Jan 2019 – Jul 2019 · 6 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts

Oct 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

Jul 2017 – Nov 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Apr 2013 – Apr 2016 · 3 yrs · Cambridge, MA

• Wearing "all hats" startup founder duties, plus some notable ones:
• Defining vision and strategy for Blend8. The Mission of Blend8 is to take the confusion out of facial skin care. We aim to deliver high-quality products and services to savvy women seeking unbiased information, clear guidance, and no-nonsense products at reasonable prices
• Built and managed a diverse team varying in age, native language, and geography – both equity and cash based.
• Managing product development and design—focusing on an intuitive and elegant user experience by incorporating design thinking principles as well as lean methodologies.
• Growing strategic partnerships with vendors, suppliers and internet allies
• Built multi-variable financial model drive by sales from affiliate revenue, ads, in-app purchases and subscriptions, as well as market size and customer behavior analytics.
• Managing all aspects of marketing, including content marketing campaign & social media community, including blog, Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter presence.
• Heavily engaged in Boston startup community, attending engagement and public events—pitching, demoing, speaking.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Philadelphia/Jakarta

• Perintius is an advisory and financial services firm that provides access to finance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies. Our clients typically fall under the energy sector and are engaged in logistics, storage, mining.
• Partnered with Indonesian Chamber of Commerce to launch a new fund that has started disbursing loans to SMEs in Indonesia in the summer of 2013.
• Partnered with Wharton International Volunteer Program to host project where consultants provided advisory services to SMEs in Indonesia

Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 · 0 mo

• Evaluate attractiveness of projects for the Financial Markets team using financial tools.
• Projects included Merger and Acquistion of an Indonesian Bank by an exsisting IFC client from South Korea, evaluating the price benchmark for a Microfinance company and due diligence for an Indonesian bank prior to appraisal;
• Assisted the MAS and Financial Markets teams in day-to-day operations.

Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 · 4 yrs · Indonesia

• Develop and manage relationships with counterparts, industry groups, and other organizations on a wide range of transaction-related and other issues to enhance operations and effectiveness;
• Developing the strategy for the Company, including product and geographic expansion plans for trading and mining divisions. Managed multiple teams in the mining and trading divisions;
• Sales and business development in China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Middle East. Helped increase the turnover of the business dramatically (revenues doubled every year) since 2008;
• Structure investments and assist team in execution and negotiation of the deal terms;
• Monitoring projects to ensure projects meet the required sales and profit / loss goals.