Sudhanshu Shekhar

Co-Founder

Bangalore, Karnataka, India18 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in aligning brand narratives for increased conversions.
  • Founder of innovative AI-driven sustainability solutions.
  • Proven track record in startup leadership and growth strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and consulting expert with a focus on sustainability and brand strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

BrandingStart-up LeadershipEducationHuman Resources (hr)

Other Skills

BankingBrand DevelopmentBrand MarketingBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyBusiness ValuationCorporate FinanceCost ManagementCredit AnalysisCredit ManagementData AnalysisDebt RestructuringDebt SettlementEquity Valuation

About

I am an entrepreneur operating at the intersection of Identity and Infrastructure. My journey is defined by two distinct but parallel missions: helping companies define their belief systems, and helping them prove they are sustainable. 1. As a Entrepreneur, it took me a while but I understand now. Sales isn’t harder because channels stopped working. It’s harder because belief no longer carries early — so teams explain more, spend more, and convert later. Most marketing efforts amplify execution. Very few address belief breakdowns that quietly inflate CAC and slow deals. At Qissahauz, I work upstream of campaigns and agencies — helping leadership teams diagnose where belief is leaking, decide what must be believed, and ensure it survives scale. 2. Solving Global Compliance (swaas.ai) As the Founder of swaas.ai, I am tackling one of the hardest technical challenges of our time: ESG Intelligence. We are building the AI infrastructure required to solve the global sustainability and compliance crisis. This is a scalable technology venture focused on data accuracy, reporting automation, and future-proofing enterprises.

Experience

Qissahauz

Co-Founder

Jun 2025Present · 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • QissaHauz is a story-first brand consultancy helping businesses go beyond “looking good” to being unforgettable. We combine brand psychology, market insight, and narrative strategy to help brands connect deeply with their audience.
  • What We Do:
  • Brand narrative design & messaging architecture
  • Strategic positioning for market differentiation
  • Visual identity aligned with emotional connect
  • Story-led go-to-market planning
  • Results & Highlights:
  • Helped companies increase lead conversion by 50% by realigning their brand narrative
  • Designed “Audience Gravity Map” framework adopted by brands in D2C, Manufacturing and Finance Sectors
  • Conducted workshops for founders & CMOs across Markets
  • Our Philosophy:
  • Clarity before conversion. Truth before trend. Because connection outlasts campaign.
  • Book a brand consultation.
Start-up LeadershipBrandingBrand DevelopmentGrowth StrategiesBrand Marketing

Swaas.ai

Co-Founder

Jun 2025Present · 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • My focus is on building a category-defining platform by unifying the fractured world of sustainability data:
  • Product Leadership: Directing the development of our 5 Pillars (Trace, Measure, Report, Plan, Act) into a single, seamless, and auditable data system. This is the full-stack build for verifiable compliance.
  • Global Go-to-Market (GTM): Establishing our initial client base among major commodity traders and roasters who require immediate, granular compliance solutions for EU regulations.
  • Proprietary Tech: Leveraging deep-learning AI to automate Scope 3 emissions classification and establish farm-level traceability—the technical backbone required to meet mandates like EUDR where human effort fails.
  • Team Scaling: Obsessed with recruiting world-class talent, particularly in AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS Sales, and Regulatory Compliance, to support rapid, defensible growth.

Antwak

2 roles

Co-Founder

Jun 2019Oct 2025 · 6 yrs 4 mos

  • AntWak is an education startup founded by IIT/ISB alums and funded by tier-1 VC. Our mission is to provide knowledge across a variety of topics to allow learners to become their better selves, earn more and live a passionate, healthy and happier life.
  • Antwak also offers premium 16 weeks long LIVE courses targeted at billion Bharat dreams, at one fifth the cost of peer firms and again led by industry experts.
  • Antwak today also offers 1000+ free, bite-sized professional learning courses in 15+ domains such as Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing, Data Engineering, User Experience, Sales&BD, Data Engineering, powered by 2,500+ experts from 500+ brands & corporates across 30+ countries.

