Micromax appoints Ashish Agrawal as the new CTO
Micromax has announced the appointment of Ashish Agrawal as the new Chief Technology Officer. He will be looking after the technology initiatives for Micromax to bring future technology disruptions into the market. He brings along 16 years of experience Web Services, Mobile, e-Commerce, payments and large scale distributed systems. With this erudite background, he has spent 14 years in Amazon in software development, product development and technology leadership roles.
Talking about the appointment, Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax Informatics Ltd said, “Micromax’s success can be clearly attributed to its ability in bringing consumer-relevant technology to the market. With his rich experience in the relevant areas at a global scale, Ashish will help us build technology platforms that will further strengthen our leadership. I am delighted to have Ashish on board with us in our exciting journey of democratizing technology.”
Speaking about his new role, Ashish Agrawal said, “Micromax is at the forefront of the Indian smartphone industry and I’m looking forward to leading its technology initiatives and ensuring that the company continues to exploit and invest in key technologies for the benefit of its customers. This is an exciting time to be joining Micromax as it enters the next phase in bringing future disruptions to the market.”
He will also be responsible for defining the vision and the direction of software services, and driving new initiatives to provide a strong impetus to brand Micromax to pursue its aim to be one of the biggest companies to bring future technology disruptions into the market. Before joining Micromax he was associated with Sirqul as the CTO.
