Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Flit is a new age payments platform designed to transform the world of Influencer Marketing and Payments. Flit transforms chaotic influencer payments, contracts,invoices into seamless, compliant transactions within 60 seconds, so D2C brands can focus on scaling impactful collaborations instead of drowning in payment administration.

Apr 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Creating wealth should be fun, awesome and a part of our everyday life. Products, Courses and Coaches should teach us habits, short hands and investing in a manner that is easy to understand. Yet, from wealth managers to coaches to PMS systems, everyone follows a jaded formula that swings to extremes.
• Coffee Can Club is where we will have fun creating wealth, keeping it and growing it. Coffee Can Club brings you amazing businesses and opportunities that can help you grow your wealth exponentially. It brings you content and topics that help you understand wealth creation habits, sins of investing, understanding companies, markets and human behaviour in an easy to understand manner. Coming soon: A club where you can share stories, updates on how the habits are helping you and present investment ideas that you think helps everyone else. Like we have already said - Wealth creation should be fun and at CCC, it will be.Creating wealth should be fun, awesome and a part of our everyday life. Products, Courses and Coaches should teach us habits, short hands and investing in a manner that is easy to understand. Yet, from wealth managers to coaches to PMS systems, everyone follows a jaded formula that swings to extremes. Coffee Can Club is where we will have fun creating wealth, keeping it and growing it. Coffee Can Club brings you amazing businesses and opportunities that can help you grow your wealth exponentially. It brings you content and topics that help you understand wealth creation habits, sins of investing, understanding companies, markets and human behaviour in an easy to understand manner. Coming soon: A club where you can share stories, updates on how the habits are helping you and present investment ideas that you think helps everyone else. Like we have already said - Wealth creation should be fun and at CCC, it is.

Apr 2022 – Jun 2022 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• I oversaw a multimillion dollar tech conglomerate with offices across North America, South America, Asia and Europe. The organization has a global holding and complex revenue, billing, accounting and holding structure with interesting cross holding and cross cashflow operations. During this period, I was responsible for:
• 1. Financial Planning and Analysis
• 2. Overall Financial Management
• 3. Budgeting, Review and Forecasting
• 4. Reporting, Treasury and Finance Operations

Jul 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Vouch operationalizes trust - helping brands, independent businesses, freelancers and professionals leapfrog the trust ladder to do 5X business.
• Trust is the one of the most under researched and less understood aspects of human relations. Yet, practically in everything we do, Trust is at the heart of it. How do individuals and businesses gain trust and take their businesses to the next level? That's what Vouch is doing with digital escrow, payment protection, portable reputation scores, online profiles, transparent dealings and more. Vouch is Building the World's Trust - One Transaction at a time
• I advise Vouch on Strategy, Growth, Product and Operational Aspects

Jun 2019 – Apr 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Enterprise and platform banking
• Awards:
• 1. Runners Up: Center for Financial Innovation - SP Jain Institute of Management and Research
• 2. Fintech Innovation: Karnataka State Elevate

Apr 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore · On-site

• Maharajas of Scale is a Top 25 Podcast for Entrepreneurs in India. Maharajas of Scale was founded to tell the story of Indian startups that are changing the game. We are just wrapping up 50 Episodes with thousands of listeners across the globe. In these 50 episodes, I have teased out how founders have built and scaled their startups thru covering topics such as growth hacking, company culture, hiring great people, building great products and getting business strategy right.
• Here are stats for the PodCast:
• 126 K Downloads and Unique Listens on various Platforms
• 2 Seasons
• 60+ Playbooks
• 60+ Episodes and
• 60+ amazing entrepreneurs from Nithin Kamath to Viraj Bahl to Ashish Kashyap to Aditi Balbir to Anshu Guptha
• Audience Location:
• India
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Australia
• Canada
• United Arab Emirates
• Over the years, India has been home to many stellar startups. These startups have scaled, have travelled the world and created a pathway for others to follow. At Maharajas of Scale, we celebrate the creative mind. Go on a journey to understand, to dissect and to learn from the masters who have scaled it Big.
• In each of my episodes, I have had speakers talk about Growth, Strategy, Leadership, Scaling their startups, getting Culture right and many more key aspects of being a successful founder

