Upstox, an online brokerage firm, announced it has roped in Thippesha Dyamappa, former director of software development and international retail at Amazon, as its chief technology officer (CTO), according to ETCIO report.
Dyamappa led Amazon’s international consumer expansion for four years before quitting this month, as per his LinkedIn profile. He has previously worked with US-based travel tech firm Sabre Holdings for over a decade.
In his new role, Dyamappa will be tasked to upgrade Upstox’s technology stack as the Indian stock market is set for a few mega-initial public offerings in the coming months including those of state-owned behemoth Life Insurance Corporation of India and fintech firm Paytm.
Formerly called RKSV Securities, Upstox was founded in 2008 as a proprietary trading firm. It entered the retail brokerage space in 2012.
