Smarth Vasdev — Co-Founder

🔥 Hiring for our Lead Systems Engineer to help iterate on our Propulsion System Components (ESCs and Motors)! Founder, Community Builder, Angel Investor, Product Consultant, and an Outdoors Enthusiast 🚲 | 🇮🇳 Latest: Certified Drone Pilot 🏁 and an On Deck Fellow. ⛰ Currently building Flameback Tech, a Drone Components Design & Manufacturing company. Flameback designs world class Propulsion Systems, Motion Control and Advanced Components for UAVs and the Drones Ecosystem. Check out www.flamebacktech.com. ⛰ Scaled The Product Folks, a 120k+ strong community of Founders, Product Leaders, Designers and folks from the Global Tech Ecosystem. We're *very* bullish on all things भारत and the next billion users. www.theproductfolks.com. We also run the Product UnConference each year - see www.theproductfolks.com/product-unconference-2023 ⛰ Developed PeopleGrove, a US-based Career Access Platform designed to help students & alumni leverage their warm network and navigate towards their career fit. PG is now used by hundreds of the world's most famed Universities. Check out www.peoplegrove.com. ⛰ ex-Founder at 3Dexter, a funded Tech startup founded in 2015 with a vision to promote innovation using technologies including 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing, Robotics & all things Industry 4.0. Within one year of kickoff, we had scaled the venture to 10 cities, 135 partners & 100k+ users, and empanelled with NITI Aayog (GoI) & New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) as a preferred partner to set up 450 Design & Technology Labs across India! I exited the dream in 2019. My first Founder experience was Smapsters Outdoors (2014), an experiential-travel community built alongside some of the most creative set of people focused on spotlighting India and the world's most offbeat locations: Chadar Frozen River Trek (Zanskar, Ladakh), Chandratal & Hampta Pass (Manali - Spiti), Table Mountain (Cape Town, SA) and many, many more. ⛰ Mentor of Change with the flagship Atal Innovation Mission. www.aim.gov.in. 👋🏼 smarth@flamebacktech.com

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Drone Technology and Product Management expert with a strong entrepreneurial background.

Location: Delhi, India

Experience: 10 yrs 8 mos

Skills

Drone Building
Electronics Design
Go-to-market Strategy
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Marketing
Product Design
Growth Strategies
Electronics Technology
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (uav)
Aerospace
Aviation Electronics
Electronics Manufacturing

Career Highlights

Co-founded a successful drone components company.
Scaled a community of over 120k tech professionals.
Mentored innovation initiatives for the Government of India.

Work Experience

Infinite Locus

Advisor (4 mos)

Flameback Tech

Co-Founder (2 yrs 1 mo)

PeopleGrove

Senior Product Manager (1 yr 3 mos)

Product Manager (2 yrs 11 mos)

On Deck

ODPS1 Fellow (2 yrs 4 mos)

The Product Folks

Building (5 yrs 10 mos)

Startup Leadership Program

Fellowship (5 mos)

LocoNav

Enterprise Products & Marketing (Global) - Telematics & IoT (11 mos)

NITI Aayog

Mentor of Change (5 yrs 7 mos)

3Dexter

Founder, Product Head (3 yrs 9 mos)

Make A Difference

Finance Lead - Dream Camps (1 yr 9 mos)

Smapsters

Co-Founder (4 yrs)

Education

Pre-MBA Bootcamp at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

Graduate Course in Public Policy (GCPP) at The Takshashila Institution

Remote Pilot Certificate (RPC) at DGCA

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) at Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Technology, Delhi

Physics at Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura

Smarth Vasdev

Co-Founder

Delhi, India10 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founded a successful drone components company.
Scaled a community of over 120k tech professionals.
Mentored innovation initiatives for the Government of India.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Drone Technology and Product Management expert with a strong entrepreneurial background.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Drone BuildingElectronics DesignGo-to-market StrategyProduct Lifecycle ManagementProduct MarketingProduct DesignGrowth StrategiesElectronics TechnologyUnmanned Aerial Vehicle (uav)AerospaceAviation ElectronicsElectronics Manufacturing

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsBusiness AdministrationBusiness AlliancesBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Relationship ManagementBusiness StrategyConsumer ElectronicsCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Design StrategyDesign ThinkingDronesElectronicsElectronics Hardware DesignEntrepreneurship

About

Experience

Infinite locus

Advisor

Jun 2024 – Oct 2024 · 4 mos · Gurgaon

I help Tech Companies build & bring loveable products to market.
There’s a LOT that goes behind the scenes, and there is simple, tangible stuff that teams can do to build products that last. I help to -
1. Organize Product & Design teams
2. Define, find, mentor and share work among PMs, Design, Engineering, Product Marketing, Directors and the Leadership.
3. Figure out what problems to solve, and when. I also ensure teams are aware behind the WHY behind what they do.
4. I step in (occasionally) as a 'smokejumper' Product Manager to lead teams for short periods to fix systemic product / company problems or to strategise and deliver high-stakes projects.
5. Hire high-agency Product & Design Folks for the team
6. Sometimes, I also do the more hands-on & creative work: designing experience maps, user journeys & flows (love this bit!), product marketing / launch planning & GTM, lining up releases, roadmapping, the more strategic bit including design thinking workshops, and finally - the growth stuff, especially community-led growth.

