Kranti M

Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Advised over 40 startups in various sectors.
  • Co-founded three successful companies.
  • Scaled multiple companies to over $100 million in revenue.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in User Experience and Design Strategy across various industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

User ExperienceDesign ThinkingDigital StrategyMentoringStrategyInformation ArchitectureWeb DevelopmentDigital MarketingSoftware Development

Other Skills

Business DevelopmentCRMClient ServicingCommunication DesignCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Design Led Product DesignDesign Led ThinkingDigital MediaDigital StrategiesFurniture DesignGrowthGrowth HackingInternet BusinessMarketingMarketing Strategy

About

I build user-centered products & companies using design thinking and growth hacking as tools of the trade. - Worked with 40+ start-ups in advisory roles. - Co-founded 3 companies in the design and advisory spaces. - Been part of several high growth startups founding teams - Helped scale companies multiple times from 0 to $100 Mn+ in revenues. - Built and lead teams of up to 200 high performers.

Experience

Multiple companies

Advisor / Mentor / Founder

Jun 2019Present · 6 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • FameIndia.org : Design thinking based solutions for a non-profit that works to improve the quality of life of persons with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) by providing interventions that are life-long, deep and holistic.
  • Tvam (Atyati.com) : Re-imagining digital social business across health and wealth services for rural India, across 100,000 villages.
  • Techstars : Mentoring startups at Bangalore accelerator and global startups as part of the All Star Mentor team
  • Various Startups: Investor / Advisor to 3 early stage startups in the lifestyle, Agri & e-commerce spaces.
  • Building my next venture
User ExperienceDesign ThinkingGrowth HackingBusiness Development

Next story group

Kafnu - Strategy & Growth

Feb 2018Feb 2019 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Kafnu is building a unique community of hyphenates (some of the most interesting and happiest people on the planet) Kafnu is also building spaces for them that are a hybrid of private members club, co-working spaces and a luxury hotel. Launched across Taipei, Vietnam, Australia, Hong Kong & India. Part of https://www.nexthotels.com/
StrategyGrowth

Google

Design Mentor

May 2015Feb 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Part of Google Mobile Labs team to advise Google's largest customers in India & Work with startups that are part of the Google Launchpad program in areas of Design Thinking and User Experience
Design ThinkingUser Experience

Furlenco

Vice President - Design & New Initiatives

Feb 2015Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Furlenco is a venture funded company that is disrupting the way Indians get furniture, by designing and manufacturing very high quality furniture & making it available at affordable monthly rentals. The company has witnessed explosive growth and is in thousands of homes across India
  • Role includes leading all design functions across : User Experience, Furniture Design & Communication Design.
  • Additionally lead the initiative to conceptualize and execute the strategy to convert India into a rental furniture market (market / category development)
User ExperienceFurniture DesignCommunication Design

Nsrcel - indian institute of management, bangalore

Mentor

Feb 2014Mar 2019 · 5 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Working with incubated start ups in the areas of user centric product approach, design led product design, user experience design and digital strategies.
User ExperienceDesign Led Product DesignDigital Strategies

Microsoft ventures

Mentor

Jan 2014Aug 2017 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Working with incubated start ups in the areas of user centric product approach, design led product design, user experience design and digital strategies
User Centric Product ApproachDesign Led Product DesignUser Experience

Ux design labs

Director - Strategic Consulting

Jan 2011Feb 2015 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • UX Design Labs is a user experience design firm based in Bangalore. Specializing in design led and user centered thinking. The company has conceived, designed and delivered products, applications and web properties that focus on the confluence of great design, user delight and business relevance.
  • Over the last 5 years UXD has designed a variety of applications that are easy and delightful to use. And in doing so we have learnt that the key to making world class visual or functional user experiences is not just random expertise but the subtle art of integrating them. Syncing the left with the right, the analytical with the creative, the form with the function.
  • By combining our design skills with our ability to innovate, we help convert opportunities into real solutions.
User Experience DesignDesign Led ThinkingUser Experience

Lucid sense consulting | web strategy consulting

Co-founder

Apr 2008Jan 2015 · 6 yrs 9 mos

  • Lucid Sense Consulting is an online strategy consulting firm that helps companies truly leverage the online media.
  • Lucid Sense focuses on areas such as Information Architecture, Usability architecture and specialized content strategies for the online success.
  • The founding team has consulted and worked on projects for several leading brands such as Adecco, Aditya Birla Group, L.J Hooker, Manipal, iGate,Sonata Software, Wipro, Airtel, TYCO, i-flex solutions etc. The founding team have all held director level positions in various media and technology organizations prior to starting Lucid Sense.
Information ArchitectureUsability Architecture

Xtde.com private limited

Director - Web Marketing

Jan 2004Apr 2008 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Co-founded in late 2003. Worked on over 400 web development projects including several large web 2.0 portals and applications.
  • Primary market was the USA with over 15 partners and 150 clients. One of the first companies in the space to incorporate a full fledged quality and testing practice.
  • Worked extensively in the Real estate, Entertainment, Media and technology industries.
  • Secondary markets included Canada, Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom
Web DevelopmentQuality Assurance

Netcisive

CMO - Digital Media

Nov 2002Jan 2004 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • It has on its board a team of over 30 experts comprising of full and part time consultants who are subject matter specialists in their domains.
  • With the present team we can boast of real expertise in anything related Internet business, marketing, promotion and communication in addition to the traditional wisdom we have accrued over the years in business and marketing.
  • We believe that the battle remains the same while the battle ground has shifted online. And if you have to be one up over your competition, you have to succeed online.
Internet BusinessMarketingDigital Marketing

Mudra communications

Consultant

Apr 1997Jan 1998 · 9 mos

  • Custom software development to analyze TRP data
  • Managing the Internet infrastructure
  • Participated in technology client servicing
Software DevelopmentClient Servicing

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