Jayadevan P K (JPK)

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in corporate communications and strategic branding.
Published author with international recognition.
Co-founder of an award-winning media startup.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in Media and Communications with a strong focus on Fintech and SaaS.

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Skills

Core Skills

Corporate CommunicationsStrategic CommunicationsContent WritingJournalismPublishing

Other Skills

BloggingBreaking NewsContent DevelopmentContent ManagementContent MarketingContent StrategyCopy EditingCopywritingCreative WritingCrisis CommunicationsDigital MediaEditingEditorialFeature ArticlesInternal Communications

About

Fintech: 1x. SaaS: 1x. Media startups: 2x. Big Media: 3x. Author at Harper Collins 2x. Columnist at Moneycontrol. I'm good at creating brand narratives for startups and founders ready to scale, creative direction, and writing.

Experience

Full-time

Freshworks

– Present

Coinswitch

2 roles

Vice President - Corporate Communications

Promoted

May 2025 – Present · 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Senior Director of Communications and Content

Dec 2021 – May 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

External and internal communications, CXO branding, marketing and product comms, copy and content.

Corporate CommunicationsCrisis CommunicationsPublic RelationsMedia RelationsStrategic CommunicationsInternal Communications+6

Moneycontrol.com

Columnist

Aug 2020 – Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos · India

Weekly column on startups, technology, and its impact on society for India's largest financial portal.

Harpercollins publishers india

Author

Apr 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · India

Author of Xiaomi: How a startup disrupted the market and created a cult following. 4.4 * rating across 100+ reviews. Translated to Chinese and Vietnamese. Reviewed in India’s top dailies including Mint, Forbes and Business Standard.

Factordaily

2 roles

Co-founder, Head of Product

Jun 2017 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Co-founder, Managing Editor

Dec 2015 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Building FactorDaily, an award winning newsroom at the intersection of technology, culture, and life in India.

The economic times

Principal Correspondent

Jul 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bangalore

Breaking news and analysing trends for The Economic Times. Building ETtech.com, a digital product from the newsroom of The Economic Times.

Nextbigwhat

2 roles

Editor

Promoted

Aug 2013 – Jul 2014 · 11 mos · Bangalore

Managing editorial, triaging and editing stories, hiring editorial staff, working with a wide range of freelance writers and contributors, and creating newsroom processes.

Associate Editor

Aug 2012 – Jul 2013 · 11 mos · Bangalore

Writing, editing, curating stories on India's fledgeling startup ecosystem.

The economic times

2 roles

Senior Correspondent

Apr 2012 – Jul 2012 · 3 mos

Wrote on mid-cap technology companies, assisted in covering large cap IT companies. Captured trends and broke stories.

Correspondent

Dec 2010 – Apr 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

Wrote extensively on technology and its implications on India. Covered large scale projects like the Aadhaar, mid cap technology companies and wrote on trends shaping the ecosystem.

The new indian express

Reporter

Apr 2008 – Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Started with a brief stint of crime reporting, wrote on energy and power utilities in Bangalore. Moved to full time business and technology writing for the paper.