Ranadheer Velamuri
Technology Leadership
Summary
Result-oriented technology leader & initiator with proven experience in engineering leadership in the domains of ecommerce, Advertising & retail commerce. Delivered large brownfield and greenfield systems & projects. Expertise in blending engineering acumen with strategic product vision. Built high-performing teams in both large corporate & startups. Adept at transformative initiatives that win big for organizations & for people contributing to the transformations. Demonstrated adaptability as per situational demands, combining pragmatic execution with aspirational goals.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Global Head of Engineering
Carousell Group
12.2022 - Current
- Leading Global Engineering team across 4 Asian regions of SG,TW,VN and IN
- Focused on Product build agility, engineering Operational excellence and owned platform trust & safety, which is a critical part in classified business
SVP Engineering
Locus
12.2021 - 12.2022
Mostly streamlined the technology start-up & partnered with sales/solutions for some deal closures
Director of Engineering - Fulfillment
Tesco
04.2019 - 12.2021
- Built Cloud native Customer Fulfillment Platform for Tesco. Shipped close to 70% of platform & rolled out close to 300 fulfillment centres
- Built a omni-channel Order Management for Tesco online & store business
General Mgr/Senior Director - Marketing Platform
Rakuten Asia Pte Ltd
02.2017 - 04.2019
- Initiated & delivered Tech refresh for Rakuten Ad platform focused around Data systems, CPC Ads & Affiliate marketing
- Delivered step improvements in CPD & CPC yields for the platform
- Created an architect function in Rakuten function, leading to career growth for IC specialists at Rakuten in SG/JP
Vice President of Products & Engineering
Enixta Innovations
10.2015 - 02.2017
- Transformed Enixta product portfolio from B2C to a B2B product. Built the product in less than 4 months and sold to leading Mobile OEM and the largest e-commerce player in India
- Rebuilt most of the Tech & product team with a much lower burn rates of the seed fund
- Lead Tech Sales for the B2B product
Senior Manager, Trust & Safety Engineering
PDCi-Bangalore
09.2013 - 05.2015
- Delivered B2C sellers on-boarding (For US and UK), lifting up the seller listings by 40% with constant fraud rates
- Prototyped a new B2B seller on-boarding path with just Intern bandwidth
- Lead the 2014 Data breach for eBay protecting a buyer base of close to 130 million
Principal Development Manager -AdQuality
Microsoft IDC-Bangalore
02.2011 - 09.2013
- Owned and Lead Yahoo & Microsoft Ads transition between 2010 and 2011
- Built a team with 8 people to an 80 people IDC, Bangalore team at Microsoft quality
- Transitioned Rule-based adquality engine to ML Based system saving 1.5 million in review money for Microsoft
Senior Engineering Manager - Ads
Yahoo SDC Bangalore
07.2003 - 02.2011
Education
Post-graduate - computer applications
National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirapalli 08.1996 - 05.1999
Skills
Distributed systems at Scale
Product & Technology Transformation
Product Leadership (MS/Rakuten/Enixta)
Hiring & Grooming remote teams at Scale
Agile Engineering
Large scale Data systems
Situational Leadership
Accomplishments
- Revamped Trust & safety platform for Carousell marketplace, reducing the most fraud metrics, e-commerce fraud by 40% in 15 months time, owning both product & engineering
- Streamlines engineering operations for Carousell, leading to MTTD/MTTR by 75%
- Building cloud-native, distributed and Event-driven Retail Fulfillment platform for Tesco Technology. Got the project funded from a 4yr-hold by enhancing the build scope to bring-in quick commerce proposition
- In 24 months, completed a 40% tech refresh for Rakuten ad Platform, rewriting 10+ systems, along with hiring & building close to 60 engineers in Asia/SG
- Consistently built shared capabilities & architect forums, improving the developer experience & efficiency across Tesco, Rakuten & Yahoo
- [START-UPS] Turned around execution, product, and burn-rate in a span of 6 months & delivered two B2B deals for Enixta Innovations.
- Consistently ramped Off-shore teams from inception to large size(150+) leading to product ownership by hiring & retaining exceptional talent across Yahoo, eBay, Rakuten & Tesco
Timeline
Global Head of Engineering
Carousell Group
12.2022 - Current
SVP Engineering
Locus
12.2021 - 12.2022
Director of Engineering - Fulfillment
Tesco
04.2019 - 12.2021
General Mgr/Senior Director - Marketing Platform
Rakuten Asia Pte Ltd
02.2017 - 04.2019
Vice President of Products & Engineering
Enixta Innovations
10.2015 - 02.2017
Senior Manager, Trust & Safety Engineering
PDCi-Bangalore
09.2013 - 05.2015
Principal Development Manager -AdQuality
Microsoft IDC-Bangalore
02.2011 - 09.2013
Senior Engineering Manager - Ads
Yahoo SDC Bangalore
07.2003 - 02.2011
Post-graduate - computer applications
National Institute of Technology
08.1996 - 05.1999
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