Akash Shinde — Partnerships Manager
Hey! I’m Akash Shinde – someone who’s taken the road from code to client, classroom to content and back again. At Cognizant, I spent 3+ years working with a Fortune 500 retail client, building data-driven solutions using Power BI, SQL, and MS Excel. That experience taught me how to make sense of large-scale problems, translate business needs into dashboards, and deliver value at scale. Post that, I pursued my MBA from Great Lakes Institute of Management with a dual focus in Operations and Marketing, blending analytical thinking with storytelling and strategy. Today, I work at HCLTech in the Semiconductors (Semi Equipments) domain as a Pre-Sales Consultant where I help craft winning solutions, respond to RFPs/RFIs and contribute to business growth through client engagement and market research. Outside the 9-to-5: I’ve mentored 11000+ students and personally cracked 35+ B-Schools. My YouTube content has crossed 400K+ views which focuses on real talk not just reels. I built my own app in the final year of engineering. I’m the Founder of MBA Spire, a platform sharing honest MBA journeys. Mentor at CatKing, CAT2CET, PrepZone, and PrepBee to help the students to unlock their potential. Strengths: Pre-Sales Strategy | Business Analysis | Product Thinking | EdTech | Power BI | SQL | Excel | Digital Solutions | People Management | LeaderShip Skills I love building things whether it’s dashboards, decks, products, or people. Let’s connect and make something meaningful. for Collaborations : akash70shinde@gmail.com
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Pre-Sales Consultant with expertise in Data Engineering and Business Analysis in the Semiconductors and Retail sectors.
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 3 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Sales Consulting
- Presales
- Account Management
- Data Engineering
- Product Management
Career Highlights
- Built data-driven solutions for Fortune 500 clients
- Mentored over 11,000 students in MBA preparation
- Founder of a platform sharing honest MBA journeys
Work Experience
HCLTech
Proposal Specialist |Semi Equipments | SMT| Semi Central Support Pre sales TMT (10 mos)
MBA UNFILTERED
Founder (6 mos)
C2C Mentors
MBA mentor (6 mos)
CATKing Educare
MBA MENTOR (6 mos)
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Member of placement Committe (9 mos)
Qruize Inc
Product Analyst Intern (10 mos)
PrepBee
Business Development Intern (3 mos)
Cognizant
Programming Analyst (1 yr)
Programmer Analyst Trainee (1 yr)
Intern (6 mos)
Education
Master in Business Administration at Great Lakes Institute of Management
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Smt.Kashibai Navale college of Engineering
PCM at Yashwant Mahavidyalaya
10 at Pratibha Niketan High School