Jul 2015 – Jan 2021 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Led Elevation (formerly SAIF Partners)'s investments (alphabetical) in Factors.ai, Fareye, Goodera, Haber, Medtrail, Meesho, Sharechat, Superops, Toppr, Unacademy, Zomentum

Sep 2013 – May 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore

• Built entire team from scratch and re-designed company strategy at early series A round. Transitioned the company from desktop only to mobile only with world class mobile products. Established FreeCharge as a household name and a company known for innovation. Grew enterprise value by more than 30X and executed India's largest M&A in Indian internet space with acquisition of FreeCharge by SnapDeal.

Apr 2013 – Sep 2013 · 5 mos

• Lead business/P&L for India's hottest start-up. Played key role in largest exit in Indian internet space with acquisition of redbus.in by Naspers at USD 110M. Responsible for P&L, Business Strategy, Product, Marketing, Operations.
• Built mobile strategy for business and led company to become #1 OTA on mobile on play store with top rated app. Won several awards for great forward looking product design.

Jun 2012 – Mar 2013 · 9 mos

• Responsible for P&L, Business Strategy, Product, Marketing, Operations. Rebuilt the entire team and grew business.
• Techcrunch coverage: http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/21/redbus-continues-to-dominate-in-india-but-thats-not-what-makes-them-special/

May 2010 – Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Responsible for monetization of Google's Display Ad Network (a.k.a. AdSense for Content). Bleeding edge innovations around new Ad Targeting solutions, Interest Based Advertising, Advertiser auto-optimization products. 2 approved & 10 pending Patents in Ads around interest based advertising, contextual ads.

Feb 2009 – May 2010 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Led strategy and end-to-end product delivery for all Google mobile products in India.
• Led Global strategy of Google Mobile News. Launched Google Mobile News
• Conceived and launched Google Music Search at Google.co.in/music
• Relaunched SMS Search with amazing success
• Primary media spokesperson for all search and mobile related stuff

May 2007 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Led Product Management for Google India Search (google.co.in) and Google Geo-Local Search (Google.co.in/local). Led cross-functional team across engineering, legal, marketing, public relations, business development, and government relations.
• Established Google's Geo Local as clear winner in the market
• Conceived and led first ever print marketing campaign by Google India
• Launched tons of search features (e.g. Cricket Scores on Search) with amazing success
• Led global innovations around Geo-local data quality and SMB listing acquisitions
• Launched annual Zeitgeist event which is now Google India's flagship annual PR event

Nov 2003 – Apr 2006 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Lead for Adobe eBooks

Jul 1999 – Nov 2003 · 4 yrs 4 mos

• Architect, Team Lead, Mentor, Crisis Manager