Mr. Srinivas Savitala
Achiever's Success Story
By leveraging strong business acumen and comprehensive technical expertise to disrupt the retail, devices, and fashion industries with game-changing solutions and scale up global services- Mr. Srinivas Savitala shares his journey
Mr. Srinivas Savitala is a highly accomplished technology leader, offering proven success in defining strategy and directing both new and established teams in designing and bringing innovative products to market that generate millions of dollars in new revenue. Leverage strong business acumen and comprehensive technical expertise to disrupt the retail, devices, and fashion industries with game-changing solutions and scale up global services. He comes with 24+ years of industry experience, predominantly with Infosys, Microsoft, and Amazon (current job). After working for 10+ years in India (Hyderabad), he moved to the United States to pursue his professional dreams, and he is currently working at Amazon as Head of Engineering for the “Selling Partner Empowerment, Communities, and Trust” organization, leading Software engineering, Science and Analytics teams.
Some of his career highlights include: 1) Launching multimillion-dollar businesses for Amazon (Owned Returns, Upsells and Electronic Shelf Labels (for digital pricing and promotions)), including 100+ Amazon 4-Star, Amazon Books, and Amazon Fresh Stores; 2) launching key initiatives like Omnichannel (Buy Online Pickup in Store), Upsells (Subscriptions and Products), Returns (Instore and Online), and Digital Signage Experience (via 2 Million + Electronic Shelf Labels) at the Amazon Physical Stores Organization; 3) Launched a highly scalable platform, “Amazon Seller Forums,” a social hub for 2 million+ Amazon sellers worldwide, 4) Launching “Small Business” badges and certifications on Amazon Search and Detail pages that enable Amazon customers worldwide to discover small business products during their shopping journey. This badging solution helped realize 3 billion USD in sales for Prime Day 2022 and 3+ billion USD in sales for Prime Day 2023. 4) Launched “Black Owned Business” badges and certifications on Amazon Search and Detail pages that enable Amazon customers worldwide to discover Black Owned Business products during their shopping journey. 5) Led an 80+ team charter comprising software development managers, software development engineers, TPMs, ML/data scientists, and data and BI engineers across Seattle, Phoenix, Arlington, San Diego, and Bangalore in Selling Partner Services and Physical store organizations at Amazon, 6) Disrupted Physical Stores by installing millions of IOT devices (Electronic Shelf Labels for dynamic pricing and promotions in the stores), 7) Launched highly scaled and profitable Upsells (Credit Card Subscriptions and Digital Subscriptions (Prime, Audible, Kindle Unlimited, and Music Unlimited)) across 100+ Amazon Stores and 8) Launched Investigation and Case Management platforms for Amazon Legal Organization worldwide that saved compliance, litigation, and law enforcement teams over 10,000+ hours year-over-year.
He is currently pursuing the Chief Technology Officer Program at “The Wharton School of Business”. His long-term aspiration is to lead global teams and mentor budding engineers and entrepreneurs.
Throughout his illustrious career, he has received recognition and numerous honors from all the organizations he has worked for. At Microsoft, Amazon, Infosys, and Cognizant, he was recognized with more than 20 awards for his exceptional leadership and performance. “Marquis Who’s Who” in 2024 recognized him for his 2 decades of expertise in information technology and engineering for the important positions at Microsoft and Amazon during his two decades of recognition in the field of software engineering.
