Realty portal, Housing.com has announced the appointment of Ashish Laghate as AVP- Product. The company saw a slew of exits of its leadership team since the last year following the ouster of its former CEO Rahul Yadav. Recently, three co-founders Abhishek Anand, Ravish Naresh and Sanat Ghosh quit the company to start a new HR startup 

Prior to his appointment, Ashish was an entrepreneur and founded Healthtec in January 2015 to develop a product that provides real-time health care and monitoring to people in rural areas through mobile technology. Ashish worked extensively in brand, product management and technology strategy functions at Amazon, Time Magazine and the Washington Post. At Housing.com, he will focus on developing world class consumer products and innovation.

Snehil Buxy, Chief Product Officer, Housing.com said, “This entire year our focus is to grow steady and strong by solving pain points in the buy and sell real-estate segment. In terms of product innovation, our team will be working to improve existing features and make new additions to add value for buyers at every step of their home buying journey. Ashish’s lineage in the start-up, technology and consumer service world will be a great addition and motivation for the team.”

Ashish Laghate, AVP – Product, Housing.com, said “Housing.com is one of the rare products that has the ability to change lives of millions of people. It is determined to bring transparency in the real estate ecosystem and empower home-buyers, which is a hallmark of great companies. I’m extremely thrilled about the new role at Housing.com.  I believe my ability to discern what users want and incorporate that in the existing ecosystem will be an added advantage in making our service offering even more robust for home buyers.”

Ashish holds a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and a Bachelors of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, India