Licious, India’s tech-powered D2C fresh meat and seafood brand, has announced the appointment of Himanshu Verma as Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO). In its sixth year of operations, the Bengaluru-based brand is focused on disrupting the industry with tech-based solutions and approached Tech-head search firm, Purple Quarter to meet their CXO-level requirement.
An industry veteran with over two decades of experience, Himanshu’s last assignment was with Amazon, where he served as Director of Product & Engineering. Prior to that, Himanshu has served as CTO at Yatra.com, an online travel company in India. During his 25-year-long career, Himanshu had leadership stints with technology companies such as Flipkart, Yahoo!, and Oracle, to name a few.
Commenting on the new appointment Abhay Hanjura and Vivek Gupta, Co-founders, Licious, said, “We are happy to have Himanshu on board with us. As Licious embarks on the next phase of growth, we are confident that his rich experience in building technology for transforming the supply chain and enhancing customer experience will help us chart a new path to success. We look forward to working with Himanshu to continue raising the bar as a market and category leader in the evolving protein-based food space.”
Roopa Kumar, Founder & COO, Purple Quarter added, “Licious’ mandate to Purple Quarter was very clear – an experienced and dynamic tech visionary to steer their valued offerings in tandem with their rapid scale. We are beyond thrilled to have played a part in this perfect match between Licious and Himanshu.”
On his new stint, Himanshu Verma, CPTO, Licious, said, “I am delighted to join Licious at this point in its growth journey. It is not just a category leader, but also a category creator and presents a once in a lifetime opportunity to reimagine a large industry using technology as a driver. As a customer-centric and value-driven organization, Licious is in a great position to deeply impact the large protein-based food industry via technology in years to come and I am excited to be part of this inspiring story,” adding “I extend my thanks to the Purple Quarter team for facilitating my move at the right time and ensuring a seamless end-to-end process.”
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