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CoinSwitch appoints Sudheer Tumuluru as Head of Crypto Engineering

Sudheer Tumuluru has built and led bleeding-edge technology products at companies including Amazon Web Services, Expedia, and Flipkart Group.

CoinSwitch, India’s largest Crypto investing app, has appointed Sudheer Tumuluru as the Head of Crypto Engineering to lead the company’s efforts to build and reinforce the technology stack that drives crypto trading, exchange, and emerging crypto products.

Sudheer joins the Crypto unicorn from Myntra where he was the Vice President of Engineering.

A seasoned technology leader with over two decades of experience, Sudheer has built robust and highly-scalable Cloud, Big data and infrastructure platforms at tech companies in India and the US.

“CoinSwitch is expanding rapidly, building new and exciting offerings in crypto and non-crypto space as we evolve into India’s one-stop wealth-tech destination. A crucial part of this journey is a robust crypto tech stack that will reinforce our leadership in the crypto market even as we develop an assortment of asset classes. Sudheer’s expertise in building bleeding-edge technology platforms will drive this effort,” said Ashish Singhal, Co-founder and CEO, CoinSwitch.

“Crypto is a powerful technology tool that can positively reshape finance, business and the internet. As a technologist, I am thrilled to join CoinSwitch and dive deep into the efforts of building cutting-edge technological platforms in India,” said Sudheer Tumuluru, Head of Crypto Engineering, CoinSwitch.

Founded in 2017 by Ashish Singhal, Govind Soni, and Vimal Sagar Tiwari, and backed by blue-chip investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, Paradigm, and Coinbase Ventures, CoinSwitch is evolving into a wealth-tech destination for every Indian.

The Crypto unicorn has been strengthening its management team with leadership appointments, including Ramesh Bafna (Chief Financial Officer), Ashish Chandra (General Counsel), Jayaram Krishnan (Vice President, Product), Jayadevan PK (Senior Director, Communication and Content), Nishant Das (Global Head of Talent Acquisition), R. Venkatesh (Senior Vice President, Public Policy), and Zeeshan Ramlan (Director and Head of HR).