Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Apr 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Built Turno’s product suite from scratch for its financing business and retail business
• Built Turno’s base data platform to support data-driven decision-making
• Discovered and rigorously validated underexplored market opportunities, strategically expanding Turno’s growth potential and competitive edge.
• Leveraged 10+ years of startup experience to inspire innovation and foster a transformative culture, empowering Turno to achieve early-stage success and scalability.

Aug 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Led the strategic development of a customer-centric module for a Client (US based major Retail chain), redefining how the enterprise approached customer identification across diverse business segments.
• Devised and implemented a sophisticated data synchronization module capable of harmonizing information from millions of customers spanning multiple sectors.
• Employed intricate business logic within the module to accurately identify and distinguish unique customers amid the complex data landscape.
• Empowered the enterprise to achieve a new level of personalization and customer experience excellence by seamlessly catering to customers interacting with various business segments.
• Demonstrated a relentless commitment to innovation, problem-solving, and customer-focused solutions, ultimately reshaping Client's approach to customer engagement.

Feb 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Extracto AI built SAAS solutions for enterprises to reduce costs associated with data entry in areas like Account Payables. We used #ML and #NLP to extract useful data points from PDFs and scans with high accuracy and efficient user interface.
• Led sales, Marketing as well as Product management with team of 7
• On boarded First paid client and became revenue generating company within 6 months
• The cofounder lost financial stability due to personal losses in COVID, we decided to wrap it up.

Nov 2019 – Jan 2020 · 2 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Travelled, Learnt Vipassana Meditation, experimented with options trading

Jun 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Managed product roadmap for demand side of car rental business, Led team of 10+ engineers and design professionals, implemented processes in line with Agile methodologies in order to plan, build and launch prioritized features to drive growth KPIs
• Increased reach by integrating with demand side partners i.e. OTAs like Ixigo, marketplaces like Flipkart, Phonepe
• Spearheaded company wide efforts to improve retention and conceptualized revamped loyalty program
• Owned and launched dynamic pricing module based on demand indicators
• Enhanced experience for customers by improving success rate of ‘instant refund’

Jan 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led and overhauled pricing strategy across all business segments, structured pricing for the novel Subscription offering
• Developed GST compliant billing product
• Designed forecasting model and led efforts for $40 million Series-C funding as an SPOC
• Successfully built processes and (R and SQL based) automation tool for reconciliation of transactions
• Led various P&L initiatives including region wise P&L and Unit Economics reviews, Helped profitability by rolling out policies and monitoring processes
• Uncovered unprofitable version of the supply arrangement
• Lead team of business analysts to aid decision making and monitoring of financial performance

Jun 2016 – Oct 2016 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Revamped financial analytics and data flow, Led organization level process mapping exercise
• Put together a working Operation’s data management system

Jan 2015 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bangalore

• Built Local deals discovery platform (Nearby wasn’t there), later pivoted into a neighbourhood social network (Google’s Neighbourly wasn’t there). Subsequently, focussed on building an online platform for new parents.
• Sound knowledge of wire framing, UI/UX, App design guidelines and writing product / tech requirements
• Defined product success metrics, analyzed product performance and iterated using analytics
• Built end to end android app for Neighbourhood network to quickly prototype (with no prior experience)

May 2013 – Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

• Led efforts for $15 million Series-C funding round, built comprehensive forecasts and Business plan
• Led cross departmental team to implementation booking management system
• Designed MIS system, data flow and reporting templates, they became build blocks for internal products later
• Built model to compare various potential acquisition targets on financial and business aspects
• Developed operational metrics tracking framework
• Developed scenario analysis models strategic decisions
• Built comprehensive operational process map for ERP implementation

Jun 2012 – Feb 2013 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Apr 2012 – Jun 2012 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Apr 2011 – Jun 2011 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jul 2009 – Mar 2010 · 8 mos · Chhattisgarh, India