Gowrishankar TS

Gowrishankar TS

Senior Software Engineer

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  • About me

    Senior Manager, Product Management, Reach - Acquiring the next “100MM" at Amazon

  • Education

    • College of Engineering, Guindy

      2003 - 2007
      Bachelor of Engineering Mechanical Engineering
    • Indian School of Business

      2011 - 2012
      MBA Marketing & Strategy

      Activities and Societies: ISB Leadership Summit, Photography Club Won a number of b-plan case study competitions.Winners - Directi's Annual Case Study Competition - 2011-12Runners Up - ITC Case Study Competition - ISB - 2011-12Runners Up - Cognizant Business Consulting - Case Study Competition - (Held at MDI) - 2011-12

  • Experience

    • Infosys

      Nov 2007 - Aug 2010
      Senior Software Engineer

      Module Lead: (AT&T MSOC - C&E)Development using Java & J2EE technologies, Unix shell scripting and Oracle SQL. Preparation of High level design & Detailed design documents. Production support, Process optimization, bug fixes & development of highly critical web applications for AT&T management.

    • Personal Concern

      Aug 2010 - Apr 2012
      Entrepreneur

      • Product(Game Guides) Creation for Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Gameso Handled all aspects - Product design – Affiliate marketing including Affiliate acquisition – PPC & Media buy Campaigns – Anti Piracy - Website design & Sales Copy formulation and split testing. o Created multiple successful products (Games: Rift – DC Universe online – Star Wars MMO etc) Affiliate Marketing at Amazon.com,Clickbank.com

    • Myntra.com

      Jul 2012 - May 2014

      Digital Marketing (July 2012 - Ongoing)-Strategy & planning of Myntra's overall digital marketing roadmap . -Spend allocation across multiple channels to drive effective RoI, CPT & customer acquisitions.-Channel owner for Facebook advertising, Affiliate Program, Retargeting (3rd party & inhouse) and SEO. Also actively involved in Google SEM, Partnerships and Web Analytics. Good understanding of other digital channels like email/sms marketing.-Closely working with engineering to build products that drive efficiency and scale of our digital marketing initiatives.Firm understanding of tools like Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Nanigans(for FB advertising), RTB platforms etc.Customer Acquisitions (Oct 2012 - Ongoing)-Drive customer acquisitions by analyzing, identifying & activating levers that drive customer acquisitions. -Regular analysis of user behavior on site, purchase patterns (product mix, payment modes, cities etc.) and digital marketing channels (targeting efficacy, position in funnel, conversion assists etc.)-Using this understanding to effect onsite changes and campaign changes(to digital campaigns) to improve acquisitions.Mobile (Jan 2014 - Ongoing)-Business owner for mobile channel.-Developing the strategy and execution plan for Myntra's mobile journey (both mobile app and site). -Broad activities include mobile marketing, sales operations, analytics and reporting. Show less

      • Business Head - Mobile Marketing

        Apr 2014 - May 2014
      • Manager - Digital Marketing / Acquisitions / Mobile

        Jul 2012 - Mar 2014
    • Amazon

      Jun 2014 - now

      Currently leading product management for Gamification initiatives, Customer Lifecycle progression and Voice Shopping on the Amazon shopping app. Previously also led Mobile web initiatives, Amazon's light app strategy and the shopping aids platform. Leading Product management for Udaan and other initiatives to improve Reach for Amazon.in Leading Product Management for Project Udaan. I lead a small team of Senior Product Managers.

      • Senior Manager, Product Management

        Mar 2019 - now
      • Senior Manager, Product Management (Amazon Easy)

        Mar 2018 - Feb 2019
      • Manager, Product Management

        Jun 2014 - Mar 2018
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Google Analytics Individual Qualification

      Google
      Dec 2011
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Gowrishankar TS
      Platina Award – Client Engagement Category Infosys Aug 2009 Highest team award after “Infosys Awards for Excellence”Received perfect 7/7 score on ELF (Engagement Level Feedback) from client (on consecutive reviews).
    • Awarded to Gowrishankar TS
      Infosys Bravo Award Infosys Mar 2009 Bravo award (Spot Award) for excellence in process execution and implementation.
    • Awarded to Gowrishankar TS
      Code Champion - Infosys Awards for Excellence Infosys Technologies Dec 2008 Largest awards program for exceptional performance by employees.Based on coding competency measured by algorithm based coding contests.Featured in Annual Report to Shareholders – 2008-2009http://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filings/annual-report/annual/Documents/Infosys-AR-09.pdf