Will head Customer Engagement and Communication Platforms for Engineering
NewZNew (Chandigarh) : Ola, India’s leading mobile app for transportation, today announced that Sunil Shirguppi, former Vice President at Goldman Sachs, will join Ola as Vice President – Engineering and will primarily be working towards enhancing capabilities in Data Science and Machine Learning.
Ankit Bhati, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Ola said, “Sunil’s experience in data sciences at Goldman Sachs and LinkedIn makes him a valuable addition to Ola. As an organization, we churn tons of valuable data every single day and this can be continuously used to build a superior experience for both drivers and consumers. Sunil’s experience and expertise will help us scale Engineering capabilities at Ola to enable mobility for a billion Indians.”
In this role, Sunil will be working closely with Ankit Bhati in areas that will impact the business significantly, including Consumer Analytics, Behavioral Analytics and other data platform capabilities. With over 15 years of experience in data sciences across global majors like Goldman Sachs, LinkedIn and Electronic Arts, Sunil is extremely passionate about building Data Science teams and implementing learning models into real time production environments. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a Master’s of Business Administration from San Jose State University, California.