Jul 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 8 mos · Araria, Bihar, India

• Sustainability & Biodiversity
• Creating a mini ecosystem based farm with 100+ produce across 13 enterprises
• Soil Health & Climate Change
• Rejuvenating the soil to fix production side problems in agriculture

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos · Remote

• Helping ideation and early stage startups create a minimum viable product and go to market

Jan 2016 – Sep 2020 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Grew over 500 species of plants in including flowering plants, tropicals, fruits, vegetables, herbs, succulents & cactus
• Using natural techniques to manage nutrition in plants and control insect and pest problems

Aug 2015 – Dec 2015 · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Conceptualization, Strategy & Product Management
• Defining product work-flows, requirements and mock-ups after analyzing business objectives
• Creating product road map, sprint plans and go-to market strategy in consensus with stakeholders

Apr 2015 – Aug 2015 · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Product Management
• Led efforts towards implementing A/B testing and building a usage and retention model
• Defined feature scope, prioritized product requirements, created sprint plans & managed product roadmap

Apr 2014 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Product Management and Creative Thinking
• Built stickers as an additional source of user engagement and revenue
• Led vendor management, partnerships, negotiations and digital content delivery

Apr 2013 – Mar 2014 · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Analyzed product needs, defined solution scope and documented functional specifications for a product with 150mn+ users
• Product managed Nimbuzz User Account Recovery System and Stickers

May 2012 – Mar 2013 · 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Seamlessly transitioned entire product knowledge from The Netherlands to India office in less than a month
• Manage conflicts and triage defects across 9 platforms (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Phone, Symbian, MIDP, Web, Mac and PC) supporting over 6K devices with/for product office, design, development, quality and business operations teams

Nov 2010 – Apr 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Business Analysis & Project Management
• Mapped business scenarios to functionality, managed requirements and change requests with analysis of impact & associated risks
• Owned product on behalf of clients and coordinated a team of 30+ across design, development & quality assurance
• Estimated features with scope definition, feasibility analysis, resource loading & sprint plan for a USD 2mn+ account
• Rated 4/5 (Top Quintile) for all 3 half yearly performance reviews in a row
• Communication & Teamwork
• Facilitated customer & team meetings on requirement elicitation, requirement walk-through and product demo
• Instilled a sense of responsibility for the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process in the team to streamline effort & turnaround time with increased efficiency
• Innovation and Creative Thinking
• Inspired the customer by suggesting new features or better workflows that enhances usability and user-experience
• Oversaw risks based on trends in feedback on Apple App Store / Google Play and suggested corrective measures

Feb 2009 – Oct 2010 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Product Management
• Led product lifecycle management. Developed, executed and monitored product strategy & roadmap after extensive market analysis, customer insights and competition benchmarking including pricing and goals of revenue & profitability
• Managed and coordinated a cross-functional team of 11 that included development, sales, marketing and support. Negotiated with School Management to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
• Entrepreneurship
• Co-founded the company and led it from 2 to 17 employees serving 200+ beta customers including 7 partner schools
• Created and performed product demos for customers and investors. Raised seed capital at over INR 10mn pre-valuation

Mar 2008 – Jun 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Business Development & Client Relations
• Identified a potential market in SME for CSD, created strategy and won 12 proposals with a gross margin of 30-40 %
• Average Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) of 4.37 across 7 projects executed (Two 5/5)
• Leadership & Impact
• Managed a team of 14, delivered projects with agreed turn-around time within a deviation of15% of the agreed budget
• Successfully transitioned Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) model from Waterfall to Agile (SCRUM) to improve execution efficiency by 30%

May 2007 – Jun 2007 · 1 mo · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Researched a report on Fingerprint Sensors & Fingerprint Sensing Technologies