Ryan Valles

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States24 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of Interview Kickstart, transforming technical interview preparation.
Led India's second-largest daily deals site, Deals And You.
Experienced Entrepreneur In Residence at Accel Partners.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned entrepreneur with expertise in EdTech, E-commerce, and Urban Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Start-upsEntrepreneurshipTechnical Interview PreparationCareer CoachingE-commerceBusiness ManagementDigital MediaUrban DevelopmentOutsourcing StrategyStrategy Consulting

Other Skills

ManagementLive ClassesMock InterviewsConsumer Mobile EcosystemMobile DevelopmentMarket AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyUser AcquisitionAdvertisingInfrastructure ManagementUrban PlanningInfrastructure DevelopmentResearchBusiness Planning

About

Currently Founder at Interview Kickstart; helping software engineers "Nail tough Technical Interviews" at Google, Facebook, Amazon among others Apart from IK, I've been an Entrepreneur In Residence at Accel Partners, CEO Dealsandyou.com (Series B company), a multi-time founder and an active Angel Investor. Things that excite me - Start-ups (especially early stage) and sports. Deep passion for upleveling and frameworks for thinking and problem-solving.

Experience

24 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

8 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Interview kickstart

2 roles

Founder

Promoted

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

Interview Kickstart is a Silicon Valley-based ed Tech company. Focused on helping engineers Uplevel their careers. We do this by offering a structured and comprehensive program to help working Software Engineers prepare for the toughest technical interviews.
Our platform offers Uplevelling courses across all top technical domains such as Backend, Frontend, Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Engineering, Engineering Management and others
Our Instructors are full time working engineers who are current Hiring Managers and Tech Leads from Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Uber, Linkedin, Apple, Dropbox, Box, and other top Silicon Valley companies.
Our program includes Live Classes, Mock interviews, Timed tests, Individual Coaching Sessions, Resume Reviews, Career strategy, Referrals and much more.
Let us help you Nail Your Next Technical Interview! Sign up to learn more at www.interviewkickstart.com

Start-upsEntrepreneurshipManagementTechnical Interview PreparationCareer Coaching

Advisor

Jan 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Sabbatical

Traveller In Chief

Jan 2017 – Oct 2017 · 9 mos · India, Australia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Croatia, Montenegro, France, US and more

The most productive year I've spent. Travelled, explored, surfed, met a shark, met amazing people, jumped off a plane, fractured a tail bone and lived to tell it all. Eventually my entrepreneurial juices got the better of me. But I think I'll be doing this again sometime.

Accel partners

EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)

Sep 2013 – Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As Entrepreneur In Residence at Accel I analysed opportunities for new Start Ups in India. Identified large white spaces. Focused especially on the Consumer Mobile Ecosystem and Set up Locopoco, a mobile based location platform.

Start-upsConsumer Mobile Ecosystem

Dealsandyou.com

Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder

May 2012 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Deals And You is India's second largest daily deals site & among India's top ten e-commerce sites. Funded by marquee VCs including Norwest, Mayfield, Nokia, Intel and others. With over 10 members joining every minute & 6 million members on board, this is one of the fastest growing e-commerce businesses in the country. We serve hyper-local deals in 17 cities & national deals to over 250 more cities. Our portfolio of offers spans across dining, wellness, entertainment, adventure, travel & gadgets.

E-commerceBusiness Development

Smile interactive technologies group

Entrepreneur In Residence

Mar 2012 – May 2012 · 2 mos · Greater Delhi Area

The Smile Group is one of India's largest digital media and ecommerce groups in India. As an Entrepreneur In Residence I work with the portfolio companies of the group to enhance profitability and evaluate growth options. In addition I help evaluate and incubate new opportunities for the group.

Digital MediaBusiness Development

Urbanscape

Entrepreneur and Managing Director

Jan 2010 – Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 3 mos · New Delhi

A holding company that owns and manages new innovative advertising structures at the New Delhi Terminal 3 airport.

AdvertisingBusiness Management

Rysa

Founder and CEO

Jan 2008 – Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos · New Delhi

RYSA was founded to develop up Street Furniture free or cost for India. We developed an innovative model where we built physical road side infrastructure free of cost for the government and monetized these assets via advertising and other commercial rights at these locations. We implemented a number of installations including Bus Stops, Shelters, Public Conveniences and Road and City Signages.

Urban DevelopmentInfrastructure Management

Everest group

Engagement Director

May 2005 – Oct 2007 · 2 yrs 5 mos

At Everest I advised Fortune 500 companies on outsourcing strategy, advised Private Equity Funds on buy outs, advised governments on industry policy and developed cutting edge research. While at Everest I worked in the US, UK, Europe, Australia, South Africa and India.

Outsourcing StrategyResearch

Accenture

Senior Consultant

Jul 2000 – Oct 2004 · 4 yrs 3 mos

At Accenture I worked as a consultant in the strategy consulting practise in India advising clients on strategy, business plans, process, sales and distribution and IT

Strategy ConsultingBusiness Planning