Apr 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Promoted to lead the Payments vertical to scale transaction volumes and user engagement; managed 7 PMs and a cross functional pod of 30; increased monthly transactions from 2.7M to 4.39M and MTUs by 18% within 10 months.
• Drove UPI growth by scaling Scan & Pay and launching Pay to Contact to boost everyday payment adoption; enhanced funnel performance through UX upgrades, faster scan/resolve rates, unified and gamified campaigns like Scan-a-thon and Happy Hours; achieved 80-90% growth in QR and P2P payments and increased UPI TPU from 8.8 to 13.6.
• Redesigned the Payments tab to enhance discovery of QR, P2P, and bill pay use cases; implemented a backend-driven, dynamic layout with usage-based entry points to enable rapid experimentation; reduced bounce rate from 70% to 63% and improved QR/P2P activation by 7%.
• Led the payments platform product - built a standardised platform-level payment checkout page to solve for payments/ collections for savings, mutual funds, gold, and lending use cases; enabled offer handling, instrument downtime management, and reusable flows; reduced redundant dev effort by 5x across product teams and accelerated time-to-market.

Dec 2019 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• - 2nd Product hire; Launched Jupiter's flagship Savings Account in partnership with Federal Bank to drive digital banking adoption; led end-to-end execution across onboarding flows, CX, bank integrations, acquisition channels, and KYC fraud controls; scaled to ~3Mn accounts within 3 years.

Jun 2019 – Oct 2019 · 4 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Built and launched a gift card infrastructure on Stellar blockchain to streamline digital rewards; led product development, onboarded 70+ merchants, and rolled out to 15+ retail locations; generated $50K GMV/month with 20% MoM growth.
• Spearheaded fundraising across equity and crypto markets to support group expansion; pitched to 50+ global investors and secured $4.5M in Series A funding for Zaggle and $2M via ICO for Zagg Network.
• Led product strategy for multiple prepaid card based solutions for ration, DBT, and tourism programs.

Apr 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Working closely with the Founder & Chairman's Office

Apr 2018 – Mar 2019 · 11 mos · Singapore

• Solving Privacy on Public Chains.
• ZAGG Protocol is privacy-preserving protocol on an account based public blockchain. The protocol uses advanced Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZK-SNARKS) to have all public nodes validate private transactions and prevent double spending. We are building an enterprise-grade blockchain for multiple industry use cases such as:
• 1. Gift cards
• 2. Insurance
• 3. Remittances
• 4. Loyalty & Rewards program and more.
• I work on the business and product side at ZAGG Protocol. Currently, I am working on setting up a distribution channel for selling gift cards in retail as one of our first business use-cases. I also work closely with the Founder & CEO in multiple areas including fundraising, investor relations, overall strategy, partnerships, and team building.

Mar 2018 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr · Hyderabad Area, India

Apr 2017 – Mar 2018 · 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Selected as one of the fellows to assist Bank of Baroda in building its FinTech capabilities under the prestigious Sayajirao Gaekwad Fellowship Program. At the bank, I assisted the FinTech Department discover, evaluate, develop, operationalize and track FinTech product & partnerships. I also examine international markets & identify emerging technological trends in the FinTech space. Few of the projects I worked during my stint at the bank include:
• 1. API Banking
• 2. End-to-End Digital Lending for SMEs powered by algo-based underwriting
• 3. Prepaid Card Solution for corporates (Employee Benefits card)
• 4. Working on the bank's strategic partnership with South Korea's KB Financial Group
• 5. Product partnerships for Bank's mobile banking app
• 6. Payments (IoT)
• 7. Setting up an Innovation Lab for the bank
• 8. New Business Tie-ups

Mar 2015 – Aug 2015 · 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Fyne’s vision was to create the finest dining experience. We built an interactive menu combined with social features, in-restaurant ordering and mobile payment
• Responsibilities:
• 1. Strategising and identifying the location for the pilot project in Bangalore.
• 2. Identifying key target zones for customer acquisition.
• 3. Onboarding the restaurants as our food partners, strategic partnerships with other startups, building other teams at Fyne.

Aug 2014 – Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Served multiple Fortune 500 clients across industries in business transformations - analyzing & understanding the client’s requirements, helping in writing functional specifications, business process modeling on Industry Print 5, implementing and testing the client deliverables, experience on major business processes across various SAP modules such as SD, FI, HR, MM, project management activities using PMC, Microsoft Project
• Strategized and organized an existing E&R client visit leading to a $35M opportunity
• Worked on a RFP for an Indian alcoholic beverages client with Deloitte India leading to a Rs 4 Cr opportunity
• Anchored numerous All Hand Meetings attended by US leadership & industry leaders
• Led the winning team out of a total of 52 team in Technology Analyst Simulation Program – 2015; formulated a strategy for upgrading a CRM client’s system to the best possible option available in the market
• Felicitated with 5 Spot awards & 1 Applause award for the client contributions & firm initiates
• Select Client Engagements
• Implemented major process changes in SD module for a $37B American fabless semiconductor company
• Played a key role in data migration from legacy to the SAP system for a $2B American biotech client
• Worked majorly on aftermarket services processes for different divisions of a major E&R client worth $15B
• Worked on streamlining and enhancing services by replacing the core HR Information system with a new SAP HR/Payroll System & redesigning HR processes for a $43B American airline client

Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 · 5 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Was trained in SAP ABAP. Served a major Fortune 500 TMT client in implementation of some of the major business processes in the Sales & Distribution (SD) module.

Jun 2013 – Jul 2013 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

• Development in Reporting and Analytics module of Teamcenter

Oct 2011 – Mar 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos · Vellore Area, India

• In my first year of college, I co-founded a national level NGO called Uddeshya. We aimed to create a platform for future change-makers and provide them an opportunity to implement their ideas that can transform society. The NGO's areas of focus included but are not limited to HIV-AIDS awareness, Peer Pressure, Bullying, Sexual Abuse, Discrimination, Health and Hygiene, Escapism, Youth Empowerment and Political Awareness. I served as Uddeshya's Vice – Chairperson (Finance & Administration) where I created bylaws for the organization, formed the executive committee, and mentored and motivated the other members of the VIT chapter I setup other offices across India and took workshops on creating awareness about HIV AIDS.