Premananda Mohapatra — Co-Founder

Hi 👋, I’m Prem, an entrepreneur since 2016 who has evolved from building traditional digital products to architecting AI-first systems across content, fintech, and education. Entrepreneurial journey - Founded and scaled ezeDox, leading it through acquisition by Betterplace, sharpening skills in leadership, product thinking, and executing in fast-changing environments. - Now building lean, AI-augmented ventures where human judgment, automation, and experimentation work together to validate ideas quickly and scale efficiently. AI and co-creation - Designed and launched “News That Moves Markets”, an AI-powered Indian financial markets podcast where scripts are generated by LLMs, voiced using Google TTS, and distributed automatically to major platforms. - Built an AI-assisted content pipeline for 100takka.com using Synthesia videos, LLM-written drafts, and AI-generated images to ship comparison content and explainers at scale while retaining editorial control. - Experimented with multi-LLM, multimodal workflows inside IDEs (VSCode fork/extension concepts) to turn AI into a pair-programmer, research assistant, and system-design partner for real-world fintech and automation projects. Financial markets and fintech - Deeply engaged in financial markets, combining discretionary insight with AI-assisted research, data extraction, and backtesting to craft systematic, data-driven views on instruments and strategies.[4] - Skilled in integrating fintech APIs, building algorithmic trading workflows, and using automation to connect research, execution, and reporting into cohesive, scalable systems. Technical skills - Extensive experience in Solution Architecture across IBM Cloud, AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure - Over a decade in mobile quality, enterprise architecture, project management, software modeling, and CAD/CAM - Proficient in orchestrating workflows that blend scraping, APIs, LLMs, and no-code/low-code automation to create resilient, self-healing systems for finance and content. Business development and growth - Conceptualized, validated, and sold proprietary trading algorithms for Indian retail investors, pairing performance analytics with clear, data-backed narratives. - Led GTM and digital growth for education and content verticals, using AI to scale content production while focusing personal time on community-building, strategy, and high-signal interactions. If you work at the intersection of AI, finance, and product, or are building with LLMs in production, open to connecting, exchanging notes, and exploring collaborations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech entrepreneur with expertise in AI-driven solutions and cloud architecture.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 25 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Business Development
Web Scraping
Solution Architecture
Cloud Services

Career Highlights

Founded and scaled ezeDox, leading to acquisition.
Designed AI-powered financial markets podcast.
Expert in integrating fintech APIs and algorithmic trading.

Work Experience

iFinStrats

Co-Founder (3 yrs 3 mos)

Continental

Cloud Architect (1 yr 4 mos)

ezeDox

Co Founder ( Acquired by Betterplace ) (4 yrs 4 mos)

IBM India Private Limited

Cloud Solution Architect (1 yr 2 mos)

Technical Lead in IBM MobileFirst (9 mos)

Technical Lead in IBM Mobile Quality Assurance (10 mos)

Team Lead in IBM Design Manager Integration (2 yrs 3 mos)

Lead and Project Manager (11 mos)

Team Lead in IBM Rational Team Concert (8 mos)

Team Lead (1 yr 2 mos)

Software Developer (3 yrs 4 mos)

Software Developer (1 mo)

think3

RnD Engineer (1 yr 8 mos)

Geometric Software

Software Designer (3 yrs 7 mos)

Tech Mahindra

Software Trainee (5 mos)

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

at Ispat English Medium School

Premananda Mohapatra

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Founded and scaled ezeDox, leading to acquisition.
Designed AI-powered financial markets podcast.
Expert in integrating fintech APIs and algorithmic trading.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech entrepreneur with expertise in AI-driven solutions and cloud architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business DevelopmentWeb ScrapingSolution ArchitectureCloud Services

Other Skills

Node.js(MEAN/CANE stacks)Social MediaStart-up LeadershipContent DevelopmentStock market TrainerCo-creationJavaScriptSeleniumPuppeteerMarket GrowthGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Cloud InfrastructureData PipelinesTelematicsNext.js

About

Experience

Ifinstrats

Co-Founder

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

At iFinStrats, I have specialized in designing and implementing advanced web scraping solutions using JavaScript, Selenium, and Puppeteer to address complex, high-volume data extraction requirements. I have architected and integrated these scalable, high-performance solutions into multiple proprietary in-house tools, ensuring robust functionality and reliable performance in demanding real-world financial data environments.
I have driven strategic business development initiatives focused on market growth and commercialization of proprietary trading algorithms tailored for retail investors. I have successfully conceptualized and executed go-to-market strategies that resulted in strong product adoption and revenue growth. Additionally, I lead social media management and content creation efforts for both iFinStrats and its emerging Academy vertical. By crafting engaging narratives and producing high-quality multimedia content, I have enhanced brand visibility, boosted user engagement, increased student enrollment, and fostered a vibrant online community. My data-driven campaigns and creative storytelling have been instrumental in establishing a strong digital presence and sustained business growth.