May 2018 – Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Richardson, Texas, United States · On-site

• Responsible for Global Business and Relationship with the Finablr Group, STO Fund Raise, Business & Product Leadership of 2 Global Products in Cross Border and Crypto Based Payments
• At Swych, I launched and led the Middle East to India Corridor and UK-India Corridors leveraging the strategic network of UAEX. It included Strategy, Compliance, Marketing and Customer Support

Sep 2017 – Apr 2018 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• The Startup Leadership Program is a highly selective, world-class training program for outstanding founders, leaders, and innovators who want to become top startup CEOs. SLP Fellows have founded nearly 2000 successful startups & raised more than $2.4B+ in funding.
• I also successfully co-led the Bangalore chapter where I contributes significantly in raising the bar in selection of founders, changing quality of founders and startups selected to the program, mentored a team of 5 founders to terrific growth, increasing public meetings and enabling amazing speakers to present. It was a fabulous year and this laid the foundation for phenomenal eventual years at the Bangalore chapter
• Rejuvenated the entire chapter with a changed approach to startup evaluation
• Mentored and coached 30+ startups in their growth, product and scale journeys
• Evaluated and helped hone proof concepts, growth strategies for startups in Fintech, Retail, Hardware and Ride Share

Aug 2014 – Apr 2018 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore · On-site

• Flit, which started as Madzz, was an innovator in the Death Valley of Indian Startups: Fashion and Hyperlocal. While several ventures gave up in search of mirages and quick hits which eventually fizzled out, Flit brought hundreds of independent designers, artisanal brands and boutiques and enabled their discovery.
• Flit is the predecessor to the modern day Zepto.

Oct 2011 – Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Dallas/Fort Worth Area · On-site

• Responsible for management and growth of BPO Practice across Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Telecom and Media industries for the Americas.
• At Wipro, I led large scale teams both for existing and future businesses in Business Operations that included a portfolio of leading Tech Titans. Responsible for Large Deal Strategy, Solution Leadership, Business Leadership, Business Development and leading a team of sales people
• Led Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Media and Telecom BPO Practices across the Americas
• Responsible for Sales Leadership, Sales Team Management and Solutioning
• 55+ Customers including Sony, HP, Boeing, Microsoft, Apple in a $134 Million Practice
• Led large deals amounting to $25+ Billion creating significant traction and breakthroughs for Wipro

Sep 2010 – May 2014 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Telugu Entrepreneurs Association (TEA) was created with the objective of Fostering Entrepreneurship among Telugu community. Given the strong Entrepreneurial spirit among Telugu community around the globe, the need was felt for a focused initiative to help nurture that spirit and provide the guidance and support to be successful.
• Responsible for organizing startup events, fostering entrepreneurial growth and connections, organizational expansion, marketing and growth strategy.

Mar 2010 – Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Mango Mobile TV was a hugely successful OTT Platform delivery amazing Indian content to the global Indian diaspora.

Sep 2008 – Oct 2011 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Dallas/Fort Worth Area · On-site

• Business Development, Evolution of New Solutions in BFSI, New Revenue Lines, Account Management, CXO Relationships
• At Minacs, I introduced new solutions in Financial Services, successfully strategized and won several large scale deals with Fortune 50 Organizations in Banking, Financial Services, Insurance and HealthCare. Key impact areas include: Large Deal Solutioning, Global Delivery Model Development, CXO Relationship Management, Business Strategy and Deal Structuring. Also impacted IP Development and significant client growth
• Key Highlights:
• Solutioned and launched Trade Finance and Solutions vertical
• Key Breakthrough accounts acquired in credit decisioning and credit score management
• Authored multiple frameworks in outsourcing across BFSI, healthcare, pharmacy benefits management, contact center automation, innovation
• Led and Won key global deals exceeding $300 million across BFSI, Credit Card and Fraud ops, Pharmacy Benefits Management, Credit Card Onboarding. Exceptional breakthroughs which redefined the growth path of the company

