Dhilip kumar

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India26 yrs 2 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Achieved 50-60% D1 retention for casual games.
  • Cut art & design costs by 75% using AI.
  • Built and led teams from 0 to 300+.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Gaming and EdTech expert with a strong focus on user experience and product management.

Contact

dhilipsomesh@gmail.comLinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Creative DirectionProduct ManagementGame DevelopmentGame DesignRetention StrategiesUser Experience Design (ued)

Other Skills

3D Studio MaxAI WorkflowArtificial Intelligence (AI)Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)Business StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipDesign ThinkingDesign directionEducational TechnologyExecutive LeadershipGame MechanicsGame-based LearningGeneral ManagementIndustrial DesignInformation Architecture

About

Strategic Design, Product & Creative Leader with 20+ years scaling design orgs from 0→300+ while delivering 3× industry retention benchmarks, and multi-million-dollar cost savings. Known for blending creative direction and gamification, big-company scale, and startup speed: from AAA game art direction to AI-first pipelines F2P casual game that cut costs 75% and boost output. Proven record aligning creative vision with growth, retention, and product-market fit — hands-on player-coach, equally effective driving vision or building loops and systems from scratch. 🎯 IMPACT SNAPSHOT • 🚀 Achieved 50–60% D1 retention for casual games — 3× industry average • ⚙️ Cut art & design costs 75% with procedural AI production • 💰 Saved $12M+/yr via internal ops SaaS for support & CX • 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Built & led teams 0→300+, hiring veteran talent from DreamWorks, Pixar, Zynga • 🎮 Released 5 games with 1M+ users; bootstrapped studio to Top 5 in India

Experience

Gajabuja

Co-Founder

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Singapore · Hybrid

  • Built Gajabuja’s AI-first casual games from scratch .
  • Designed procedural content pipelines with AI that cut art/UX costs 75%, scaling output with lean teams.
  • building modular UX systems and PLG strategy driving viral growth with zero paid UA.
Creative DirectionUser Experience Design (UED)Product ManagementGame Development

Byju's

2 roles

Chief Design Officer

Sep 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Integrated gamified learning into K3–K12 products; scaled design org 0–300+ during rapid growth phase.
  • Designed ‘altruistic addiction’ retention frameworks driving multi-year user stickiness more than 70% and reducing CAC >10%
  • Launched Learnstation & Learn OS — pioneering learning hardware.
  • Created internal ops tool saving $12M+/yr for CX & CS.
  • Embedded AI ops, lean design, and behavior tracking into product roadmap.
Creative DirectionUser Experience Design (UED)Product ManagementRetention Strategies

Chief Creative Director, C staff

Oct 2019 – Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Wore multiple hats, serving as the Chief of Creatives and also oversaw the responsibilities of a Studio General Manager/Product Manager. My mission is to transform Byjus / OSMO into the leading educational platform, comparable to Apple in the industry.
  • To achieve this goal, I am focused on developing innovative behavioral frameworks that cultivate a sense of altruistic addiction to education, ultimately reducing Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC), by enhancing user retention and product market fit, I also implemented the AARRR pirate metrics framework and innovation accounting to ensure contextual optimization across all products.
  • Additionally, I lead the establishment of a cutting-edge epistemic learning Game studio consisting of 300 talented members. This studio follows lean and agile frameworks and comprises various departments, such as Product, Game Design, Development, Art, Learning Design, Production, Quality Assurance, Vision, Industrial Design. To Manufacturing
  • My approach is rooted in professionalism and metric driven thinking to drive success in the educational technology space.
Creative DirectionProduct ManagementRetention StrategiesGame Development

Inteligen games & robotic private limited

Co-Founder

Apr 2022 – Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Orions belt · On-site

  • Co-founded studio building games for lateral thinking and purposeful play.
  • Oversaw full stack: 0–1 prototypes, patent filings, GTM strategy, AI workflow tests for content scale.
  • Combined hardware design and game loops to create unique learning experiences.
Game DesignProduct ManagementAI WorkflowGeneral Management

Kapuchin games

Co founder \ product, design and operation

May 2014 – Jul 2020 · 6 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

  • Bootstrapped to India’s Top 5 casual game studio; studio acqui-hired by BYJU’S.
  • Released 4 games (Arkounauts, Rash Riders, Tiny Indians, Teen Patti Poker) with 35–50% D1 retention, 20%+ D7, Ludo Gold hit 1M+ users in 2 months.
  • Ran live ops, community engagement, A/B testing — built retention mechanics and monetization design ground up.
  • Hired & scaled veteran team from DreamWorks, Pixar, Zynga, Bain — known for lean, high-performance output.
User Experience Design (UED)Team BuildingGame Development

[24]7.ai india

Senior Director of design (ux / products)

Apr 2013 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr · bangalore area, india

  • As a Senior Director of Design, my role was to build 20 member full stack design team.
  • Applying Game Mechanics for SAAS to create more intended behaviour for users and call center agents.
  • Deploying Lean UX practises.
  • Some of the clients i have worked are
  • Visa,Adobe, Target etc.
User Experience Design (UED)Team BuildingProduct Management

Nullworld design studio

Investor

Jan 2013 – Jul 2020 · 7 yrs 6 mos · india

Dsk international campus

Tutor Master Class Vehicle design

Apr 2011 – Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Teaching final year students form innovation

Zynga

Executive Art\ Design Director and Producer

Mar 2011 – Apr 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Led art direction & design for CastleVille, Empires & Allies, new IPs — managed social F2P retention loops.
  • Streamlined global art pipelines for fast live ops updates; collaborated with multiple time zones.
  • Focused on optimizing engagement: seasonal content drops, monetization visuals, scalable asset systems.
User Experience Design (UED)Creative DirectionGame Development

Honor applied materials pvt ltd

Investor

Jan 2010 – Aug 2022 · 12 yrs 7 mos · Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Polymer industry , investor and Strategist.
  • Honor expertise in localising the expensive raw materials required for printing, pyro tech, binding, Packaging and paint etc.
  • One of the specialization is on binders.
  • Advice them on growth, circular economy, Lean manufacturing, business Analytics and customer retention strategies.

Zvky design studio

Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer

Mar 2009 – Mar 2014 · 5 yrs

  • Co-founded Zvky Design Studio, establishing it as India’s leading AAA art outsourcing studio.
  • Successfully scaled operations from inception to over 100 global projects with top-tier clients.
  • Developed innovative remote workflows and scalable systems, laying the groundwork for scalable service models.
Creative DirectionGame Development

Technicolor

Art & Design Director

Feb 2006 – Mar 2009 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Art & Design Director — helped establish India studio, scaled team 5–150; credits incl. Gears of War 2, God of War, Saints Row 2.

Exigent technologies

Studio art director

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr

  • Helped setting up an art outsource studio
User Experience Design (UED)Creative DirectionGame Development

Virgin comics

contract concept design consultant

Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 · 0 mo

  • Concept art

Digital juice

Virtual set Design Director

Jun 2004 – Oct 2006 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • I was the first employee for Digital juice ,was mainly working on team building setting values for artist ,creating pipline etc.....
  • handling broadcast Virtual set design library
  • Senior Lighting Artist/Texture artist/Senior motion Designer

Hospitality architects

Architect

Jan 2000 – May 2004 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Education

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Postgraduate Degree — Product management

Jul 2022 – Jun 2023

National Institute of Design

pgdpa

Jan 2002 – Present

Thiyagarajar school of architecture

B Arch — Architecture

Jan 1995 – Jan 2000

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

PG — product management

Mar 2019 – Apr 2020

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