Shashwat Ghosh

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 9 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Expert in AI-powered GTM strategies for B2B startups.
  • Proven track record in scaling high-growth Fintech SaaS.
  • Experienced fractional CMO with extensive marketing expertise.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned B2B marketing strategist with a focus on AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Go-to-market StrategyB2b MarketingB2b Marketing StrategyProduct MarketingAi-powered Gtm StrategiesMarketing AutomationInbound Lead GenerationDigital Marketing

Other Skills

AI/ML in MarketingAccount Based MarketingAccount ManagementAccount MarketingAdvertisingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Brand DevelopmentBrand ManagementBusiness AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentCRMChannelChannel PartnersCompetitive AnalysisCreator Mode

About

๐Ÿ“ก ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—• ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ & ๐—–๐—ซ๐—ข๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ง๐—  ๐—”๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ. ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ with over 24 years of experience, including 8+ years as a senior fractional leader for B2B SaaS, vSaaS, and ITeS. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ Experience includes building a full-stack marketing perspective at brands such as Wunderman, Airtel Business, HCL, and as Director Product Marketing Seclore. Expertise includes scaling a high-growth Fintech SaaS Happay (acquired 2x - by CRED for $180M and undisclosed by MakeMyTrip), VP- Performance Marketing at Locus(acquired by IKEA) and crafting repeatable GTM playbooks as a Fractional CMO at FieldAssist. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ Market expertise is combined with ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ to engineer GTM strategies that deliver alpha for B2B startups. The ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—– ๐—š๐—ง๐—  ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ; covering Ecosystem, Product-led, Inbound/Outbound, and Community. It helps founders navigate strategic thinking and AI-powered execution. At Helix GTM Consulting, the {human brain๐Ÿง  + Generative AI ๐Ÿค–} approach finds market opportunities others miss. ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป AI-driven solutions solve CXO-level business challenges: ย ย โ€ข ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.๐—”๐—œ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: LinkedIn Post Customizer (DISC personality/tone), Strategic CXO Intelligence. (https://agent.ai/human/Shashwat_Ghosh) ย ย โ€ข ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€: 5 Persona Data Scrapers, 2 Performance Audits. (https://apify.com/shashghosh) ย ย โ€ข ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—š๐—ฃ๐—ง๐˜€ (ChatGPT): B2B GTM Alpha Advisor, B2B AI Growth Unlocker, Thought Leadership Blog Creator, Launchpad LI Pro. (check my posts for details) ย ย โ€ข ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€: GitHub Expert Schema(https://github.com/shashwatgtm/gtm-expert-schema), Notion AI Template (https://www.notion.so/marketplace/templates/ai-context-engineering-craft-framework). ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ง๐— ? ย ย โ€ข ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ-๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†/ ๐Ÿฒ-๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต/ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: GTM Alpha Consultation on Product Hunt (https://www.producthunt.com/products/gtm-alpha-consultation). ย ย โ€ข ๐—›๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต: See AI capabilities in action (https://www.hyper-plays.com). ย ย โ€ข ๐—š๐—ง๐—  ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: Join on Substack (https://gtmexpert.substack.com) and on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/gtm-whisperer-7020325343286759424). ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป visit my website: https://gtmexpert.com

Experience

Fractional frontiers

Co-Founder

Nov 2024 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 4 mos

AI-powered GTM strategies

Discovery outcomes

GTM Advisor

Feb 2024 โ€“ Present ยท 2 yrs 1 mo ยท Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India ยท Remote

  • 0 to 1 Go-to-Market(GTM) role
Product MarketingInbound MarketingAI-powered GTM strategiesB2B Marketing StrategyAI/ML in MarketingGo-to-Market Strategy

Fieldassist

CMO

Apr 2023 โ€“ Sep 2024 ยท 1 yr 5 mos

Inbound Lead GenerationProduct MarketingMarketing AutomationThought LeadershipEventsBrand Management+3

Quantumstreet ai

Advisor - GTM, Growth and Strategy

Feb 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 1 mo ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ยท Hybrid

  • QuantumStreet AI is EquBot's institutional business, powering $7 billion in global assets. A Silicon Valley fintech, it's a global leader in the application of AI to investment strategies. Portfolio as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) are their main offerings.
B2B Marketing StrategyBrand DevelopmentAI/ML in MarketingGo-to-Market Strategy

Helix gtm consulting

Co-Founder and Fractional CMO

Oct 2022 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 5 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ยท Hybrid

  • Shashwat has helped several startups achieve their potential by developing and executing effective GTM strategies that include:
  • GTM Audit
  • Account Based Marketing (ABM)
  • Inbound & Outbound Marketing
  • Product Led Growth (PLG)
Go-to-Market StrategyArtificial Intelligence (AI)B2B MarketingAccount MarketingDemand GenerationFractional Ownership

Locus

VP Global Performance Marketing

Feb 2022 โ€“ Oct 2022 ยท 8 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ยท Hybrid

  • Build the best in class, data driven ABM programs, expand the portfolio of digital marketing tech stack, drive inbound acquisition, strategically scale the performance marketing engine and engage with industry analysts.
Marketing AutomationAdvertisingField MarketingEventsData AnalysisB2B Marketing Strategy+1

Happay - expense management solution for businesses

2 roles

Vice President Marketing

Promoted

Nov 2019 โ€“ Jan 2022 ยท 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Responsible for twin growth engines of Inbound and Outbound Marketing, ABM, Sales enablement and Inside Sales function.
Inbound Lead GenerationOutbound MarketingMarketing AutomationStrategic PartnershipsEventsSocial Media Marketing+6

