Parth Shah — Co-Founder

In this ever-changing world, the only attribute I constantly keep myself associated with is Hustle. Hi, I am Parth Shah. I am currently working with Mesa as a part of the Founding Team. I have completed my PGP from Masters’ Union. I led the EdTech Club as the President and Masters’ Union Investment Fund as a Core Investor. A few of my recent achievements 🥇 -National 1st (1/500), GTM Strategy and Implementation Challenge- HealthCare, ISB Hyderabad, awarded a PPI from Karkinos Healthcare -National 3rd (3/100), a 48-hour EdTech Start-up Weekend Challenge, Pitch to real investors, Masters’ Union Campus -Institute 1st (1/160), Marketing Hackathon Competition - Devising a GTM Strategy for the Retail Brand Gourmax Previous Experience: 1) Go-to-market Leadership and Strategic Initiatives: -Market Sizing, Business Development and GTM strategy for a new product -Highest rated in-house Lead to Payment Conversion through Expert Session for prospective students, Generating a business of about 40 million and increasing Lead to Payment Conversion (L2P) from 0.7% to 2.4%📈 2) Leadership and Stakeholder Management: -Received three fast-track promotions in 2.8 years (average:5 years), in a team of 60+ members -Led merger with a new firm called Rekrut; retained 90% of employees and increased productivity by 2x in the next two quarters If you are an ambitious entrepreneur raising funds for your start-up at the pre-seed or series A level, feel free to get in touch with me at parth.shah@mastersunion.org Alternatively, if you want someone to help you scale your business in the Edtech/Fintech/FMCG space, let's catch up over a cup of coffee and chat about it!

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the EdTech sector with a focus on business development and market expansion.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 10 yrs 5 mos

Skills

Business Strategy
Project Management

Career Highlights

Achieved national recognition in GTM strategy competitions.
Led successful initiatives impacting thousands of learners.
Rapid career progression with three promotions in under three years.

Work Experience

Mesa School of Business

Head, Program and Learning Exp (3 yrs)

upGrad

Senior Manager - Strategic Initiatives (11 mos)

Program Manager-Corporate Relations (1 yr 2 mos)

Assistant Manager, Careers (1 yr 7 mos)

Ediffy

Business Development Executive (11 mos)

Vidyavardhini's College of Engineering and Technology

Chairman, Training and Placement Cell (2 yrs 9 mos)

Secretary, VCET IEEE-SB (2 yrs 9 mos)

Education

PGP-TBM at Masters' Union

BE - Bachelor of Engineering at Vidyavardhini's College of Engineering and Technology

Parth Shah

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Achieved national recognition in GTM strategy competitions.
Led successful initiatives impacting thousands of learners.
Rapid career progression with three promotions in under three years.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the EdTech sector with a focus on business development and market expansion.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyProject Management

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness NetworkingCommunicationConsultingDigital MarketingGo-to-Market StrategyHTMLJavaLeadershipManagementMarketingMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft PowerPoint

About

Experience

Mesa school of business

Head, Program and Learning Exp

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Upgrad

3 roles

Senior Manager - Strategic Initiatives

Promoted

Jul 2021 – Jun 2022 · 11 mos

Business StrategyOperations ManagementPeople ManagementProject ManagementMicrosoft Office

Program Manager-Corporate Relations

Apr 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

Project ManagementBusiness StrategyPeople ManagementNegotiationMicrosoft Office

Assistant Manager, Careers

Aug 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

Leading a team of 8 Brilliant Minds.
My role at upGrad resonates with deeply understanding our consumers (learners) and strategizing a Corporate outcome plan accordingly. The Career Coach team helps me derive the insights on our students’ expectations, profile and their Career Roadmap while the Partnerships team works closely on each of these elements with the Corporates' to strike the right chord between the Company requirements and Learner Expectations.

Ediffy

Business Development Executive

Jun 2017 – May 2018 · 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Responsible to liaison with colleges and institution and enable the collaboration between the project teams to deliver solutions to match the educationist's needs to reach maximum reach in the student communities
● Assisted in building a partnership with 42 new educational institutes
● Implemented and Maintained online testing platform, bus tracking system and payroll and performed payroll and expense management
● Conducted job fairs & conclaves to ensure a broadway of opportunities for students.
● Strategized and executed partnerships with colleges, recruitment firms, companies to conduct on campus and off campus placement events.
● Assisted Sahara group for start to end consultation for launch of their new online education portal edunguru and generated gross revenue worth INR 5 million

Vidyavardhini's college of engineering and technology

2 roles

Chairman, Training and Placement Cell

Promoted

Jul 2014 – Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 9 mos

● Led the student placement body of VCET comprising of 30 students across different departments and levels.
● Maintained database of the placement statistics.
● Consulted HR personnel of different MNCs and start-ups to visit the college campus for recruitment.
● Mentored and motivated students to participate in on-campus and off-campus drives.
● Achieved a significant boost in the number of offers, with an overall increase of 30% in the placement figure.