Oct 2024 – Aug 2025 · 10 mos

• I led the Hypergrowth Program for India, a acceleration and commercialization initiative designed for India's most ambitious growth-stage startups to fast-track their international growth, build dominant category positions, and unlock transformative value.
• The 9-month program combines US go-to-market expertise, world-class advisors, and a powerful network to accelerate companies into the US market.

Apr 2023 – Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Appsecco is a specialist application security company that ‘gets’ web security and advises companies on the best route for their business. Services include Application and Platform Security Assessments, Reviews, Establishing Best Practice guidelines Companies with the least disruption to BAU, Threat Management and Developer Training.

Jul 2018 – Jan 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

• IndiVillage is an impact-led business dedicated to bringing sustainable employment to remote communities. Our highly skilled teams are experts in image, video and voice data annotation and provide high-quality, human-powered, digital and data services to some of the world’s innovative organizations in data, e-commerce and AI.
• Scaled the business and grew employee base to 300% with high profitability. Set up multiple new Digital Delivery Centres.
• Won Best Impacy Sourcing Provider Award globally.

Jan 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

• This was a planned 'Sabbatical' from my corporate life to to be spent as full-time mother to my toddlers. And thanks to them, it ended up being an informal Advanced Management Course (AMP) as it has helped hone my skills in Research, Problem Solving, Multitasking, Time-management, Negotiation, Conflict Management and Empathy.
• I also used this time to mentor and provide strategic advice to various companies, from early stage start-ups to established businesses experiencing growing pains. The wisdom that comes with hindsight as it were.

Jul 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Communisis Digital, part of Communisis PLC, helps brands create customer connections via a unique combination of market and consumer insight, customer communications strategy, technology and transformational expertise.
• Specialising in Digital Strategy, Technical Design and Application Development, my team and I worked with the world’s best agencies and brands across the UK and Europe and help turn strategy, ideas and IP into successful digital campaigns, platforms, products and services.

Jun 2005 – Jul 2014 · 9 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore and London

• One of the UK’s leading digital partners in the new media industry, Kieon specialised in providing digital strategy as well as executing technical solutions for the world’s leading brands and advertising groups.
• With offices in London and a dedicated development centre in Bangalore, Kieon’s success was the outcome of combining highly skilled developers with locally integrated key account management to provide high quality yet cost-effective solutions and services.
• As co-founder I set up and scaled the business till exit, across all functions. Coached India team to deliver to global gold standards, build culture and had one of the highest retention rates in the industry.
• Kieon was acquired by Communisis PLC in 2012 and is now an integral part of the business helping brands deliver multi-channel communications.

Nov 2003 – Dec 2006 · 3 yrs 1 mo · London, United Kingdom

• I joined dconsulting, a niche management consulting firm, as a partner based in London and ultimately helped set up its offshore consulting business which specialised in advising global organisations expand and establish their presence in the Asian market.
• Projects ranged from advising the board of a leading UK software company on their product development, marketing and sales strategy to troubleshooting and successfully executing the acquisition of the distribution division of one of India's leading pharmaceutical companies by a leading global pharmaceutical brand. The latter project included working across multiple countries (Hong Kong, India and the UK) and was a finalist at the UK’s Management Consultancies Association’s Awards in that year.

Oct 2002 – Nov 2003 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai, India

• Platinum Guild International (PGI) is an organisation dedicated to inspiring a passion for platinum that ensures it is the precious jewellery of choice. PGI supplies information, practical advice and expertise to both jewellers and jewellery buyers make informed and inspired decisions in store.
• Here I was responsible for successfully executing all marketing related activities on a national level apart from maintaining and building trade relations across North, East and West of India.
• The job also included co-ordination with the global headquarters in the UK on all marketing related events.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr · Bangalore, India

• Worked in the Corporate Communications Team focussed on Internal Comms. Reported to the Director - Corporate Communications.

Jan 1998 – Jan 2000 · 2 yrs · Bangalore, India

• Key player in developing and managing new business in the Projects and Consulting division. Solely responsible for a 20+ person consulting team, reporting direct to the Head - Projects and Consulting.

Jan 1998 – Jan 1998 · 0 mo · Bangalore, India

• Worked with the Manager - Export Finance to analyze and evaluate export data and provide input in making key business unit decisions