Apr 2024 – Dec 2024 · 8 mos

• > Built a financing platform for rural consumers by leveraging public data stack and ML, a first in country product to enable underwriting farmers in real time for unsecured loans, by use of technology
• > Built a digital experience tailored for rural consumers that resulted in zero CAC and < 3% NPA
• > Oversaw Product, Technology, Operations, Risk, PnL, Data Science teams
• Prior to Jai Kisan, attempted a startup in Lending space targeting Farmers between Sep 2023 to Apr 2024

Sep 2023 – Mar 2024 · 6 mos

Feb 2020 – Aug 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• > Drove product and tech strategy and execution, achieving 20x growth of the SaaS platform to 12M+ users and 1000+ enterprises through a scalable microservices architecture and low-code customization framework. Built an ETL Data stack
• > Developed AI-powered product differentiators, including crime check, fraud detection, job recommendations, and automated interviews (LLM)
• > Designed and scaled the product and tech org from 15 to 100 people, including hiring key leadership and integrating six acquisitions (team growth to 200)

Dec 2015 – Mar 2020 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Fabulyst began as a B2C AI stylist seving working women's fashion shopping need and later it pivoted to B2B retail SaaS targeting fashion retailers
• > Phase I: B2C AI Stylist with strong user insights and industry benchmarks: Identified key emotional needs in fashion shopping, leading to the development of a conversational AI stylist. Achieved high engagement and purchase / MAU ratio of 25%
• > Phase II: Fashion tech SaaS with monetization and fund raise: Developed API for catalog tagging, trend mining and style advice, resulting in a 36% increase in search page CTR and a 15% increase in add-to-cart rate. Served big retailers in India including Myntra, Flipkart, Landmark group, Raymonds in India. Built and managed a ~50-person team, raised $400k in funding, achieved an ARR of $500k and secured placements in XRC Labs, Jio Gennext, and Axilor Ventures

Mar 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• > Experience areas: PLG, B2B2C, Health tech, User research, Fast product iterations
• > Built SME SaaS solution targeting 1-10 doctor clinics in chronic care space helping them stay connected with and track their patient population
• > Identified poor chronic care repeat visits due to doctor time constraints eventually leading to poor treatment outcomes; developed a doctor/patient web/mobile app solution that increased repeat rates by 70%
• > SME SaaS solution focused on small clinics in Tier 1/2 cities, serving patients with chronic conditions
• Drove the strategic acquisition of the product

Aug 2013 – Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Lucknow Area, India

• > Experience areas: Non profit, Govt sector, Healthcare, Stakeholder management, Fundraise, Event management
• > Enabled govt with real time analytics on map to track the antenatal vaccination. Conceptualized and built the product with the help of 20 volunteers. Reached 40000 beneficiaries per month on SMS. Reduced MMR (maternal Mortality rate) by 1%. Got the learning that a compelling cause is a great team binder

Jul 2010 – Mar 2014 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• 1> Worked across various core products - Mobile platform, Visual studio, Dynamics
• 2> Contributed to multiple key features - developer API in mobile platform, Debugger in visual studio, Debugger in Windows CE, Email server in Dynamic CRM

May 2009 – Jul 2009 · 2 mos · Bangalore

• Filed patent: Personalized Navigation through Virtual 3D Environments, Patent date Filed May 30, 2010 Patent issuer and number us 329648.01
• Developed A Generic Navigation scheme for Exploring Architectural sites by abstracting it as an AI planning problem. The virtual 3D environment was obtained using a hook in Microsoft’s Photosynth software.