Node.js(MEAN/CANE stacks)Social MediaStart-up LeadershipBusiness DevelopmentContent DevelopmentWeb Scraping+2

Continental

Cloud Architect

Jul 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

At Continental India, I led the formation and development of a dedicated team for a greenfield cloud project focused on building robust data pipelines. The project leveraged diverse telematics configurations across multiple vehicle makes and models to address a variety of business requirements in post-sales operations.
In addition, I contributed to the strategic migration of a legacy product by designing and executing a plan to integrate modern Identity Management capabilities and enable seamless service plug-ins. I also managed the ownership transfer of critical billing modules to the India team, ensuring smooth continuity and enhanced governance.

Node.js(MEAN/CANE stacks)Solution ArchitectureCloud ServicesGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Cloud Infrastructure

Ezedox

Co Founder ( Acquired by Betterplace )

Jan 2017 – May 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Building a Digital Documentation Platform built on Digital Locker Specifications using India Stack and Aadhaar Ecosystem. The platform helps organizations produce digitally signed, authenticated documents and seamlessly deliver them to end users. It facilitates B2B and B2C collaboration through automated workflows and an eSign Gateway, enabling eKYC, secure document storage, categorization, tagging, and consent-based sharing.
Additionally, we built one of the most lightweight process automation tools in the market, where each process could be executed for under $1 compared to the industry norm of $50+. This nimble automation framework allowed virtually any internet-based process to be stitched together into a complete end-to-end flow with minimal development effort.
Proud to have served marquee clients such as BigBasket, Dunzo, JLL, and several workforce management companies, powering high-volume hiring workflows and other mission-critical processes with unmatched cost-efficiency and scalability.

Node.js(MEAN/CANE stacks)Social MediaBusiness DevelopmentContent Development

Ibm india private limited

9 roles

Cloud Solution Architect

Nov 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As part of the Solution Architect role in IBM Cloud, worked closely with India's biggest System Integrator. Created multiple cloud solutions, evangelized adoption of Bluemix across multiple accounts and participated in Hackathons. Specialized in Mobile Services, DevOps and Runtimes.

Technical Lead in IBM MobileFirst

Promoted

Feb 2015 – Nov 2015 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Started off with the SDK team and then owned the MobileFirst Patterns component. Delivered patterns for 7.1 release. Designed the migration to 8.0 versions for patterns

Technical Lead in IBM Mobile Quality Assurance

Apr 2014 – Feb 2015 · 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Contributed to both the SAAS and on-prem product of Mobile Quality Assurance. Implemented the Rational Token Licensing feature in close collaboration with the Rational Common Licensing team.
Responsible for driving customer engagements and participation in conferences for evangelizing the product.

Team Lead in IBM Design Manager Integration

Jan 2012 – Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Led a small team in India and China for development of an integration bridge between IBM System Architect and IBM Design Manager.
Worked on conceptualization, development and team building. This integration work involved using Rational Design Manager's collaborative platform to allow visualization of Rational System Architect's diagrams. It involved concepts of Semantic Web and creation of dynamic Ontologies.

Lead and Project Manager

Jan 2011 – Dec 2011 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Managed a team of 6 as project manager and lead developer for IBM System Architect. Delivered the product release in 2011. New REST APIs conforming to Collaborative Life Cycle Management specs were delivered in this release.

Team Lead in IBM Rational Team Concert

Apr 2010 – Dec 2010 · 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Lead an agile team to deliver traditional project management features to Rational Team Concert. The team contributed to the ability for resources to plan their work in a traditional project management way in contrast to the exiting agile way. This involved use of Dojo framework for front end and OSGI/eclipse plugin development for backend. As a single contributor was responsible for design and implementation of Server APIs.

Team Lead

Promoted

Jan 2009 – Mar 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Lead an Agile team and contributed a lead developer to deliver a 1.0 web based product in Project Management. The team delivered Resource and Risk management components of the product. In Resource management, the project manager and resource manager will be able to allocate resources for various projects according to their skills and competencies. In Risk management, the project manager will be able to assign various risk parameters to each project artifacts. This involved use of Dojo framework for front end development and osgi/eclipse plugins for backend.

Software Developer

Promoted

Aug 2005 – Dec 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Client side developer for Rational Portfolio Manager primarily using Delphi. Managed a small team and worked with Montreal labs for multiple releases. Completed a customer engagement for deployment.
One of the highlights of this engagement was implementation of Network Diagram and its adoption by a big China Bank.

Software Developer

Jun 2005 – Jul 2005 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Implemented support for Java 1.5 Generics in Rational Rose using AntLR

Think3

RnD Engineer

Sep 2003 – May 2005 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Architect and developer of 2D import features for think Design to replace the legacy importer of AutoCAD drawings. Worked on C++/VC++/ATL-COM.

Geometric software

Software Designer

Jan 2000 – Aug 2003 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Pune Area, India

Single contributor in SolidWorks development team with specialization in 2D import technology to harness data from multiple sources. Worked on C++/VC++/ATL-COM