Jan 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 2 mos · Palo Alto, CA

• Birdeye is an agentic marketing platform for multi-location brands, where AI Agents, powered by custom LLMs, automate workflows across reviews, listings, social media, surveys, and more. Trusted by over 200,000 businesses, Birdeye helps brands grow local presence, manage reputation, and enhance customer experiences. Operating globally with teams in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and India, Birdeye is redefining how businesses win locally.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2020 · 8 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Advise TechStars cloud startups

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs

• Successful $1B IPO in 2013. One of fastest growing SaaS companies. Increased customers from 150K to 300K, revenue from $60M to $120M+, hired top talent from Yahoo, Google, Apple. Ran product management, design, and marketing across US, China and Russia.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo

• Re-imagined business communications with mega trends in cloud, mobility, big data. Launched industry-first business SMS. One business number for voice, cloud-fax, SMS. Designed consumer grade experiences on touch devices with presence, SMS.
• Pre-IPO startup backed by Sequoia, Khosla and Cisco. Promoted to CPO in Dec 2011.

Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr

• Monster acquired Yahoo HotJobs for $225M in 2010. Joined Monster's executive team. Ran sales strategy for $600M North America Business.

Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 · 0 mo · Palo Alto, CA

• Social networking community for recent grads and students at elite universities. Started at Harvard, MIT and Stanford. Company got acquired by Universum Group, Sweden.

Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs

• Full P&L responsibility of $100M HotJobs business unit. Ran strategy, user experience design, product management, marketing & business partnerships. Also led product innovation in Search Advertising, Yahoo Autos, Yahoo Travel, Yahoo Shopping.
• Top 5% of senior leaders. 2009 Presidents club. Nominated for 2008 Yahoo superstar.

Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 · 3 yrs

• Directed product teams across listings, search and media businesses. Launched several industry leading innovative products e.g. Smart Ads, Turbo Listings, R.E.A.L search, social media, monetization, ad optimization. Filed 2 patents.

Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 · 3 yrs

• Ran strategic sales & marketing for Broadband division ($1B revenue). Managed $100M major accounts in US (ATT, Verizon) and Europe (Versatel, DT, Tiscali)
• Promotions: Manager, Sr. Manager, Director

Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 · 2 yrs

• Software architect. Managed engineering teams across US, India and China.
• Promotions: Sr. Engineer, Technical Lead, Distinguished Engineer

Jan 1998 – Jan 2000 · 2 yrs

• Developed routing software. President's award for technical excellence