Apr 2025 – Aug 2025 · 4 mos

• Built a private invite-only founder community featuring YC-backed founders, bootstrappers making $1M ARR on WhatsApp
• Hosted 10 fireside chats in 10 weeks featuring speakers like Hiten Shah, Chris Bakke, Minn Kim(Founder of Lighthouse), Ish Verduzco(ex-a16z) and more.

May 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Worked with YC-backed/VC-backed startups like Sunset HQ, Jam.dev, OpenPhone and many more to get a head start with community building, launching a podcast as a distribution channel and more.

Jul 2022 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Remote

• Threado is an AI-powered support copilot that helps provide the best support to customers and community members across Slack, Discord, and the Web.
• Scaled Huddle, an invite-only community to 500+ members, hosted Decoded podcast(36 ep), Community Hour(20+ fireside chats), Slack-based AMAs(24) and customer demo sessions
• Took Threado to #1 Product of the Day + #2 Product of the Week on Product Hunt
• Tripled product signups by shipping 6+ side projects, led a pivotal redesign, and 10x’ed social engagement using a "build in public" strategy
• Executed community-led growth and increased 2x revenue by closing Notion, Webflow, Morning Brew, and Hampton
• Shaped the roadmap based on community feedback and customer insights, and fine-tuned the pricing strategy

Mar 2022 – Apr 2022 · 1 mo

• On Deck is where top talent comes to accelerate their ideas and careers, surrounded by a world-class community.
• Worked closely with On Deck leadership to spearhead the Radar initiative aggregating 5k+ fundraising news
• Handled everything from ideation, execution, design, growth, launch, community strategy and marketing of Radar
• Doubled Radar DAU by running community initiatives like AMAs, founder stories, and investor thesis
• Worked within OD’s no-code stack to set up automation, infrastructure, web/mobile apps, and landing pages for Radar

May 2021 – Mar 2022 · 10 mos

• Product Hunt is a home that surfaces great products every day and constantly supports a community of makers building the future. As a Community Programs Manager, I help founders succeed with their launch strategy and bring the community together by leading community initiatives.
• Launched community programs like AMAs, Ambassador Program, meetups and Maker Grant Program
• Drove 5M+ pageviews, improved engagement by 100k+ in comments/upvotes, and added website traffic of 2M+ users
• Found and featured 20+ founders via amplifying their success stories on weekly newsletter read by 500k readers
• Executed “build in public” strategy, and helped social team to 20x community engagement
• Helped 20+ Series A, Seed founders with GTM strategy and successfully launched their startups on Product Hunt

Oct 2020 – Apr 2021 · 6 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Draftbit is a low-code tool that helps users create, customize, and launch mobile apps all from a web browser. As a Product Evangelist, I worked at the intersection of product, growth, and community.
• Built 50+ ready-to-use templates and example apps that attracted hundreds of signups and increased DAU
• Collaborated with content creators on educational tools and tutorials and grew the waitlist to 3x
• Helped find potential partnership opportunities with no-code/maker communities
• Nurtured Draftbit-owned communities/forums and helped manage/maintain product documentation
• Doubled user activation by initiatives like weekly newsletter(wrote 30+), AMAs, live product walkthrough sessions

Sep 2020 – Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Remote

• A platform that helps creators and startups leverage the social proof they get on Twitter.
• Shipped a no-code landing page in 24hrs using Carrd, and an MVP in 2 weeks using Bubble. Validated the idea from the community and gathered the attention of more than 50+ early adopters.
• Launched a fully-coded platform to the public with 3500+ users on the waitlist with my co-founder.
• Secured #3 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.
• Won the prestigious Maker Grant Award from Product Hunt.
• Shoutout is used by high-growth startups like On Deck, Knowable(sold to Medium), Maven, and influencers like Jack Butcher, Julian Shapiro, Lenny Rachitsky, and many more creators/startups.
• Grew it to $30K+ ARR with over 150+ paying customers and exited with 3.5x multiple.

Jan 2017 – Sep 2020 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Greater Chicago Area

• Worked as Product Manager and managed a team of developers, designers, and QA to build iOS/Android apps
• Both apps were reportedly used by 20M+ people and recorded 6M MAU
• Achieved 1.8M ratings with a 4.8 score on App Store + Play Store

Aug 2015 – Dec 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

• Worked on legacy projects that deal with the integration of Sigue’s legacy systems: Sigue Global Systems (SGS) and Control Money. Sigue Agent Mobile App is also a part of the project, which provides the Agents a better communication with customers.

Nov 2010 – Feb 2013 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Worked as a Programmer Analyst for a project that consisted of developing a comprehensive online money transfer system, mobile application to allow the customers to effectively manage their accounts. The application allowed the users to transfer funds between accounts, view statements and utilize check free electronic billing services. The redesigned system made self-service activities more user-friendly and provided simpler and swifter navigation and seamless integration of various money management functions.