Co-founder | People and Growth

Jun 2019Oct 2025 · 6 yrs 4 mos

EducationHuman Resources (HR)Start-up LeadershipMarketingFinance

Feedback infra

Principal Consultant

Dec 2017Jun 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • As a Principal Consultant at Feedback Infra, I work with all stakeholders in the this domain, Banks/FI, ARCs, Resolution Professionals and stressed firms towards a sustainable resolution to stressed assets.
  • Worked with International funds/ARC’s for identification, due diligence and acquisition of potential assets in the infrastructure sector.
  • Worked with International funds/Banks/ARC’s & FI towards resolution of financial stress of some of India’s largest infrastructure companies.
  • Provided customized solutions for resolution inter-alia raising equity/debt, designed and implemented mergers, demergers, acquisition and takeovers, implemented stress resolution/debt restructuring.
  • Conducted corporate Insolvency and Bankruptcy process (CIRP) under aegis of NCLTs as mandated by IBC
  • Financial Modeling and Analysis – developing materials including Information Memorandum, financial model, presentations, resolution plans including preparation of rectification/restructuring/SDR package based business plans.
  • Worked with industry experts to provide Concept to commissioning consulting for infrastructure companies in the field on Power, Energy, Transportation, Engineering, Real Estate, and social infrastructure.
  • Leading a team of motivated experts for Advisory, project management, project monitoring, O & M, and resolution.
  • Credit monitoring of clients, review of operational and financial performance, cash flows, etc. to proactively create groundwork for engagement.

Icici bank

3 roles

Corporate Banker

Promoted

Apr 2014Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Understood Client's annual/half yearly/Quarterly financial statements and made projections of those financials over the length of the defined project using various financial modeling tools.
  • Conducted enhanced due diligence of the client to understand and assess the credit worthiness of the company and various risks associated with it.
  • Prepared detailed credit assessment notes for Term Lending, Working Capital Finance, Project Finance of the company.
  • Sourced, assessed, underwritten and disbursed the funding requirements of some the largest corporates in India.
  • Actively and timely monitored clients performance vis-a-vis the completion and execution of funded projects.
  • Monitored stressed clients, participated in rectification proceedings (like CDR,SDR etc.)
  • Initiated and pursued suitable legal action against defaulting client through various recovery routes available to the Bank.
  • Assigned stresses cases to ARC.

Solution Manager (Strategic Solutions Group)

Apr 2014Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos

ICICI Business Leadership Program

Mar 2012Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • MBA Banking and Finance

Rs software

Software Engineer

Feb 2011Mar 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Kolkata Area

  • Senior Software Engineer working in the all important division of Clearing and Settlement for the credit card giants VISA Inc.

Cognizant technology solutions

2 roles

Programmer Analyst

Dec 2007Jan 2011 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Worked as a mainframe developer and SME in BFS sector with prestigious clients like BNYM and First DATA

Programmer analyst

Dec 2007Jan 2011 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Gokaldas exports ltd

Consultant

Oct 2006May 2007 · 7 mos

  • India leading readymade clothes manufacturer, devised and implemented a three tier incentive scheme to improve productivity of manufacturing line by 24%.
  • Developed the Plant Layout for Integrated Featherlite office Systems (Metal Cutting and Fabrication) at the Hejjala plant for technical project.

Education

NIIT University

Master of Business Administration (MBA) — Finance and Banking

Jan 2012Jan 2014

JSSATE, Bangalore

B E — Industrial Engg and Management

Jan 2003Jan 2007

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum JSSATE, Bangalore

Bachelor of Engineering — Industrial Engineering and Management

Jan 2003Jan 2007

DAV,JVM,SHYAMALI,RANCHI

Senior Secondary

Jan 1998Jan 2000

Mount Assisi School,Bhagalpur

Jan 1986Jan 1998

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