Ravi Krishnaswamy joins InMobi as new Chief Technology Officer

InMobi has appointed Ravi Krishnaswamy as its Chief Technology Officer. Ravi brings in more than 20 years of enterprise and internet domain experience as a strategic technology leader, focussed on developing large-scale infrastructure and platforms at global organizations like Microsoft. Most recently, Ravi was the Senior Vice-President of Engineering at Flipkart, responsible for leading the infrastructure and platforms group. He also headed the e-commerce provider’s logistics wing.

Speaking on the new appointment, Naveen Tewari, Founder & CEO, said, “We are pleased to welcome Ravi to the InMobi leadership team. His breadth of experience across the mobile industry, the start-up ecosystem and his expertise as a technology leader is a successful combination in driving our technology portfolio.”

At InMobi, Ravi will lead the company’s technology strategy and innovation agenda supporting the organization’s tech vision in big data and AI. His key mandate will include evaluating where the biggest technical opportunities and risks are and helping nurture a culture of innovation within InMobi’s engineering organization.

Commenting on the new joining, Ravi Krishnaswamy, says, “InMobi has been a bellwether company for Indian start-ups. It was India’s first unicorn and one of the only global tech-product companies built from the ground up in India. I’m excited to be part of a team that has been the stuff of folklore, and has been home to India’s brightest tech minds. I am looking forward to taking InMobi’s global tech dream into the next sphere of growth and data-driven innovation.”

Before joining Microsoft, Ravi co-founded a technology start-up in the bay area in the mid-90s, specializing in mobile enterprise network management. As an entrepreneurial enthusiast and angel investor, Ravi mentors technology start-ups in his spare time and is also an advisor to start-ups like BookMEDs and Xampr, among others. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois.