JioCinema makes key appointments to its tech leadership team

Viacom18-owned JioCinema has made new additions to its technology leadership team, including the appointment of Bharath Ram as the chief product officer (CPO). The appointments come at a time when the OTT platform is enhancing its tech expertise, agility, and speed to market to aid in scaling operations.

Along with his new role as the CPO, Ram will also lead the AdTech platform. He will report to Kiran Mani, CEO – Digital, Viacom18. Before JoCinema, he led the product and engineering functions at e-commerce website Flipkart. In the past, he has worked with companies such as Instagram and Amazon Prime Video. Ram holds an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Ohio State University and an MBA from Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

In addition to the new CPO, JioCinema is also onboarding a chief technical advisor and engineering leader for app experience. Vijay Sheshadri has been appointed as the chief technical advisor where he will be leveraging his experience in enterprise security, e-commerce, and large-scale distributed systems. He has held key roles at Swiggy, Amazon, and Symantec in the past. 

Further, Shoury Bhardwaj is joining the company as the engineering leader for app experience, search, recommendations, data & app backend platform. Like Ram, Bhardwaj also joins from Flipkart where he spent 12 years. In his most recent role, he led the product and engineering teams for new business initiatives. He holds an engineering degree from NIE, Mysore, and an MS from BITS, Pilani.

"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 of content and an unparalleled experience to our consumers,” company spokesperson said.