The next phase of the web will be based on a push paradigm, where information will find you, instead of you finding information (the current search paradigm). And as information will increasingly find you (or get pushed to you), our goal is to ensure that information you get, is information you trust.
Towards this goal, we are building a "trusted platform". It is based on a few novel concepts. As we build this platform out, its features will be rolled out in phases. We are adopting an agile and rapid iterative development model.
We are medium and channel agnostic. What we care about is that a user can get information he/she trusts, on a medium, channel, device and format of his/her choice.
The team is comprised of :
Prior to CitiPals, Ashish headed up the engineering team for the Yahoo! STAR properties ( Shopping, Travel, Autos, Realestate ). He worked at Yahoo! the last 11 years on various e-commerce properties. Apart from leading various engineering teams, Ashish has a lot of expereience on the product and business aspects in the internet space. He holds a M.S in Computer Science from SUNY, Stony Brook. See more info on his LinkedIn profile.
Prior to CitiPals, Manish headed up the engineering team for Yahoo! Shopping Group ( Shopping, Real Estate, Classifieds and Auctions), a $100+ million business unit. He started working at Yahoo! 9 years ago, as an Engineer in the Ad Systems Group and has closely followed the internet industry as it has rapidly evolved in the past decade. He has been closely involved in the architecture and buildout of various backend systems over the years, and has also worked with cross-functional team members on areas like product strategy, business modeling and business development. Manish obtained his M.S. in Computer Science from SUNY - Albany. See more info on his LinkedIn profile.
Prior to joining CitiPals, Sunitha worked at Autologic, where she build a web application using java( JSP, JavaBeans, RMI & JINI ) and XML technologies. She has over 2 years of web related software development experience. She obtained her B.E. in Computer Science from Regional Engineering College, Warangal, India.
At Citipals, Saikat is responsible for media relations, content strategy & website optimization. Saikat completed his M.C.A. at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. Prior to Citipals, Saikat had been involved in enterprising web based startups, across various niche categories.
Vicky is located in Bombay. His background and work experience is in marketing and business development. He has worked at high tech companies in India over the past 6 years. Vicky obtained his M.B.A. from University of Bombay, with a specialization in Marketing.