Jun 2021 – Jun 2023 · 2 yrs · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• An honest attempt at helping ex-founders find alternate careers after they have shut down. Having gone through this painful experience myself, we felt it was high time we started something like this. 'Ex-Founders', we've got you covered ! This is our way of giving back to the Founder community.
• Entirely responsible for supply (ex- founders), have spoken to 1000+ entrepreneurs about their journeys over the past 2 years and onboarded them onto our platform. Also responsible for driving operations, setting up processes and teams and helping them achieve their daily/weekly/monthly targets through rigorous oversight and process automation.

Apr 2019 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs · Chennai, Tamil Nadu

• Took time out to spend time with family which had been a rarity through my entrepreneurial journey. It helped ground me and made me understand that life isn't a race.

Apr 2018 – Jul 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Cofounder of the company without the title. Lovely experience working alongside billionaire Romesh Wadhwani in helping him setup an HR vertical company similar to PiQube with Enterprise AI capabilities. From naming the company, thrashing out the business model, setting up teams in the US/Bengaluru, processes that seamlessly work cross-border - was responsible for setting everything up.
• Grew the team to 25 (15 in India and 10 in the US)

Jun 2017 – Mar 2018 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Was one of the earliest members of the Enterprise Sales team. Upgrad was majorly a B2C company and we were trying to build an Enterprise presence. Built the sales engine and got them the largest B2B order until then. Also managed to host the largest B2C conference on Analytics for the company, where i got Nandan Nilekani and DJ Patil ( First Chief Data Scientist to the US Govt, Obama ) to a fireside chat that saw over 1000+ visitors and 8000+ online viewers.
• Was also responsible for the launch of UpGrad Labs, the connect between companies and students graduating from UpGrad - got students of UpGrad live projects to work on and use that to showcase their prowess.

May 2014 – May 2017 · 3 yrs · Chennai Area, India

• PiQube is a Machine Learning powered engine, that tries to decrypt the match that occurs between a Job Description and a CV - from millions of data-points that has been gathered from various sources to create an absolute and relative rank/match technology. This helps companies spot the RIGHT FIT in seconds !
• We achieved this by building a marketplace of Companies and recruitment consultants. The consultants ferried and cleaned data into our system whilst our Algorithms learnt from every action that the consultant or the recruiter performed on the platform.

Sep 2013 – Mar 2014 · 6 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Enjoyed a wonderful journey with fellow SLPians in understanding the nuances of starting up. Found many like-minded entrepreneurs and formed the base for an entrepreneurial community in Chennai.

Feb 2012 – May 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Chennai Area, India

• The next innings !
• Own and Deliver the following:
• Overall Strategy Definition and Execution
• Business Development
• Marketing
• Strategic Tie-Ups

Aug 2010 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

• I handled 4 key responsibilities:
• Vision Execution - Responsible for the overall vision of the company. Take a P&L responsibility and ensure Business plan is actioned.
• Key Account Management - I oversee day-to-day operations of large accounts and ensure impeccable delivery.
• Business Development - Responsible for bringing in new accounts in the IT, ITES, Banking, Financial Services and Engineering Sectors.
• Top Management Hiring - Individually work on CXO Level positions.

Jun 2008 – Jul 2010 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• End to End recruitment.
• Middle and Upper management talent scouting.
• C level executives - US/APAC/Europe regions.
• Strengths - IT/ITES/Remote Infrastructure Management/Telecom
• Solid hand in Brick & Mortar (Engg, Mnfg, Infrastructure) set-ups as well.

Jul 2004 – Dec 2007 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• Was involved in Aircraft Design - mainly Aircraft WING Design.
• Deputed to Airbus UK for close to 2 years. Part of Airbus A350 R&D program. Received numerous appreciations from all clients.
• Worked with ALSTOM, Switzerland for 6 months on a Turbine Design Project.