mentoring senior technical talent, as well as performance management. Prior to joining Myntra, Raghu served as the Chief Technology Officer at Samsung, where he led the product development teams for the service platform team comprising about 350 engineers. He built a programmatic advertising platform to support performance, video, and banner ads. He also led the development of Samsung Pay, MyGalaxy, and an enhanced search platform to support semantic search, dynamic category-based faceting, relevance boosting, and ranking using LTR. Raghu also managed the Samsung Internet team, developing a browser based on the Chromium engine and offering differentiated features. He has also launched the Finance Plus platform to offer consumers financing for device purchases. Raghu's technical expertise includes mobile, ML, web, DevOps, search, P2P, CNN, RNN, NLP, and data science. He has relevant experience of over 30 years in the industry and has held senior management positions in leading global companies. Raghu is a visionary leader who is passionate about technology and innovation and has a proven track record of delivering world-class products and services.