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MakeMyTrip has appointed Amit Somani as Chief
Products Officer and Mukesh Singh has assumed the role of Senior
Vice President (Technology Development).
Amit Somani has joined MakeMyTrip as Chief
Products Officer where he will head online products. He has more
than fifteen years of experience, including working with IBM and
Google. Amit is a graduate in Computer Science & Engineering from
Institute of Technology, BHU and Masters in Computer Science from
University of Wisconsin, Madison. In his previous role at Google,
Amit led product management for various products like Google
AdWords Keyword Recommendations, Mobile Products and Search,
Consumer & Infrastructure.
As the Senior Vice President of Technology
Development, Mukesh Singh will oversee the technological evolution
of MakeMyTrip - one of the strongest IT based travel companies in
the world. Mukesh has over 11 years of relevant experience, having
worked with Zoesis, eGain Communications, Sumtotal System,
Timeline Studios and Amazon. He holds a B. Tech degree in Computer
Science & Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur. He also pursued a graduate level course on Interactive
Virtual Environments, Synthetic Characters, Image Representation
for Vision and Advanced Computer Graphics at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Massachusetts.
Mukesh was responsible for search,
sponsored links and payments products at Amazon India. With
specialization and extensive experience in various aspects of
e-commerce, both the new hires are expected to contribute
significantly towards MakeMyTrip’s continuous endeavours to create
competitive differentiators.
Commenting on these appointments, Deep Kalra,
CEO & Founder, MakeMyTrip.com said, “Despite the slump in the
industry over the better part of 2008-09, we have demonstrated
profitability and emerged stronger. As we consolidate our
strengths, we will continue to maintain our competitive edge by
investing in resources - this includes technology, infrastructure
and as importantly, best-in-industry talent. As I welcome Amit and
Mukesh to MakeMyTrip, I am certain their diverse experience and
skill-set will help us scale newer peaks in customer and IT
innovation.”
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