Strategic Marketing Consultant

Apr 2018 โ€“ Oct 2019 ยท 1 yr 6 mos

EventsMarket ResearchB2B Marketing StrategySocial Media

Seclore

Director of Product Marketing

Jul 2016 โ€“ Oct 2017 ยท 1 yr 3 mos ยท Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Responsible for the overall marketing strategy including messaging, positioning, definition and execution of product marketing programs and managing PR for the Middle East and India.
  • Creating content for messaging and high impact lead generation programs through email marketing campaigns, social media marketing, webinars, events, and specific collateral and sales tools.
Product MarketingMarketing AutomationProduct StrategyEventsB2B Marketing StrategySocial Media+1

Hcl infosystems ltd.

Head - Customer Insights, Brand & New Projects

Oct 2011 โ€“ Jul 2016 ยท 4 yrs 9 mos ยท Noida Area, India

  • Growth Path:
  • (Feb 13 - July 16) Head - Customer Insights, Brand & New Projects (Office Automation)
  • (Oct 11 - Feb 13) Head - Strategy & Marketing (Office Automation)
  • I started the marketing department in HCL Office Automation; currently spearheading new business strategy & marketing campaign functions along with inside sales operations with Office Automation Division.
  • Led marketing projects & initiatives to unlock business value and insights for new alliances, new business development activities and discovery workshops for utility sector in order to uncover opportunities; also provide 360 degree air cover digital campaign, brand management & drive innovative media usage. I am mainly involved in presenting entry strategy for Africa, CIS & MEA.
  • In my prior role, I developed marketing strategies to regain distribution & services market share, revised action plan to prioritize channel partners and start margin improvement exercise, started central price committee for sales team & channel partners, developed value propositions & GTM plans for OEM sell through products and generated revenue through inside sales.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Competitive AnalysisProduct StrategyStrategic PartnershipsEventsSocial Media Marketing+4

Airtel

Senior Brand & Media Manager

Jun 2007 โ€“ Oct 2011 ยท 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Growth Path:
  • (Mar 10 - Oct 11) Senior Brand & Media Manager
  • (Mar 08 - Mar 10) Senior Product Marketing Manager - Data, Voice & VAS
  • (Jun 07 - Mar 08) Regional Marketing Head - West
  • Here, I developed & implemented brand ATL & BTL, communication strategies & social media plans to engage target audience; also worked with world renowned brand consultants Wolff Ollins to develop value proposition, new brand identity & tools to leverage brand and transform B2B business and devised & implemented โ€˜Go to Marketโ€™ plans for new products & initiatives.
  • Also played a key role in increasing customer engagement and enhancing customer mind share in the region along with budgetary control & monitoring of annual marketing spends.
  • Furthermore I launched www.esmarketing.in, supported sale of mobile SIM cards, fixed line & VAS, maintained TOMA in C-Suite segment and also promoted โ€˜Thought Leadershipโ€™ of top leaders through presentation
B2B MarketingDigital MarketingThought LeadershipProduct StrategyField MarketingEvents+3

Reliance communications

National Marketing Manager - Broadband

Jan 2004 โ€“ May 2007 ยท 3 yrs 4 mos

  • During this national level role, I developed & implemented marketing & media strategy to roll out broadband, planned & launched Centrex, Business Internet, VPN, Audio & Video Conferencing for Large & SME segment & developed communication route. Also organized MPLS VPN, IPLC & Centrex road shows and marcomm programs across India.
  • I played a key role in planning & launching of...
  • Reliance NetConnect for Enterprises and Broadband for Residential customers
  • Reliance IndiaCall in the United Kingdom using Radio as prime media
  • Enterprise products like MPLS VPN, Centrex, Audio & Video Conferencing
  • Reliance India Phone Fixed Wireless Terminals for PCO operators
B2B MarketingField MarketingEventsIntegrated MarketingBrand ManagementMarket Research

Wunderman

Account Manager

Apr 2000 โ€“ Jan 2004 ยท 3 yrs 9 mos

  • A Y&R- WPP agency, here I managed integrated communication for clients like FedEx, ICICI Prudential, TATA Motors, HPCL, WNS & Shoppers Stop;
  • formulated, devised & implemented loyalty program and handled strategic alliances.
  • Key highlights of my work here includes;
  • Launch of 'The Trulife Club' the first insurance loyalty program in India
  • Launch of โ€˜FedEx Purple Loyalty Clubโ€™, the first B2B loyalty program in India
  • Developed two major integrated campaigns for ICICI Prudential
  • Initiated 'My Customer First' program for customer service & โ€˜Advisor Reward' for the sales department in ICICI Prudential
  • Implemented Member-Get-Member and customer retention program for BPL mobile's subscribers
  • Developed case studies & white papers for verticals and horizontals of WNS
  • Appreciated for creating promotional program for Club HP and school contact program for TATA Motors
AdvertisingDigital MarketingIntegrated MarketingNew Business DevelopmentMarket Planning

Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

Postgraduate Certificate in Business Management โ€” Working Managers Program

Jan 2002 โ€“ Jan 2004

ร‰cole nationale des ponts et chaussรฉes

Masters of Business Administration โ€” Marketing

Jan 1997 โ€“ Jan 1999

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Bachelor of Engineering โ€” Metallurgy

Jan 1990 โ€“ Jan 1994

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