MobiKwik appoints Virender Bisht as Chief Technology Officer

MobiKwik, a leading mobile wallet, has appointed Virender Bisht as its Chief Technology Officer. Bisht comes from MakeMyTrip.com, where he was the Vice President, Technology looking at Payments and Mobile domains, the company said in a statement. He comes with over 14 years of diverse experience and has worked with companies like Educomp, Studyplaces.com, TribalFusion, Exponential, and TCS. At MobiKwik, Virender will oversee all aspects of product research and development, user experience design and tech infrastructure. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra.

Bipin Preet Singh, Founder CEO, MobiKwik said, “Bringing Virender on board is one of our many steps towards constantly enhancing the technology behind our product. We are a product focused start-up and we believe that creating wow payment experiences for our consumers will result in strong acceptance of our Digital Wallet. With Virender’s background, we are certain that he will play a critical role in creating a robust Engineering team and a culture of Excellence at MobiKwik which will further reflect in our product. We are aggressively hiring and plan to double the strength of our technology team of Android engineers, Java engineers, Server engineers, UI frontend engineers, and UX designers.

Virender’s appointment comes as a part of MobiKwik’s steady wave of expansion. The 90 people Wallet company plans to make other strategic appointments in the near future. It has announced plans to hire a Chief Marketing Officer, Head of Business Development & Partnerships and Head of Products over the next 2-3 months. MobiKwik has been witnessing unprecedented growth with an increasing user base and partnerships with leaders in all e-commerce categories. The key appointments in the organization are designed to contribute significantly to MobiKwik’s growth story.

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