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Chand Girdhar

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Director Software Engineering, Nike Geo & Marketplace Experiences - Retail (Stores) Commerce at Nike
📍 Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India

Chand is a technology leader at Nike with over two decades of experience driving large-scale digital transformation in retail, e-commerce, and banking. A graduate of BITS Pilani, he specializes in AI-led engineering and building cloud-native platforms. Colleagues describe him as tenacious, thorough, and a dedicated, delivery-focused leader.

Fueled by the rapid pace of technological change, Chand is a proponent of continuous learning and upskilling. He actively pursues knowledge in emerging fields like AI and Blockchain to stay at the forefront of innovation, viewing complex problems as opportunities for growth and modernization.

Unique fact: He is an IICA Certified Independent Director, possessing qualifications for corporate governance and strategic oversight at the board level.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Director Software Engineering, Nike Geo & Marketplace Experiences - Retail (Stores) Commerce
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India
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Retail Transformation
His work focuses on modernizing legacy systems to create seamless retail experiences, and he actively conceptualizes future industry states like "Retail Singularity."
AI-Led Engineering
He leads engineering teams at Nike and frequently writes about the strategic costs, implementation, and decision-making frameworks necessary for enterprise AI adoption.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Director Software Engineering, Nike Geo & Marketplace Experiences - Retail (Stores) Commerce
Nike
7-2022 - 5-2024
Director of Software Engineering - APLA - NIKE Marketplace & Partners , Demand & Supply Management
Nike
12-2016 - 7-2022
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Lowe's India
5-2005 - 12-2016
Application Development Project Manager
Accenture in India
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Education
11-2023 - 4-2024
Leadership with AI
Indian School of Business
2017 - 2020
Master of Technology - MTech
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
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