Aug 2022 – May 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Set the infra partnerships team, roles & and responsibilities, operating model
• Leading the Solution Provider (SP) Program - setting up scalable management models for infra providers as per Polygon protocols, ensuring key pieces like Infra x Protocol readiness, infra ecosystem growth, and ecosystem enablement; Solution Provider Network (SPN)
• Responsible for SPN growth - onboarded 170+ infra providers (across Polygon POS, zkEVM, CDK)
• Striking, and managing deals with infra providers essential for protocol launch, and growth (Polygon zkEVM, CDK, Miden)
• Key relationship holder with 50+ strategic infra providers (wallets, onramps, indexers, social, bridges, et al)
• Providing continuous infra guidance/consultancy to strategic Polygon projects (enterprise, gaming, consumer)

Feb 2022 – Sep 2022 · 7 mos

• Chief of Staff to CEO (Ryan Wyatt)
• Served as liaison with staff, senior leaders, and CEO on company climate, employee well-being, and project planning Helped in interviewing, hiring, and onboarding new key management personnel (marketing, partnerships)
• Helped set the Partner Success org alongside SVP (Partnerships), VP (Game Design)
• Served as a Web3 subject matter expert for the C-suite as they started to immerse themselves in the industry

Feb 2021 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr

• Founding team member at Polygon Studios (now restructured to @PolygonGaming)
• Onboarded ~250+ NFT/gaming projects and 20+ DAO tools; helped provide administer microgrants to 150+ projects
• Closed key deals and assisted in partner management of such key deals, including UNXD (Dolce & Gabbana drop that sold out for $6mn), Deadmau5's Head5, Dvision Network, RECUR; provided close consultancy services to said partners
• Provided strategic advisory to key projects, including Mint Songs (acq by Napster), Rusk Media, WWF UK, et al
• Opened BD channel partnerships with various IDO platforms, launchpads, DAOs, VCs that led to an increase in inbound BD leads by at least 10% WoW (conservatively)
• Helped develop BD - investment funnel in association with the Investments team; assisted investment team with eventual investments in projects including (but not limited to) CyberConnect, Mint Songs, Moonwalk, Rusk Media, Mona Gallery

Sep 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

May 2018 – May 2021 · 3 yrs · India

• Record label, artist management.
• A community-led initiative to promote homegrown art, music and culture.
• With 'Do It Yourself and Do It Together' as the principal force, we aim to bring artists and patrons together and promote the independent and the indigenous.
• Album releases:
• Rachanachar - Forth & Back (2019)
• Sutej Singh - The Emerging (2018)
• Ioish - Reconstructing Dreams (2018)
• The Reasonable Hope - Reminiscences (2017)
• Live Events:
• Pinecone Session 1 (Dec 3, 2017)
• Pinecone Session 2 (Feb 3, 2018)
• Pinecone Showcase (April 4, 2019)

Apr 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Operations, account management, business development, product management

Jun 2017 – Nov 2017 · 5 mos · Bangalore

• O2O fashion discovery portal for niche clothing.

May 2016 – Aug 2016 · 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Mergers and acquisition of mid-market cap companies in the automotive parts and industrial goods industry.