Surendra Koutarapu

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 3 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led growth strategies for high-growth businesses.
  • Built and scaled teams across multiple markets.
  • Expert in marketplace management and user acquisition.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Growth Strategist with extensive experience in E-commerce and Food Delivery sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyGrowth ManagementMarket ExpansionUser AcquisitionMarket StrategyMarketplace ManagementProduct StrategyRisk StrategyOperations ManagementData AnalysisSoftware Engineering

Other Skills

Business AnalysisSQLBusiness DevelopmentFinancial ModelingDigital MarketingTalent ManagementTeam ManagementManagementGTMUser GrowthMarketingInside SalesOperational DesignRisk AlignmentMarketplace Strategy

About

Built and scaled high-growth businesses across India and South Asia — from launching and expanding cities at Uber, setting up Noon India from scratch, to now leading GrowthSchool’s India and international business as part of the executive team. At GrowthSchool, I own the full P&L and lead a 120-member org across revenue, marketing, ops, HR, and finance. I’m responsible for growth, GTM, monetization, hiring, and scaling execution across markets. Also built the hiring engine, operating rhythm, and team structure from the ground up. At Uber, I led marketplace, risk, and strategy for UberEats across 40+ cities with a $550M+ P&L. Before that, I scaled the Uber Rides business in Hyderabad and Vizag — owning city P&Ls, leading rider/driver acquisition, growth ops, and launching complex products like UberPool, Moto, and airport/metro partnerships. At Noon, I built and scaled the India business — launched across 10 states, activated millions of users, and unlocked new revenue channels through inside sales and referrals. I started my career building enterprise systems at Broadridge and leading analytics projects at LatentView — foundations that shaped my structured, data-driven. I lead with clarity and speed, especially in ambiguity. Known for building high-ownership teams with strong execution discipline and clear priorities Strong in zero-to-one, and aligning teams around outcomes. Comfortable switching between boardrooms, war rooms, and hiring rooms. MBA – IIM Trichy | CS Engineer

Experience

Growthschool

Chief Business Officer

Nov 2022Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Growthschool and Outskill
Business AnalysisSQLBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyFinancial ModelingDigital Marketing+4

Be group

Advisor To Chief Executive Officer

Aug 2021Dec 2021 · 4 mos

  • Advised Be Group’s executive team on the launch strategy for their food delivery business in Vietnam — covering Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Focused on GTM, operational design, and risk alignment for early-stage scale.
  • Built the GTM and marketplace design for launch, including delivery models, partner onboarding, and cash collection flows.
  • Advised on supply–demand matching strategies and order dispatch optimization, tailored for local infrastructure realities.
  • Supported the CEO and board with input on business planning, competitive differentiation, and early-stage operational guardrails.
  • Delivered city-level playbooks, risk controls, and onboarding SOPs grounded in lessons from Uber Eats scale in South Asia.
GTMOperational DesignRisk AlignmentMarket Strategy

Noon - the social learning platform

Head of Marketplace

Jul 2020Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Led the launch and scaling of Noon’s India marketplace from scratch — covering GTM, monetization, and user growth across 10 states and 2M+ active users.
  • Built ops, marketing, inside sales, and user acquisition engines from ground up.
  • Launched new user flows, referral systems, and subscription models — improving activation from 8% to 24%.
  • Scaled marketplace revenue to $200K+ in first 6 months of monetization via a 70-member inside sales team.
  • Worked closely with product and design to localize the UAE platform for India and unlock new growth loops.
  • Business wound down post-COVID due to strategic shifts — but built a strong execution playbook and team that shipped at speed
Business DevelopmentGTMUser GrowthMarketingInside SalesMarket Expansion+1

Uber

4 roles

Head of Marketplace and Risk, UberEats (India and SouthAsia)

Promoted

Apr 2018Mar 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Led the central Marketplace & Risk function for Uber Eats across India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh — scaling from 5 to 44 cities.
  • Strategy & execution:
  • 1. Restaurant pricing & promotions
  • 2. Delivery partner incentives & economics
  • 3. Consumer coupons & subsidies
  • 4. Supply–demand matching and fulfillment speed
  • 5. Competitive intelligence
  • 6. Payments & transaction risk
  • 7. City-level rollout and adoption
Marketplace StrategyRisk ManagementConsumer PromotionsMarketplace Management

