Dec 2016 – Aug 2017 · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• After ending my stint as Nimbuzz's Product Head, I decided to take a nine-month sabbatical to spend time with family and write.
• Published three kids' books, one of which is a 35K word science-fiction novel.
• Book 1: Why Pigs have curly tails @ https://www.amazon.in/dp/B01N6A9CZ8
• Book 2: Why Giraffes have long necks @ https://www.amazon.in/dp/B01LWW6CZV
• Book 3: Alien Troops Stopped Human Poop @ https://www.amazon.in/dp/B01M1BUVRQ

Nov 2011 – Nov 2016 · 5 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Led product management for Nimbuzz, the Instant Messenger, available on seven different platforms.
• As the Chief Product Officer of the messaging app, I directly oversaw Functional Analysts, UI Designers, Graphic Designers, Product Managers, Business Intelligence Managers, Community Managers, Social Media Managers, and Merchant Network Managers to form the Product team of Nimbuzz.
• Indirectly managed the Distribution and Customer Support teams.
• Responsible for P&L of the Virtual Economy of the platform.
• As the Product Head took Nimbuzz from 45 Million in 2011 to 250+ Million users in 2016.
• Launched Holaa (a call management app) in Aug ‘14, which went on to garner 2 Million installs without any marketing spends by Nov ‘16.
• Launched Masque, an anonymous dating app that is now off the stores.

Oct 2010 – Nov 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Built a team of 20 Product Managers, Engineers, Ad Sales plus Operations from scratch and managed India office.
• Triggered India expansion plans, which finally resulted in India becoming the HQ for Nimbuzz in mid-2012.
• Eventually, grew the team to 100+. Second in command to the Chief Product Officer.

Aug 2010 – Oct 2010 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Was the only representative of Nimbuzz in India.
• Responsible for localization of Nimbuzz for emerging markets, devising and initiating local advertising strategy.
• Initiated the Nimbuzz Ambassador Network - eyes and ears of the organization in far-off countries. Was deputy to CPO.

Apr 2010 – Aug 2010 · 4 mos

• Led the mobile strategy of ibibo. Was Product Head for ibibo social network and UGC product called Questions & Answers on mobile. Worked with the Branded Solutions team for mobile innovations.

Apr 2009 – Mar 2010 · 11 mos

• Championed ibibo Social Network, User Generated Products and Brand Advertising Solution on desktop. Set up reusable advertising campaign templates for Sales and Technology teams.

Oct 2008 – Mar 2009 · 5 mos

• Led product management for the whole suite of UGC products of ibibo – Q&A, Opinions portal, Polls platform, Blogging platform and Classifieds.

Apr 2008 – Sep 2008 · 5 mos

• Responsible for the Question & Answers platform and the Classifieds platform of ibibo.

Jun 2007 – Mar 2008 · 9 mos

• Managed the Question & Answers platform.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Planned and executed Yahoo’s Cricket World Cup portal. It raked in 30% of the annual sports revenue for the year. Managed Yahoo’s sports portal.

Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr · Greater Chennai Area

• Part of numerous Usability Consulting assignments for clients such as the World Bank, FIFA, and GSK. Product-managed the company’s Intranet site, used by its 40,000 employees.

Jan 2005 – Jul 2005 · 6 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• As part of AIG’s Software Solutions team built Intranet from ground up and ensured employee adoption. Collaborated with pre-sales and marketing teams to design and develop collaterals.

Jun 2000 – Oct 2000 · 4 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Reported sports events in Chennai and managed the homepage of the portal. Sify.com acquired this startup within 5 months of launch.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2004 · 4 yrs · Greater Chennai Area

• Managed the Content and Product for the Sports section of then India’s premier portal Sify.com. This included the Live Scores cricket scoreboard, perhaps India’s first

Jan 1999 – Jun 2000 · 1 yr 5 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• As a Sports Journalist covered sporting events in and around the State of Tamil Nadu.

Aug 1997 – Oct 1997 · 2 mos

• Worked there as part of a Youth Exchange program called: Indo-Canada Youth Exchange program '97. This position was based out of Perth, Ontario, Canada.