Devdatta Potnis has decided to move on from Cosmos-Maya as Chief Growth Officer after a decade-long association with the company.
Presently the studio’s Chief Growth Officer, Dev joined the studio as head of sales in 2011 and was instrumental in getting the animation studio’s first domestic IP, Motu Patlu off the ground. The show is the biggest animation pop-culture phenomenon in India today, celebrating its ten-year milestone this year. In 2015 he planned another strategic move, diversifying the studio’s revenue streams by establishing one of the biggest digital kids’ networks globally, WowKidz, which has over 90 million subscribers worldwide across YouTube & Facebook. With Dev at the helm, the studio went on to produce a multitude of shows with leading kids’ broadcasters in India including Nickelodeon, Disney, Cartoon Network, Sony, Discovery and also cemented bonds with all the key OTT players like Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Voot, Zee5 & Disney+ Hotstar among others.
“It has been a pleasure working with this incredible company, ‘Cosmos-Maya’, and I thank the founders Ketan Mehta, Deepa Sahi and Anish Mehta who gave me the opportunity to grow this company, plan its strategic direction & take it to the stage where it is now India’s #1 animation studio. I owe a lot of my professional expertise & development to Cosmos-Maya and the team who will always be a special for me, personally & professionally. I wish them all the best for the future”, said Dev.
