Gireesh Sahukar

Gireesh Sahukar is the Vice President of Implementations & Customer Solutions. In this role, Gireesh is overseeing new customer implementations globally, and working with Sis and ISVs to deepen partnerships to offer customers easier-to-access composable ecosystem. Gireesh also advises CXOs of customers on innovation and growth opportunities for their digital businesses.

Prior to commercetools, Gireesh was the Vice President of Digital at Dawn Foods and oversaw Dawn's Digital Innovation Hub. In this role, Gireesh helped Dawn launch, grow and run eCommerce business, as the 100-year-old global bakery manufacturer and ingredients supplier looked ahead to its next hundred years. His leadership, insights and expertise helped bring Dawn's long-planned digital strategy to life to advance the business for customers.

Before joining Dawn, Gireesh was Director of Digital Architecture and Delivery at Keurig Dr Pepper, where he led direct-to-consumer eCommerce, data analytics, customer service and brand marketing teams. Previously, he held technology leadership positions at various companies, with a focus on digital transformation. A veteran of startups, Gireesh was part of teams that built leading companies and technologies acquired by GE, Oracle and Accenture.

Gireesh received his bachelor's degree (BS) in engineering from the BMS College of Engineering in Bangalore and his master's degree in information systems from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He currently lives in Boston with his wife and daughter.