Chennbasava (CB)

Partnerships Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in securing partnerships with top gaming studios.
Achieved 5X growth in grant distribution.
Led successful onboarding for over 54 NFT projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Blockchain and Finance expert with a strong focus on partnerships and project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentGrant ManagementProject ManagementInvestor RelationsClient ManagementProduct DevelopmentOperations ManagementFinancial Management

Other Skills

Account ManagementBLOCKCHAIN ENTHUSIASTBlockchainBudget ManagementCorporate StrategyCross-functional CollaborationCross-marketingEarly-Stage StartupsEmerging TrendsEntrepreneurshipEvent ManagementFamily BusinessFinanceFinancial AnalysisInvestment Banking

About

As a committed Web3 and chartered finance professional, I have accumulated 3.5 years of extensive experience in the blockchain industry, with a focus on early-stage blockchain foundations. My expertise lies in leading ecosystem programs, facilitating the onboarding of both developer and non-developer communities, and establishing automated processes to enhance interaction between internal and external stakeholders. Throughout my career, I have held key roles primarily within Partner Success, Business Development, Partnerships, and Grants functions.

Experience

Polygon labs

Mentor, Polygon Village

May 2023 – May 2024 · 1 yr

Actively mentoring Polygon Village projects, specilising in GTM strategies, Operations streamline and Partnerships

Oneplanet

Partnerships, Partner Success

Feb 2023 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr · South Korea · Remote

Secured partnerships with Tier 1 Japanese and Korean Game studios, APAC accelerators & incubators. Top studio partnerships include Animoca Brands, NOD Games, Cygames, Gumi Games and Line Games.
Established Partner Success vertical, optimizing, standardizing internal and external stakeholders interaction, effectively reducing TAT from 15+ Days to 3 Days.
Owned the end to end process of Developer Onboarding, Launch and Post-Launch support for 54+ NFT and Gaming

PartnershipsStakeholder ManagementOnboardingOptimizationBusiness Development

Polygon technology

2 roles

Vouchers Lead, Polygon DAO

Promoted

Mar 2022 – Jan 2023 · 10 mos

Successfully launched the program, and managed end-to-end functions, from setting up processes to facilitating comms and cross-marketing with Partners and top-ecosystem players
Managed the Grant budget of $2.5M, and onboarded 3000+ projects across verticals
Achieved 5X MoM growth in Voucher Grants distribution - Generated $2.5M+ value and <20% partner deal-flow
Landed 60+ Tier 1 Partnerships across infra, toolings, and games. Major partnerships include AWS Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Alchemy, Akash Network, Biconomy, Layer Zero etc

Grant ManagementPartnershipsBudget ManagementCross-marketing

Project Manager

Jul 2021 – Mar 2022 · 8 mos

Established processes to enable cross-functional collaboration and accountability for multiple internal teams.
$450M Strategic Raise - Owned PR and interaction with 40+ investors
Metaverse Festival - Ideation, Collab and execution for the ecosystem meetup!

Cross-functional CollaborationInvestor RelationsEvent ManagementProject Management

Paramnetwork

Field Engineer

Jun 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru East, Karnataka, India

Param is propriety hybrid blockchain of Ethereum and Hyperledger. Served as a part of the core-founding team engaged in the key-activities like handling the clients from pre-sales to closure, developing product road-map, drafting solution architectures for the clients
Executed PoC for top enterprise conglomoretes, including, BEL(Indian Defence Wing), ABRL Group, Hopscotch, Robert Bosch Germany etc

Client ManagementSolution ArchitectureProduct Development

Kvk & co

Finance Manager

Jun 2018 – Jun 2020 · 2 yrs

Handled end to end export business, with special emphasis on operations and finance. Optimized the business process, to cut down the costs and boost revenue, by 15% YoY
Automation:
Lead the end to end procurement automation for the firm saving upto 38% of the
procurement cost.
PricingAnalysis:
The prices were set competitively, yet prudent enough in the market, increasing the market share by 22%
OperationsAutomation:
Automated the completely paper-based invoicing and operations. Brought seamless
audit trail and advanced analytics as the add-on value propositions.