Komli Media expands it's leadership team

Komli Media, Asia Pacific's leading media technology platform company, today announced the appointment of three leaders to its management team:  Apurva Dalal joins as VP & Head of Engineering from Google, Rahul Bhargava joins as VP & Head of Products from American Express and Ashwin Puri joins as VP & Head of Global Business Development from Vuclip.  Dalal will be responsible for building and scaling the Company’s technology platforms. Bhargava will be responsible for defining Komli’s product vision across all platforms including display, mobile, social and video.  Puri will lead the Company’s global business development and strategic alliances group.

“Komli Media is focused on creating innovative advertising solutions for customers across the digital spectrum.  These three key additions underscore the investment we are making to support our fast-paced growth,” said Prashant Mehta, CEO of Komli Media. “Apurva, Rahul and Ashwin have consistently demonstrated their strengths in innovation leadership, superior execution and the ability to scale across markets and products in high-growth environments. I am really excited about adding this winning combination to our global leadership team and the added momentum it will bring to Komli.”

Apurva Dalal will drive the Company’s overall engineering and research vision to bring industry-leading technology solutions to customers.  He has more than 20 years of experience designing large-scale software systems, creating search infrastructure and building technology teams.   Dalal joins Komli most recently from Google where he established the enterprise cloud computing R&D center at Google Hyderabad. During his seven-year tenure, he also led software engineering teams for AdWords, data warehousing and developer infrastructure.  Prior to Google, Dalal spent five years at eBay’s Silicon Valley offices, leading software engineering efforts for the search and high performance computing divisions.  Dalal holds an MBA from University of Dallas and a Bachelors in Technology in Computer Science from Mumbai University.

Rahul Bhargava is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Komli products, including crafting the Company’s product strategy, defining the road map and executing the go-to market plans.  Bhargava brings over 20 years of experience in engineering, product, and business management for technology-driven products.  Most recently, Bhargava was VP/GM of Digital Payments at American Express.  Previously, Bhargava led the Global Merchant Solutions team at Paypal, where during his seven-year tenure, he built several online merchant payment products, scaling them from inception to several hundred million dollars in revenue.  Bhargava earned a Bachelors in Technology from IIT Delhi, an MS from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ashwin Puri will be responsible for business development and strategic alliances for Komli Media globally, including publisher relationships, data and technology partnerships and M&A activity. Prior to Komli, Ashwin spent over 12 years in the mobile and consumer space in the US and APAC in product and business development roles at Sprint, VeriSign and Vuclip. Ashwin holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelors in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from Pune University.

Komli Media continues to focus on hiring and retaining team members who are passionate about addressing key challenges and opportunities in digital advertising.  With these significant hires, the Company is poised to scale its business significantly.