iXiGO.com Appoints Abhishek Sharma as VP, Operations & Product
iXiGO.com Appoints Abhishek Sharma as VP, Operations & Product Platform
NEW DELHI, May 17,2012-
iXiGO.com Expands Leadership Team to Drive the Next Phase of Growth
iXiGO.com, India’s leading travel search engine announced the appointment of Abhishek
Sharma as Vice President, Operations & Product Platform. In this role, Mr. Sharma would be
responsible for driving the company’s operations, product platform and content strategy as
a part of its management team.
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Prior to joining iXiGO.com, Mr. Sharma’s professional experience spans across 13 years
of strategic and operational leadership at young companies. In his previous roles,
Abhishek was the Co-Founder and Head of India Operations of Tenmarks Education Inc, a
leading online education provider, the Co-Founder and CEO of QSquare Technologies Pvt Ltd,
a software and usability quality testing venture and the Head of Quality of XChanging’s
Indian operations. Having mentored several startups, Abhishek is passionate about scaling
companies and implementing operational best-practices. Abhishek is a six-sigma black belt
and an MDBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies.
Speaking on his new role, Abhishek said, “I’ve been passionate about start-ups, online
products, scalability and usability, so I am definitely excited about this opportunity.
iXiGO’s team and products have been at the forefront of innovation in the Indian online
travel industry, and there is a huge opportunity in simplifying the lives of travelers
through consumer-centric travel research and trip planning products.”
Abhishek Sharma joins the growing iXiGO leadership team as the company embarks on the
next phase of growth. “Abhishek’s past entrepreneurial experience and proven skills in
scaling businesses will be a valuable asset for iXiGO. He brings great team building
capabilities, content management acumen, and eye for detail to the table and we’re excited
to have him on board to help us in taking iXiGO to the next level.” said Aloke Bajpai, CEO
& Co-Founder, iXiGO.com.
iXiGO.com has been known for its industry-first product innovations. Earlier this
year, iXiGO.com launched India’s first full-featured travel app for Android phones and a
unique search platform for Facebook & Twitter that understands and responds to flight
searches made in natural language by users of social media platforms. iXiGO.com is also
beta-testing a new multi-city flight search feature and has released a sneak preview of
its upcoming trip planning product at http://www.ixigo.com/q.
About iXiGO.com:
iXiGO.com (http://www.ixigo.com) is South Asia’s leading online & mobile travel
search engine. Launched in 2007 by IIT, INSEAD and Amadeus alumni, iXiGO.com consolidates
search results from 100+ airlines, hotels, trains, bus booking sites & online travel
portals to find the best travel deals. iXiGO’s utility and ease of use have made it a top
travel search engine almost entirely through word-of-mouth from satisfied users.
Headquartered in Gurgaon, India, iXiGO.com has won several awards including the NASSCOM
Top-10 Emerge and the TiE-Lumis Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards, 2010. iXiGO.com is an
investee company of SAIF Partners & MakeMyTrip Limited. For more information about
iXiGO.com, visit http://www.ixigo.com [http://www.ixigo.com ] or m.ixigo.com [http://m.ixigo.com
] (mobile). Keep up with iXiGO.com updates on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/iXiGOcom
[http://www.facebook.com/iXiGOcom ] and on Twitter @ixigorocks
[http://twitter.com/#!/ixigorocks ]
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