Senior Manager Strategy & Operations, Uber

Promoted

Apr 2017Mar 2018 · 11 mos

  • Led Uber’s product and places portfolio in Hyderabad - high-volume categories like Pool, Moto, Auto, Intercity, and Hourly Rentals, and high-margin locations like airports, metro hubs, railways, and IT corridors. Accounted for ~1M weekly trips.
  • 1. Ran pricing experiments, marketplace tuning, and rider promos to improve trip conversion, optimize incentives, and drive unit economics.
  • 2. Rolled out new products, optimized supply-side operations, and improved rider experience through process fixes and high-intent feedback (surveys, FGDs).
  • 3. Built and scaled a lean ops team to deliver city performance in a pre-centralization org structure; created playbooks that scaled pan-India.
  • 4. Closed strategic partnerships with Hyderabad Metro, Airport, IT parks — unlocking >$100K/week GMV through geo-targeted offerings and closed-loop Pool models.
  • 5. Led tenders, partner integrations, and demand-generation campaigns tied to high-footfall locations.
  • 6. Served as external affairs lead for AP and Telangana — liaised with policymakers, transport officials, and regulators to safeguard and expand operational license.
  • 7. Owned all city-level business planning (annual, H1/H2, quarterly), and led MBRs and weekly reviews across growth, ops, and experience.
Product ManagementPricing StrategyOperations OptimizationProduct Strategy

Manager Strategy & Operations

Jan 2017Apr 2017 · 3 mos

  • Program managing rider risk and responsible to reduce Fraud losses as % Promo spend. Built the regional rider risk function in newly formed mega regional function for EMEA markets
  • Scale: 10M+ USD savings; Process over 54 countries;
Risk ManagementFraud ReductionRisk Strategy

Expansion Manager

Dec 2015Dec 2016 · 1 yr

  • Early hire at Uber India — launched and scaled city operations in Hyderabad and Vizag, building end-to-end infrastructure across rider/driver acquisition, growth, quality, and policy. Took both markets to leadership position in ride volume and reliability.
  • 1. Designed and ran pricing experiments for both riders and drivers — improved conversion, optimized incentive spends, and increased trip-level profitability.
  • 2. Built the comms strategy for the region — tailored onboarding, retention, and reactivation campaigns across supply and demand.
  • 3. Partnered with state government and local authorities to establish policy frameworks around ridesharing, licensing, and compliance.
  • 4. Closed strategic B2B deals with airports, railways, and business parks — unlocked exclusive supply and pickup zones and drove consistent demand.
  • 5. Built systems to detect fraud and misuse; introduced quality control and SOPs that scaled pan-India.
  • 6. Managed marketplace ops, handled launch of key products launches
  • 7. Hired and led city teams across support, operations, and field execution.
City OperationsMarketplace ManagementOperations Management

Latentview analytics

Assistant Manager

Apr 2014Nov 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Led analytics projects across media and commerce domains — including box office revenue prediction, customer segmentation, campaign analytics, and merchant reactivation. Delivered marketing dashboards and performance models to support client growth and retention initiatives.
  • Worked with sales teams on client pitches and MVPs, and managed performance/process delivery for a 7-member team. This role built my foundation in structured problem-solving and decision-making under data uncertainty.
AnalyticsCustomer SegmentationData Analysis

Broadridge

Member Technical

Apr 2010Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Built core modules for ProxyEdge — a voting platform for NYSE/NASDAQ shareholders — including UI components for vote handling and large-scale data ingestion systems. Reengineered legacy financial reporting systems.
  • This experience grounded my understanding of enterprise systems, scalability, and cross-functional execution — skills I later applied in scaling business operations.
Software DevelopmentData Ingestion SystemsSoftware Engineering

Education

Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli

Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP)

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Harvard Business School Executive Education

Jan 2017Jan 2017

Acharya Nagarjuna University

Bachelor's Degree — Computer Science Engineering

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