Rajesh Uppalapati in

Rajesh Uppalapati

Login to view DISC.
Chief Product And Technology Officer at Nykaa
📍 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Rajesh Uppalapati is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Nykaa, leading a 600-person organization. With over two decades of experience at Amazon and Intuit, he specializes in digital and AI transformation, large-scale platform reliability, and ML systems. He holds a Masters from the University of Arizona and a Bachelors from Osmania University.

Outside of his extensive tech career, Rajesh has previously shown interest in personal health optimization. In the past, he has been described as a vegetarian with a sweet tooth who sought lifestyle programs that didnt require extensive gym time, focusing on sustainable diet changes instead.

Unique fact: He once adopted a specific diet to lose seven kilos in eight weeks, tailored for a busy, gym-hating professional.

Read the full overview →
Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Chief Product And Technology Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Personality Overview

How Rajesh shows up

Communication Style
Decision Approach
Work Preference

Behavioral traits and communication patterns that shape how this person evaluates opportunities, builds trust, and makes decisions in professional settings.

Login to view personality overview.
Priorities

Topics Rajesh cares about

Generative AI
Leads Nykaa's mission to use GenAI, specifically mentioning coding assistants and analytics copilots to significantly enhance developer productivity and data-driven decisions.
Customer Personalization
Focuses on personalizing the customer's discovery experience, stating, "We don't want to show the same discovery experience to every consumer. "
+5 more topics Login to view topics
Career

Work history

11-2022
Chief Product And Technology Officer
Nykaa
4-2021 - 11-2022
Vice President of Product Engineering
Intuit
2-2017 - 4-2021
Director / Head of Engineering - Consumer Reach & Engagement.
Amazon
1-2016 - 1-2017
Sr. SDM and Head of Engineering for A.in Customer Acquistion, P2P marketplace & Category Experiences
Amazon
10-2012 - 12-2015
Sr. Engineering Manager and CTO, Junglee.com
Amazon
In the press

Media appearances

Who is the CTO of Nykaa? Rajesh Uppalapati's Bio. Featured in Clay
See now
Nykaa's CTO on Fostering a Culture Open To Change. Featured in Bloomberg
+4 more appearances Login to view media
Education
1999 - 2001
Masters
University of Arizona
1995 - 1999
Bachelor of Engineering
Osmania University
Social presence
in
Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

DISC behavioral profile

Dominance, influence, steadiness, and calculativeness scores with guidance on how this person prefers to communicate and decide.

Login to view DISC.

Other Nykaa Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals.

More profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Unlock the full playbookSee exactly how to sell to Rajesh. Free, 10 seconds.