Ex-Shaadi.com Chief, Siddharth Sharma joins InVideo as CTO

Popular online video editing platform InVideo has appointed Mr Siddharth Sharma as its new CTO. An IIM alumnus, Sharma, has contributed to the growth of several start-ups and also big brands in his illustrious career. His latest stint was in popular matchmaking platform Shaadi.com. Mr Sanket Shah, CEO of InVideo, said, “We are building the best tech team in India. Further, with SVS coming in, I’m looking forward to a rock-solid tech team + culture.”

From Mr Siddharth Sharma

Mr Siddharth Sharma, new CTO of InVideo, stated his excitement at joining the team. He says, "InVideo is solving a very hard technical problem in a blue ocean space. The startup energy is unbeatable and coupled with the rigour of the process, it makes for very thrilling engineering and to lead this team is a great privilege. Humbled with this opportunity, I look forward to contributing to InVideo’s skyrocketing growth.”

Commenting on his responsibilities as the CTO of InVideo, Mr Sharma said, “I’ll balance building the right product and building the product right, along with building the product right now!” He added, “I believe that people in the trenches should be fully autonomous, able to make decisions that align with the company’s goals by serving the user better. And it is the job of leadership to set the context, the guardrails, and then get out of the way.”

Mr Sharma took it to Twitter to announce his joining.

Professional Update - Friday was my last day as CTO of People Interactive where I spent the last 3+ years building (or should I say re-building) https://t.co/xCG575Epyj and https://t.co/5wUBC2ESJA.

Today I join @InVideoOfficial as CTO.

— svs 🇮🇳 (@_svs_) December 14, 2020

Interestingly, Anupan Mittal, founder of People Group, also joined in the conversation and wished him luck for a new journey. The development comes after the brand launched a unique hiring initiative and rolled in popular stand-up comic Rahul Subramanian for the campaign. In probably a first, InVideo also leveraged LinkedIn’s algorithm to reach out to engineers from all over the country.