The Tech Factor - A Purple Quarter Podcast
The Tech Factor by Roopa Kumar – A Purple Quarter Podcast brings you straight into the minds of the brightest tech leaders shaping today’s digital landscape. We chat with innovators and decision-makers from startups and enterprises to explore the evolving world of technology, leadership, and disruption.
Join us as we host industry pioneers like Varun Dua (Founder & CEO, ACKO), Aruna Rajan (Director, Google), Dale Vaz (ex-CTO, Swiggy), Rahul Chari (Founder & CTO, PhonePe), Jyoti Ahuja (Engineering Leader, Microsoft), Pradeep Desai (Group CTO, DP World), Abhinav Yajurvedi (ex-Group CTPO, PharmEasy), and many more, as they share their journeys, challenges, and insights.
Backed by Purple Quarter, a leading CTO search firm that has mapped over 15,000+ tech leaders globally, the podcast is a window into the experiences of those driving technological change. With a clientele spanning Walmart, DP World, UiPath, Swiggy, Razorpay, BrowserStack, InMobi, ACKO, PharmEasy, Urban Company, Clari, and beyond, Purple Quarter is at the forefront of tech leadership hiring.
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The Tech Factor - A Purple Quarter Podcast
S5 E10 | AI-Powered Supply Chains, Data-Driven Decision Making & Differential Leadership with Ajit Narayanan, Licious
Discussing the critical shift of building platforms for scale in B2B to focusing on agility and personalisation in B2C in complex domains like fresh food supply chains, we have tech visionary Ajit Narayanan in this riveting The Tech Factor episode. As the current CTPO of Licious, Ajit shares his journey from corporate giant SAP to founding startups and his transition from Myntra to Licious. His experiences have empowered him to drive innovation across B2B and B2C domains, from implementing AI-driven fashion models at Myntra to managing intricate, real-time inventory challenges at Licious.
Ajit offers forward-looking thoughts on omnichannel commerce, the future of supply chains, and the increasing role of AI in customer experiences and business optimization. In the course, he touches upon innovations like demand prediction, inventory rebalancing, and leveraging machine learning to optimize supply chain efficiency.
The loaded conversation dives further into Ajit’s leadership philosophy, his eclectic passion for music as a lead guitarist, and how both have shaped his approach to mentoring and building strong engineering teams.