Moda Operandi, a leading platform for fashion discovery, has announced its hiring of Arpan Nanavati as chief technology officer.
Arpan will oversee the e-commerce organization’s global technology strategy, helping drive Moda Operandi’s growth through innovations in customer experience and designer partnerships. Nanavati will report to Moda Operandi CEO, Ganesh Srivats.
“At Moda, we’re focused on merging our fashion authority with prowess in technology and innovation — a combination we feel confident will drive our next phase of growth,” Srivats said. “Arpan has helped build some of the most advanced and now ubiquitous e-commerce products on the market, and we’re thrilled for him to bring that experience to Moda as we work to shape the future of the fashion industry for our customers and designers.”
Nanavati comes to Moda Operandi from WalmartLabs, where he most recently led technology for the organization’s Online Grocery division and was responsible for scaling the technology platform, seamless omnichannel customer experiences, and team. Prior to WalmartLabs, Nanavati worked at PayPal leading technology teams for products such as PayPal Checkout and has held various engineering leadership roles at Nickelodeon Studios, Zynga, and Adobe. Nanavati graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master’s Degree in Computer Science.
“I’ve always been drawn to organizations that encourage experimentation and insist on challenging the status quo, both values core to the DNA of Moda Operandi,” Nanavati said. “I’m excited to work alongside Ganesh and team to build this next phase of a people-led, technology-enabled Moda Operandi.”
