Ola appoints Sunil Shirguppi as Vice President, engineering

Shirguppi will head customer engagement and communication platforms for engineering

Ola, India’s leading mobile app for transportation, announced Friday 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.
 
“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”, said Ankit Bhati, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Ola.

 
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.

“Transportation has become a major part of our lives and Ola has made the experience seamless for both consumers and drivers in India like never before. Data plays an important role in optimising different aspects of a fast growing network like Ola’s and I am excited to be a part of this new journey with a company that has redefined mobility in the country within a short span of time”, said Sunil Shirguppi, Vice President - Engineering, Ola.