Leadership
Ankur Dinesh Garg
Founder & CEO
Passionate about the eCommerce world from his days as a student at IIT, Ankur Dinesh Garg founded India’s leading independent provider of research and analysis for client’s competing in the “online” arena. During the 3 years since its founding, Wirefoot has established a strong brand identity and reputation for itself with clients ranging from start-ups to MNC’s. Prior to Wirefoot, Ankur helped to establish ANMsoft’s Web Technology business unit and led the growth of ANM’s Online Practice with numerous brand name successes. Ankur also led the formation of ANMsoft's North American business unit. During his tenure of ANM's Online Practice, revenues grew substantially over a 4 year period. During the course of his career, Ankur has helped numerous flagship clients including MagicBricks, SimplyMarry, Carrefour, IBM, Ferns N Petals, HomeShop18, Bata, and Indiatimes Shopping among others.
Ankur holds a B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering) and an M.Tech (Computer Aided Design & Automation) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
V Ram Seethepalli
Director
Ram has a proven track-record in leading and scaling online businesses with hands-on expertise in Operations, Sales, Marketing, Business Intelligence / Analytics, and Customer Service capabilities. In his most recent role, Ram was the Founder and CEO of Rang7.com an airline owned Online Travel Agency partnership. Prior to Rang7, Ram was the Managing Director - Asia Pacific for Cendant/Travelport's Consumer (Online) Business. During his tenure at Cendant, he helped create the business unit for the APAC region and managed it through a period of rapid growth & high profitability establishing a strong market presence in China, South East Asia, and Australia. Core businesses delivered on strategic goals and significantly exceeded financial objectives over a three year period with EBITDA growth of 220%. In addition, Ram led the formation of a JV and executed a market entry plan for China that achieved Year-1 forecasts (establishing the #3 ranked player in China).
Ram is an Investment Banker by training having worked in New York and Hong Kong for Lehman Brothers and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette with a specialisation in Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt / Equity financings.
Ram has an MBA from Columbia Business School with a concentration in Finance and Accounting.
