{"id":1999,"date":"2019-02-01T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-names-amazon-executive-dave-lakshmanan-new-chief-technology-officer\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:50:36","slug":"asi-names-amazon-executive-dave-lakshmanan-new-chief-technology-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-names-amazon-executive-dave-lakshmanan-new-chief-technology-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Names Amazon Executive Dave Lakshmanan New Chief Technology Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

TREVOSE, PA \u2013 February 1, 2019 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0Advertising Specialty Institute\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(ASI) today announced
\nit has named former Amazon executive Dave Lakshmanan its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the ASI Family of Companies.
\nMr. Lakshmanan will lead software development, product design and infrastructure that supports all ASI products and services. ASI\u2019s flagship product, the technology platform ESP\u00ae<\/sup>, has nearly 1 million promotional products and manages the industry\u2019s supply and marketing chain.<\/p>\n

At ASI, Mr. Lakshmanan reports to Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI, the largest membership organization in the $24.7 billion promotional industry, with a network of over 23,500 distributors and suppliers throughout North America. The ASI Family of Companies consists of ASI, ASI Show and ASI Computer Systems Inc., an industry\u00a0provider of innovative accounting and systems software.<\/p>\n

\u201cDave is an experienced leader with a successful track record of building e-commerce applications on mobile and web platforms, and I\u2019m thrilled to welcome him to our team,\u201d said Mr. Andrews. \u201cHe has the exact skill set needed to lead us during a critical time for the industry, when user-friendly products, a simplified shopping experience, super-fast delivery and the very best customer service are of utmost importance.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the past five years, Mr. Lakshmanan worked at Amazon in three e-commerce businesses. Most recently, he served as the director leading the software engineering teams that built customer-facing apps for Amazon Fresh. He previously served as CTO of Quidsi, a retail operation owned and integrated into Amazon, with 10 million active users, and as vice president of software development for Amazon\u2019s Audible, whose mobile and web apps are used by 40+ million users worldwide.<\/p>\n

Before joining Amazon, Mr. Lakshmanan was at Experian, the consumer credit company, and spent 10 years with increasing responsibility at Bloomberg Financial Markets. Mr. Andrews said he wanted a CTO able to solidify ASI\u2019s position as the leading technology provider in the promotional products space and chose Mr. Lakshmanan from a field of 100 candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cDave was our clear number-one choice,\u201d Mr. Andrews said. \u201cThree key attributes impressed me the most about Dave: He has a proven ability to work collaboratively with his peers and with customers, has a transparent operating style, and he believes strongly in training and mentoring team members to help them grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Lakshmanan earned his master\u2019s in computer science from Temple in 1992. He earned his bachelor\u2019s in computer engineering from Shivaji University in India in 1988.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Sukanya, live in Lawrenceville, NJ, and are the parents of two boys and a girl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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