Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 · 0 mo

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

• Consultant at a couple of startups, 2024-25
• Workshops for enterprises on Product Management & Startups.
• Created & ran a Practical Product Management course for SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), 2025.

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

• A few investments as a part of syndicates, including ZET (Earlier: One Code) & Drink Prime.

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Remote

• Investment Syndicate focused on AI startups.
• The group invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups where founders believe my experience can add value. I’d love to connect if your firm fits any of the following criteria.
• I. AI at the Core:
• Disruptive Ideas: Solutions poised to transform an entire industry or function, where incumbents can sense the tremors of an AI-driven revolution.
• New Possibilities: Use cases that were previously not feasible but are now within reach thanks to advancements in AI.
• II. Global SaaS / Consumer:
• Teams with relevant expertise building resilient SaaS products from India for a global audience. If that’s you, let’s talk.
• Gaming: Companies with a clear and executable vision, beyond just wishful thinking.
• Niche & Premium Markets: Ventures targeting specific, high-value segments.
• (This is a small, private syndicate where I co-invest along with a few friends from India & the US).

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr

Jun 2022 – Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · India

• 🥷 Building for a socially and financially diverse audience.
• Acquisition & engagement products capturing significant percentages of agri citizens in India across key SKUs
• Fintech & Commerce product lines to monetise the user base

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Feb 2018 – Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos · India / Singapore

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• Driving Growth, Strategy, Sales, and Customer Success for Hansel.io
• Acquired by Netcore Cloud, November 2020.
• Hansel.io is a cross-platform offering for websites & mobile applications.
• Contextual Nudges and Walkthroughs
• Feature Flags & A/B testing
• Rule based Personalisation
• Real time hot-fixing for Android applications

Feb 2018 – Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• ♾️ Hansel.io is now the Product Experiences (PX) suite at NetcoreCloud. This is a cross-platform offering for websites & mobile applications.
• Contextual Nudges and Walkthroughs
• Feature Flags & A/B testing
• Rule based Personalisation

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• 📜 Helping both early stage startups and large organisations in multiple sectors figure out Product Management and Product Strategy.

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

• 🪶 Quillr (www.quillrapp.com) was an eReading project aimed at transforming text-based storytelling methods for a time-starved mobile generation.

Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• 🐒 Building the firm from the ground up & launching the first two games - Arkonauts (iOS) and Rash Riders (iOS/Android).

Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 · 0 mo · Bangalore

• ⚽ ( Acq: Nazara, 2019)
• End to end product management - from product strategy to roadmaps to implementations to iterations.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Bangalore

• 🎮 Awards:
• 'Emerging Star', Q2 2012 (first quarter at Zynga)
• 'Level Up' (promoted), Q3 2012
• 'Level Up', Q4 2012

Apr 2011 – Jun 2011 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

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• MBA Internship, working with the Head of Strategy at Ultratech.
• Awarded a Pre Placement Interview offer
• Detailed analysis of 31 countries that Ultratech could consider for international expansion, with a recommended list of X countries.

Mar 2010 – Jun 2010 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• 🏏 Editor, www.holdingwilley.com
• Short stint as a Cricket writer between IBM and the MBA to get some writing & managing experience
• Improved time spent on site to 28 mins per user, while industry standard was ~5 minutes)
• Social Media Management (Improved Alexa ranking by 200,000 places in 3 months)

Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 · 3 yrs · Bangalore

• 👨‍💻 Performance Monitoring Tools developer, AIX Operating System, used across global giants like Citibank, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Monsanto and hundreds more.