Vikas Kumar

Co-Founder

Pune, Maharashtra, India26 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of software industry experience
Co-founded successful fintech and e-learning companies
Expert in technology strategy and startup advisory

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technology leader with expertise in Fintech and E-learning sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

FintechTechnology StrategyCustomer AcquisitionBusiness StrategyTechnical ArchitectureProduct DevelopmentE-learning DevelopmentTechnology Leadership

Other Skills

ASP.NETAgile MethodologiesApp Development FrameworkBig DataBusiness IntelligenceE-learningEmail CampaignsLead GenerationLearning Management SystemsManagementMarketingNetworkingProject ManagementRetail Asset ProductsSoftware Development

About

I have over twenty years experience in the software industry with the majority of it as a CTO of Brainvisa which i founded along with my partners in 2000. After having exited Brainvisa I have been investing and working with various start-ups in various domains ( names listed in detail below ) Post Brainvisa I have been advising startups and small business to get to the next level in technology and strategy , have invested in few of these startups. My personal time is spent in running - co-founded a group called "Pune Running" which hosts 5000+ runners in its annual marathons . I also founded "The Leap of faith " program to help beginners in running get to the next level. I also have a deep understanding on fitness the natural way. I have co-authored a book titled " Startups - Finding funding " which talks about 20 startups and how they raised funds in 20 unique ways. Specialties: strategist,technology expert,advisor,investor,fitness

Experience

Loantap financial technologies

Co-Founder and Group CTO

Jul 2016 – Apr 2025 · 8 yrs 9 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

A Fintech firm for online delivery of retail asset products.
Loantap specialises in providing unique financial products primarily to Salaried Professionals.
Loantap has been growing rapidly and is now a well recognised brand in the Fintech space.

FintechCustomer AcquisitionRetail Asset ProductsTechnology Strategy

Wpoets.com

Technical Architect and Director

Jan 2011 – Apr 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Wpoets is a Wordpress based product and services company. It owns a platform called Awesome Studio which is the only App Development Framework for WordPress. I have been instrumental in developing and building this Framework to the current level. Today a large number of complex apps from ask.careers to loantap.in has been built on this platform

WordPressApp Development FrameworkTechnical ArchitectureProduct Development

Mobikon technologies pvt. ltd

Technical Architect

Aug 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Sme networks pvt ltd

Cofounder and CTO

Jul 2010 – Jun 2016 · 5 yrs 11 mos · India

SME Networks Pvt Ltd is a customer acquisition platform which enables small,medium and large sized service providers to get leads/projects from PAN India.
It helps in end to end customer acquisition through lead generation,email campaigns,assisted business closure etc.
For a startup/small business it serves as a Business Services Helpline and enables them to connect to relevant service providers hence assisting in the actual transaction

Customer AcquisitionLead GenerationEmail CampaignsBusiness Strategy

Brainvisa technologies

Co-founder and CTO

Mar 2000 – Jan 2010 · 9 yrs 10 mos

I was the CTO and cofounder of Brainvisa and was instrumental in building Brainvisa to a highly specialised Tech based Elearning Company. We were one of the largest Elearning companies from India catering to the Fortune 500.
Over my 10 year stint I built a Learning Management System, Rapidel a Word based Authoring Tool and Wow an Elearning Project Management Tool which was even used by Microsoft and UPS

E-learningLearning Management SystemsProject ManagementE-learning DevelopmentTechnology Leadership