Rahul Garg

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States11 yrs 7 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in user behavior and decision-making.
  • Co-founded innovative AI product for user validation.
  • Led multiple successful zero-to-one product launches.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS product leader with a strong focus on user behavior and decision-making.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyUser ExperienceProduct ManagementUser Research

Other Skills

Data AnalysisValue PropositionsCompetitive AnalysisMarketing AnalyticsBusiness Case PreparationPositioning (Marketing)Process CreationStrategic InitiativesProduct DeliveryAgile MethodologiesGo-to-Market StrategyStakeholder ManagementA/B TestingProduct RequirementsBusiness Metrics

About

I’ve spent my career building products from scratch - across marketplaces, SaaS, and consumer platforms - often in highly uncertain environments. Across 12+ zero-to-one journeys, one pattern kept showing up: The hardest part wasn’t building - it was understanding users fast enough. Feedback loops were slow. Research came too late. Critical decisions were made with incomplete understanding. That led me to focus deeply on how users actually think, behave, and make decisions - through real-world building, not theory. Now building Vectorial - a human behavior simulation engine that helps teams validate ideas, messaging, and decisions instantly. Goal: compress months of user learning into hours while drastically increasing the learning coverage.

Experience

11 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
1 yr
Average Tenure
1 yr 3 mos
Current Experience

Vectorial ai

Co-Founder

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Building an AI-powered human behavior simulation engine that helps product and growth teams validate ideas, prototypes, and decisions - before, during, and after they go live.
  • We’re focused on compressing months of user research and experimentation into hours by simulating how real users think, react, and make decisions.
Product ManagementUser ResearchData AnalysisProduct StrategyUser Experience

Self-employed

Exploration Phase (Product, AI & User Behavior)

Jun 2024Dec 2024 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Took a deliberate break from operating roles to spend time with family while exploring new problem spaces and long-term directions.
  • During this period, I:
  • Explored multiple ideas across product, user behavior, and decision-making systems
  • Studied how users form opinions, make trade-offs, and respond to new products - which later shaped the foundation for what I’m now building at Vectorial
  • Engaged in structured learning in adjacent domains, including climate and energy systems (Terra.do LFA, AirMiners CDR)
  • This phase helped clarify the intersection I wanted to work in - combining product thinking with large-scale simulation of human behavior.

Zime.ai

Head of Product & Tech (Co-founder)

May 2023May 2024 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Early-stage GenAI sales productivity platform focused on improving sales team performance and playbook adoption.
  • Co-built the product from 0→1, leading product and engineering
  • Conducted 100+ deep interviews with CROs, AEs, and operators to understand real-world sales behavior and decision-making
  • Worked with design partners to iterate rapidly from MVP to early revenue
  • Focused on how users adopt tools, change behavior, and act on insights, not just feature delivery
  • This experience deepened my understanding of how AI systems interact with real-world user behavior, a key foundation for what I’m now building at Vectorial.
Value PropositionsCompetitive AnalysisMarketing AnalyticsProduct ManagementProduct Strategy

Zenefits

Product Lead

Nov 2022Apr 2023 · 5 mos · San Francisco, CA

  • Owned internal business systems powering sales, billing, and customer operations across global teams.
  • Built solutions across Salesforce, billing, and renewals systems to improve operational efficiency and decision-making
  • Worked closely with cross-functional teams to translate complex business needs into scalable systems
Marketing AnalyticsProduct Management

Rea india

2 roles

Product Director

Promoted

Apr 2021Sep 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Led multiple zero-to-one product charters in a highly competitive marketplace, owning both product strategy and execution.
  • Built and scaled new business lines by deeply understanding user behavior across renters, buyers, and property owners
  • Owned core search & discovery experience for millions of users, focusing on how users explore, compare, and make high-stakes decisions
  • Created and scaled new verticals (shared accommodation, commercial real estate), taking them from concept to meaningful adoption
  • Built products that directly contributed to revenue growth and strategic value creation for the business
  • Worked at the intersection of product, growth, and user psychology - understanding not just what users do, but why they do it.
Value PropositionsCompetitive AnalysisMarketing AnalyticsBusiness Case PreparationPositioning (Marketing)Product Management+1

Senior Product Manager

May 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Built and launched new product lines for homeowners (rent & sell), opening up new revenue streams.
  • Led user research and experimentation to understand decision-making journeys of landlords and sellers
  • Designed systems to improve trust, discovery, and conversion in high-consideration transactions
Value PropositionsCompetitive AnalysisMarketing AnalyticsProduct Management

Traveltriangle

Product Manager (User Research & Growth)

Sep 2017Mar 2018 · 6 mos · Gurugram

  • Led user research and experimentation for the bookings journey.
  • Conducted deep user research to understand user anxieties, decision triggers, and drop-offs
  • Built and executed experiments aligned with how users actually make decisions
Competitive AnalysisMarketing AnalyticsUser Research

Elasticrun

Product Manager (New Business / 0→1)

May 2017Aug 2017 · 3 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • Worked on early-stage product initiatives, including defining and launching a new logistics vertical.
  • Partnered closely with leadership to shape product direction in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment
Competitive AnalysisMarketing Analytics

Snapdeal

Associate Product Manager

Jul 2016Mar 2017 · 8 mos · Gurugram

  • Worked on launching a new hyperlocal grocery delivery product (SD Instant) - an early exposure to building 0→1 products in high-growth environments.
  • Focused on user discovery, category design, and operational integration
  • Worked across product, operations, and partnerships to bring a new offering to market
Marketing Analytics

Blinkit

Product & Operations

Jul 2015Jun 2016 · 11 mos · Gurugram

  • Started in operations, managing one of the highest-volume territories with 150+ on-ground team members.
  • Operated in highly dynamic, real-world environments understanding how systems, people, and incentives interact under uncertainty
  • Built and launched internal products (shopper app, capacity systems) to improve execution and scale operations
  • Developed a first-hand understanding of user behavior, from both customer and operator perspectives
  • This experience shaped my approach to building products grounded in real-world behavior, not assumptions.

Zs associates

Business Technology Associate

Nov 2013Jun 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurugram

  • Worked on designing and implementing decision systems for large pharmaceutical sales organizations.
  • Built data-driven solutions to improve sales performance and incentive structures
  • Worked closely with stakeholders to translate complex business problems into structured systems
  • This phase developed my foundation in structured problem-solving and understanding how large systems drive decision-making at scale.

Genpact headstrong capital markets

Associate - Application Development & Maintenance

Jul 2012Oct 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos · Noida

  • Worked on solution development and process optimization for enterprise clients.
  • Focused on improving system efficiency and automating decision workflows
Marketing Analytics

Deloitte

Enterprise Risk Services Consultant

Jan 2012Jun 2012 · 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

Education

Indian School of Business

MBA — Majors in Strategy and Product

Jan 2018Jan 2019

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor's Degree — Information Systems

Jan 2008Jan 2012

Terra.do

Fellow at Climate Change: Learning for Action (LFA)

Jun 2024Aug 2024

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