Shadowfax Announces Appointment of Shamik Sharma as the new Independent Board Director

Shadowfax has announced the appointment of Shamik Sharma as an Independent Board Director, another strategic hiring in quick succession. With this announcement, the company aims to bring in a strong technical and business mentorship as it pursues its fast growth trajectory. The company aims to focus on consistency, quality control, business planning along with financial acumen for overall robust growth in the long run.

Shamik brings many years of solid experience building technology-driven business in the Silicon Valley as well as in India. He was a successful tech entrepreneur in the Bay area, and also held senior roles at HP, Yahoo, RockYou & Lytro. Recently, as part of the leadership team at Myntra, he built and managed the product, engineering, UX and data-science teams. His deep business insights come from building strong teams and leading companies through different phases - including rapid growth, difficult economic times, periods of aggressive competition and successful exits. Shamik will be advising Shadowfax as an independent Board director for its extensive logistics business.

“Last-mile logistics is a core pillar of the new economy. Shadowfax is building a very important service which matches delivery partners with customer needs in real-time using technology. I am very excited to work with the really innovative team at Shadowfax to take the business to the next level”, said Shamik Sharma on his appointment as an Independent Director.

“It’s been amazing to bring Shamik on board who has aunique mix of large technical and business experience. We look forward to leverage his in-depth knowledge and expertise to help Shadowfax achieve the desired growth in a longer run” said Abhishek Bansal, Co-Founder &CEO, Shadowfax.

The company has multiplied its capabilities three-times, since its inception and has projected a 150% year-on-year growth for the next five years. Shadowfax has recently made two other strategic hires to its leadership team, as reported earlier.