Flameback tech

Co-Founder

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Flameback designs world class Propulsion Systems, Motion Control and Advanced Electronic Components for UAVs.
Building an efficient UAV takes courage to navigate the technical complexities. We've got your Propulsion Systems and Electronic Components covered.
www.flamebacktech.com

Drone BuildingDronesElectronics DesignElectronicsElectronics TechnologyElectronics Manufacturing+1

Peoplegrove

2 roles

Senior Product Manager

Apr 2023 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

Product MarketingProduct DesignSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Go-to-Market StrategyDesign Thinking

Product Manager

Apr 2020 – Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos

PeopleGrove (www.peoplegrove.com, CA) is a platform for folks to find meaningful connections in the community and transform their career trajectories for the better.
Curious, analytical & somewhat opportunistic to deliver measurable business outcomes. We're hiring for Product roles!

Go-to-Market StrategyGrowth StrategiesProduct Lifecycle ManagementStrategy

On deck

ODPS1 Fellow

Mar 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

On Deck is the next big thing in Community, the 'Stanford' of the Internet. OD is where the world's top talent comes to connect & build stuff together.

Electronics TechnologyUnmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)AerospaceDrone BuildingAviation ElectronicsElectronics Hardware Design+1

The product folks

Building

May 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

The Product Folks is an 80k+ strong (and growing) community of Founders, Product Leaders, Designers and folks from the Global Tech Ecosystem. We're *very* bullish on all things भारत and the next billion users. www.theproductfolks.com.

Go-to-Market StrategyProduct Lifecycle ManagementAviation ElectronicsStrategy

Startup leadership program

Fellowship

Oct 2019 – Mar 2020 · 5 mos · Delhi, India

The Startup Leadership Program is a highly selective Global Program for outstanding Founders, Leaders, and Innovators. Read more at: www.startupleadership.com.

AerospaceAviation ElectronicsElectronics Hardware Design

Loconav

Enterprise Products & Marketing (Global) - Telematics & IoT

May 2019 – Apr 2020 · 11 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · On-site

LocoNav is transforming the Fleet Management Space through our proprietary SaaS ecosystem. Businesses in Asia are forced to run vehicles with extreme inefficiency and poor security, and LocoNav is changing that through its intelligent analytics and IoT platform.
I led Products, Growth & Product Marketing for the Global Enterprise Business and piloted long-term strategic projects to build & deploy business value - including Fuel Monitoring Systems & Vehicle Diagnostics. Also designed & implemented solutions for Enterprise players from the manufacturing, infra, e-comm & retail aggregators in Southeast Asia & GCC.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)AerospaceGrowth StrategiesRevenue & Profit GrowthElectronics ManufacturingConsumer Electronics+1

Niti aayog

Mentor of Change

Mar 2018 – Oct 2023 · 5 yrs 7 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is Government of India’s endeavour to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Its objective is to serve as a platform for promotion of world-class Innovation Hubs, Grand Challenges, Start-up businesses and other self-employment activities, particularly in technology driven areas.
Mentor of Change Program is a strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders in AIM's vision.

Electronics TechnologyAerospaceDrone BuildingElectronics Hardware DesignDronesConsumer Electronics+2

3dexter

Founder, Product Head

Jun 2015 – Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos · New Delhi Area, India

3Dexter is a funded Tech Startup built to promote innovation using 3D Printing and other intricate technologies. Exited at 8x valuation in 2019.

Electronics ManufacturingDrone BuildingProduct Lifecycle ManagementStrategyDronesElectronics Design

Make a difference

Finance Lead - Dream Camps

Jul 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Make A Difference (MAD) is a non-profit organisation aimed at educating underprivileged kids living in shelter homes across 23 cities in India. As Finance Lead for Delhi, I handled one of the highest-budget regions in India. Administered the budgets for every vertical, set and enforced Financial Guidelines for the entire volunteer base. Functioned as Finance Lead, Dream Camps Delhi.

Smapsters

Co-Founder

Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 · 4 yrs · New Delhi

Smapsters Outdoors is a community-driven initiative to create a travel group differentiating between touring and travelling a place. I led expeditions to discover fresh offbeat locations in the Himalayas. Forged partnerships with local communities to upgrade travel experience for travellers - ex. homestays, cultural immersions and other hyperlocal activities.