May 2003 – Aug 2008 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Greater Chicago Area

• Originally a part of Quintant (eventually acquired by iGATE) which was a pioneer in Business Operations, at iGATE I led the development of two significant consulting practices: Business Strategy and Financial Risk Management. I led the IP Development at these two practices authoring frameworks such as pH Matrix for Business Strategy, Process Maturity Model for Process Assessment, Risk Scoring to assess Financial Reporting Risk management. I built seminal CXO Relationships leading to several breakthroughs for iGATE with Fortune 500 clients.
• Key responsibilities: Practice P&L, Consulting Practice Growth, Large Deal Solutioning, Deal Strategy, IP Development
• Won 18 Karat CEO Award for creation of CXO Mindshare
• Led 25+ Member teams across multiple consulting practices
• Built and ran 2 consulting practices across Risk Management and Strategy Consulting ARR of $10+ Million
• Achieved multiple Fortune 500 Company breakthroughs thru IP and thought leadership in companies including GE, NBC Universal, Lego, Honda, United Airlines, Nordstorm, Owens Corning, Entergy
• Authored multiple IP Frameworks - pH Matrix for global strategic location of operations, Process Maturity Model, Financial Statements Risk Quantification and Management thru automation and Strategy Consulting

Jan 2002 – Aug 2003 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Kaleidoscope was founded for the purpose of developing technologies in the field of medical imaging, ERP systems for legal firms and professional business analysis training.
• As the Founder of this company alongwith two other friends who were radical thinkers in technology, we accomplished the following:
• 1. Invented an interpreter for medical mammogram images generated by medical equipment
• 2. Successfully developed a caseflow automation software for legal firms titled 'e-Advocate' which was licensed to HLL and a couple of other banks
• 3. Implemented a training methodology to develop BE/MCA and BCA students to full blown business analysts at companies

Dec 2001 – May 2003 · 1 yr 5 mos

• At KPMG, I was responsible for Operations and Financial Risk Consulting. This involved consulting managements on key areas that needed strengthening in the areas of operations and financial management.

Jan 2000 – Aug 2003 · 3 yrs 7 mos

• One of my deep interests is to help the semi-urban youth of India find a route to their dreams. As the technology boom was sweeping across India in the years 1996-1999 many semi-urban students were unaware of potential opportunities the boom provided.
• Started and funded by myself, Project Drona was supported in its efforts by a cousin and a couple of friends who shared a similar passion.We focused on South Andhra Pradesh where a large number of young students were getting into IT and aimed at:
• 1. Educating them about the current, future technology trends and their opportunities in this trend
• 2. Offering 'Free' career assistance by connects into companies
• 3. Educating them to aim for and become innovators, thinkers and dynamic executives in the field of IT as business analysts, process experts and industry experts
• A total 4000 students who were covered in this initiative Chittoor, Tirupati and Guntur. A total of 200 students signed up for our program.

Aug 1997 – Dec 2001 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• At RSM, I was responsible for audit and financial reporting of large key Indian Corporates such as the TATA Group. I was also responsible for valuations for our corporate finance business and played a key role in multiple mergers and acquisitions
• Have led and run multiple mega audits across Hospitality (IHCL, Accor, Atria), Petroleum (BPCL), Retail (Lifestyle), Financial Services, Travel, Advertising (FCB, Madison), PR (Good Relations), Manufacturing (Kennametal)
• Authored TM360 - a framework designed to provide Executive Management a grass roots level view of processes and operations
• Flagged multiple governance issues resulting in bringing transparency in reporting, financial statements and operations
• Supported and led valuation for multiple M&A deals for Marico, Wipro and Tata Groups
• Brought about transformation in the manner in executive reporting for audits, management reviews and consulting engagements