Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · India

• Head of Strategy and Operations for Facebook in India across the family of apps (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp) across Digital Advertising, Commerce, Payments, Short and Long-Form Video, Creator & Infliencer Economy, SMBTech & Digitization, AR/VR, Gaming, etc - driving various business/functional initiatives across Sales & Marketing, Partnerships/BD/M&A, Growth Operations & Policy/Comms. Focused on start-up investments as well including the investment in Meesho (Social Commerce), Unacademy (EdTech), Jio Platforms (& WhatsApp Commerce partnership) and other start-up/VC collaborations across sectors.

Jun 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• 3D AR/AI start-up focused on enabling immersive 3D consumer experiences for Commerce (Digital and Digitally influenced) & Marketing. Sequoia & Tiger Global portfolio company with a global business across E-Commerce, Omni-channel Retail, Brands and OEMs.

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

• Prashanth was a Partner with Kalaari Capital - early stage technology investment focus across sectors incl. Consumer Internet, Enterprise SaaS / Cloud, Big Data / Advanced Analytics, IOT, Healthcare Tech (esp AI), Logistics/Warehousing, etc.
• Board Roles - StalkBuyLove (Fast Fashion Internet First Brand) - ~$5M Series A investment
• Portfolio Roles .- Urban Ladder, YourStory, TruWeight, etc.

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 2 mos

Jan 2007 – Jan 2016 · 9 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• Previously a Partner in Bain & Company's Bengaluru office. He was a key member of Bain's Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice areas in Asia Pacific. He was also a leader in the firm's Digital and Advanced Anaytics practice areas.
• Prashanth has more than 10 years of management consulting experience across India and Europe, working with senior executives and management teams to address their most pressing strategic issues. He also has six years of prior experience in technology consulting in the United States.
• Prashanth is an expert in the technology and telecom industries with particular expertise in IT-enabled services and R&D services. His client work includes growth strategy and sales acceleration for IT services companies to expand their global businesses in industry verticals such as telecom and high-tech, as well as new emerging areas such as digital, Internet of Things (IOT) and Advanced Analytics / Big Data.
• Prashanth has experience in advising clients across a range of other industries, including retail and e-commerce, consumer products, industrial goods & services and financial services. In addition, he helps clients address issues such as corporate and business unit strategy, sales and go-to-market excellence, organization, M&A and performance improvement.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 · 3 yrs

Jan 2002 – Jan 2003 · 1 yr

Jan 1999 – Jan 2002 · 3 yrs

Jan 1997 – Jan 1999 · 2 yrs