Ritesh Jain — CEO
Hands-on product leader with a growth mindset. 10+ years of managing prioritization and trade-offs with fast-paced startups. Prior experience in building products from scratch ( 0->1 ) and taking them to market. Set product strategy and visions. Led cross-functional teams to build successful businesses. I am passionate about solving customer problems with technology. My product philosophy is rooted in customer empathy, focusing on why, continuous improvement, and outcome-driven execution. I believe in leading with examples and measuring what matters. I am currently leading the Product Management and Design team at Drishti ( https://drishti.com), a Series B startup building analytics solutions for manufactures using “Computer Vision” and “Deep Learning”. Building a product in the upcoming segment of "Intelligent video analytics" with state-of-the-art technology, I learned the first principles thinking, intuition-based decision-making ( complementing data-driven approach ), and the ability to influence without authority. I was the first PM hire for Nutanix India. I designed MVP for a new product for application security and validated product-market fit. Owning the full product life-cycle I launched and scaled 'Flow' ( Nutanix’s hybrid cloud networking and security product ). During my stint here, I had the privilege to experience the creation of a new market category “Hyper-Convergence” and revenue growth of $1B+. Developed business acumen, working closely with the leadership to present the KPIs of business growth analyzing sales transaction and usage data. Learned the art of product strategy by launching a product to compete against the incumbent market leader with limited resources. I have extensive experience in directly managing Large enterprises, Cloud providers, Alliances. I have been a speaker in Product events like Nvidia GTC, PaloAlto Network Ignite, Nutanix. Next, Citrix Summit Specialties: - Product strategy (Vision, Directional Roadmap) - Product Evangelization - Pre-sales customer engagement - Positioning - Pricing / Packaging - Sales enablement - Product life cycle management - Agile methodology Domain Knowledge: - Deep learning - Analytics - Cloud technologies - Networking and Security Drishti is growing. If you want to join us or want to share your experience of building AI ( Artificial Intelligence) products, feel free to message me.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in AI-driven SaaS solutions.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 17 yrs
Career Highlights
- Led product strategy for multiple successful startups.
- Expert in building products from scratch to market.
- Strong background in AI and analytics solutions.
Work Experience
Razorpay
Sr Director and General Manager, Engage (3 yrs 9 mos)
Zeta Suite
Director of Product Management (9 mos)
Drishti
Head of Product (2 yrs)
Nutanix
Principal Product Manager (1 yr 8 mos)
Senior Product Manager (1 yr 11 mos)
Product Manager (1 yr 2 mos)
Citrix
Product Manager (5 mos)
Associate Product Manager (1 yr 11 mos)
Cognizant Business Consulting
Internship (2 mos)
Amdocs
Subject Matter Expert (5 mos)
Tata Consultancy Services
Assistant System engineer (2 yrs 5 mos)
The Edgemakers
Trainer (6 mos)
Education
MBA at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Deep Learning Specialization at Coursera
BE at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
