The company has appointed Bharath Ram as Chief Product Officer and Ad Tech Platform Lead. He will be reporting to Kiran Mani, CEO, Digital, Viacom 18.
He joins Viacom18 from Flipkart, where he led Product and Engineering functions for key charters including user growth, retention, new product innovation, and new categories.
Prior to Flipkart, Bharath worked with Instagram in the core product team in the US, focusing on ad revenue, ad auction systems, ad personalisation, user experience with ads, and advertiser experience. Bharath also worked at Amazon Prime Video, where he led personalisation and other key areas.
Vijay Sheshadri joins Viacom18 as Chief Technical Advisor. With over 25 years of industry experience, Vijay Sheshadri has an extensive background in enterprise security, e-commerce, and large-scale distributed systems.
Shoury Bhardwaj has joined as Engineering Leader for App Experience, Search, Recommendations, Data, and App Backend Platforms. Bhardwaj comes from Flipkart, where he spent 12 years working on various key areas of e-commerce. In his most recent role, he led the product and engineering teams for new business initiatives.Commenting on these appointments, a Viacom18 spokesperson said, “We are thrilled to welcome Bharath, Vijay, and Shoury to the Viacom18 family. Their expertise and leadership will be instrumental as we embark on the next phase of our ambitious growth journey. These appointments reflect our commitment to building a world-class tech platform that can deliver the best content and an unparalleled experience to our consumers.”
