75 stores8.9M+ POS rows15+ platforms
Portrait of Abul Barakath

Abul Barakath

Head of Tech & Strategy, Ventota Retail (Miniso India) · M.Sc. Data Science & AI, BITS Pilani · MBA · Ex-Tango Eye, TCNS, ABFRL

Transforming retail operations with computer vision, data warehousing and automation.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Contact info · 500+ connections

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  • Ventota RetailMiniso India franchisee
  • BITS PilaniM.Sc. Data Science & AI
  • Anna UniversityMBA, General Management
Retail operations P&L ownership Retail-tech builder

I ran the stores.
Then I built
what runs them.

I'm Abul Barakath. Nine years in retail, from the counter at Van Heusen to leading technology and strategy for a 75-store Miniso India franchise. I have sold retail-tech as a vendor, bought it as an operator, and built it in-house.

CAREER RECEIPT
ABUL BARAKATH · CHENNAI, TN
STATEMENT · FEB 2018 – NOV 2026
9Years in retail2018→
4Brands: ABFRL, Miniso, TCNS, Tango Eye
75Stores on my systemslive
600+Employees on my platforms
8.9MPOS rows warehousedSQL
15+Platforms built end-to-end
25Stores in my zone P&L3 metros
MONTHLY REVENUE~₹30 Cr
run on systems I own
VERIFIED · RETAIL OPS × TECH
9
years in retail, shop floor to leadership
~₹10 Cr
monthly zone P&L I have owned
~₹30 Cr
monthly revenue across 75 stores, on my systems
15+
platforms designed, built and deployed
01 · Approach

Three sides of the same counter

Retail technology works when the people building it understand the shop floor. I have run stores and zones, sold retail-tech to leading brands, and built the systems a 75-store business runs on.

Operated

The floor

Store manager, cluster head, zonal head. Sales, stock accuracy, rostering, mall leasing, and a ~₹10 Cr monthly zone P&L across Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore.

ABFRL · Miniso India · TCNS — 2018 to 2025
Sold

The vendor

Customer success at Tango Eye, an AI computer-vision platform later acquired by Lenskart. Turned CCTV footage into conversion and productivity actions for Nykaa, SUGAR, Lenskart, GIVA and more.

Tango Eye — 2023 to 2024
Built

The stack

Head of Tech & Strategy. Android and iOS apps, the HRMS, payroll, analytics warehouse, footfall vision, audits and invoice automation that 600+ people and the leadership team run the business on.

Ventota Retail — 2025 to 2026
02 · Journey

Seven roles since 2018

Every step widened the scope: one customer, one store, a cluster, a flagship, a client book, a zone, then the whole company's systems. Click a bar to jump to that role.

Operated · store & zone Sold · vendor side Built · tech & strategy
03 · Platforms

Built in-house, running in 75 stores

Designed, built and deployed end to end on ventota.store. Each one replaced a spreadsheet, a WhatsApp group or a phone call.

Footfall analytics · entrance cam 01Live
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Out0
In store0

Illustrative simulation of the counting-line logic I built on existing DVR/NVR cameras. Production counts refresh every minute.

8.9M+POS rows in a PostgreSQL warehouse with scheduled materialized views

From vendor to builder

At Tango Eye I sold footfall analytics to retailers. At Ventota I built it myself on the cameras already in the ceiling, then wired it into the same dashboards that show sell-through and store productivity.

Employers and client brands
04 · Learning

Education & credentials

A computer science degree and an MBA, with a master's in Data Science & AI from BITS Pilani starting January 2027.

Education

M.Sc., Data Science & Artificial IntelligenceAdmittedBITS PilaniJan 2027 cohort
MBA, General Management2021 – 2023Anna University, Chennai
BSc, Computer Science2013 – 2016University of Madras

Recognition

CEO
AWARD

Certificate of Appreciation for Ideating & Executing Innovative PlansFrom the CEO, Ventota Retail (Miniso India franchisee), July 2020. For building the company's e-commerce site in-house with no third-party support.

Skills

P&L and store economicsRetail operationsCategory & assortment planningD2C & omni-channelQuick commerceBrand & experiential retailVendor negotiationTeam leadershipPlatform & systems ownershipCustomer success & retentionSQL · Power BI · Excel

Certifications