Kolkata: Mobile gaming company Octro Inc has announced the appointment of Arup Das as chief technology officer. He will be based in its Delhi-NCR office.

Das is a seasoned business leader who brings more than 23 years of experience in areas such as ERP, Data Science / Data Engineering, Cloud Computing, and other digital offerings. He most recently served as chief technology officer (CTO) & chief product officer (CPO) at a fintech company, Goals101. His past professional stints also include Aristocrat Technologies, R&D, Cisco, and Nucleus Software.
Octro Inc CEO Saurabh Aggarwal said, "We are very excited to have Arup on board with us as our CTO. Octro as a company has grown over the last many years and as we embark on our next phase of growth, I am confident that Arup, with his experience and expertise, will be able to contribute to Octro’s growth and enable us to take Octro to the next level. We look forward to working closely with Arup and achieve bigger goals while creating scalable leisure options for the world at large”.

On his joining, Das said, "The online gaming space has always been exciting to me, and with the recent growth it has witnessed in India & globally, I am even more ecstatic to have an opportunity to work with Octro Inc, a pioneer in this space. I am looking forward to adding value to the organization and be an integral part of Octro’s journey in becoming one of the leading gaming companies worldwide”.

Das is an MBA (Palmer Scholar) from the Wharton Business School, MS in Computer Vision / Image Processing from the University of Calgary, and a BE in Computer Science (University Gold Medalist) from Jadavpur University.