Isha Walia

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 9+ years in business strategy and growth.
  • Led strategy for competitive exam categories at Byju's.
  • Expert in market entry and digital transformation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Business Strategy Expert with a focus on EdTech and Digital Transformation.

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Organization Re-structuringStrategy ConsultingMarket ResearchGo-to-market StrategyMarketing StrategyInsurancePrivate LabelCost ReductionAnalyticsProduct ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningR programmingcapIQMicrosoft Excel

About

I'm a seasoned business strategy & growth professional with 9+ years of experience across consulting and industry. > Zinnov - As a Principal in Strategy team, I help global tech service providers redefine their long-term strategy and GTM in the new-age tech revolution. > Byju's Exam Prep - As a Senior Manager, Business Strategy I owned P&L, growth and strategy for 3 competitive exam categories. > PwC (Strategy&) - As a Manager in Strategy Consulting team, I worked across industries driving engagements in Market Entry Strategy, Growth Strategy, M&A Deals & Due Diligence, Digital Transformation & Strategy, Org & Process Redesign and Change Management. While I'm a generalist, few industries where I have worked extensively are Technology, Edtech and Insurance. An MBA graduate from IIM Kozhikode, I have also worked at AIG in Property & Casualty Insurance before MBA. A full-time dog parent & an art junkie, I enjoy pottery, sketching & adding colors to blank canvases.

Experience

8 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Full-time

Zinnov

Present

Freelance

Independent Management Consultant

Oct 2023May 2024 · 7 mos · Remote

  • A very exciting highlight of my career that helped me enhance my personal brand and connections.
  • Partnered with SMBs, early stage start-ups and boutique consulting firms globally to brainstorm, identify and solve all kinds of business problems.
  • Have served clients across:
  • Key geographies - US, Japan, India, Middle East
  • Key sectors - Education, Edtech, Sustainability, Industrial Products & Services, Government/Public Sector
  • Key engagements-
  • [YCP Auctus] Designed market-entry strategy for a global conglomerate to enter the plastic recycling industry in India (value chain assessment, competition benchmarking, market sizing & projections, location assessment, GTM strategy)
  • [Breakthrough Insights] Assisted a US-based vocational courses university, with multiple engagements- competition benchmarking; alumni engagement program; NPS & voice of customer analysis; customer intelligence through student database analysis, primary & secondary research
  • [Breakthrough Insights] Built an extensive market identification model for a US based nursing school looking to expand it's campuses across US.
  • [Emerging education startup] Provided industry perspective and expert guidance to an emerging ed-tech startup on bolstering online presence and digital marketing strategies (website enhancement, lead generation, SEO)
  • [Emerging education organization] Prepared a financial model for an India-based primary education organization to assist with funding round
  • Other works delivered - market research, data analysis, business proposals

Career break

Personal goal pursuit

May 2023Sep 2023 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka

  • A voluntary short hiatus before I enter the third decade of my life to- a) fulfill some of my bucket list items e.g. art, travel b) reset my health and lifestyle and, c) strategize and build my career path for the next decade

Byju's

Senior Manager - Strategy

Nov 2022May 2023 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Business strategy and P&L owner for 3 exam categories, driving strategy for category growth (top and bottom line)
  • Responsible for BAU as well as mid to long term strategy ideation to execution across sales, marketing, post sales, etc.
  • Led scaling up of sales team of 500+ FTEs across the Byju's Exam Prep businesses (CAT, GATE, CLAT, IAS) by collaborating with hiring, training, and sales POCs

Pwc us advisory (strategy&)

3 roles

Manager

Promoted

Jan 2022Nov 2022 · 10 mos

  • Received fast-tracked promotion
  • Co-led set up of a new digital team of 80+ FTEs in India Acceleration Center
  • Led project teams and drove multiple engagements as a People and Engagement Manager with extensive experience in
  • M&A / Deals Due Diligence
  • Market Entry and Growth
  • Enterprise-wide Digital Transformation
  • E2E Digital Product Management (Conceptualization & Design to Delivery)
  • Organization Restructuring and Design
  • Process Redesign
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Program Management

Senior Associate

Promoted

Jun 2020Jan 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Key engagements:
  • Channel strategy for a health insurance provider
  • Commercial due diligences and M&A strategy for an insurance brokerage firm and an insurance provider
  • Designing Content Moderation Compliance Program for a leading online platform service client - current state process mapping and regulatory gap assessment against client's internal policies
  • Digital maturity capability benchmarking for a Life and annuities player

Experienced Associate

Jun 2018Jun 2020 · 2 yrs

  • Part of Corporate Business Strategy team. Key engagements:
  • Capability strategy and competitor landscaping for a dental insurance provider
  • M&A strategy for a US-based super regional bank
  • Market entry and Product strategy in Islamic Banking for a US-based super regional bank
  • Market entry strategy for a Japanese construction client
  • Organization restructuring for a global CPG client
  • Revenue model, growth strategy and opportunity sizing for a 5G data provider
  • Operations Due Diligence for a healthcare client
  • Market Sizing for Autonomous cars
  • New product benchmarking for a premium tech hardware client

Cognizant business consulting

Business Consulting Intern

Apr 2017May 2017 · 1 mo · Chennai Area, India

  • Impact of digital disruptions on non-life insurance industry and value chain

Indian institute of management, kozhikode

Public Relations Coordinator

Aug 2016Apr 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Kozhikode

  • Part of a 7-member team responsible for publicity and branding of the institute across various media streams, social networking platforms and MBA forums.
  • Led the launch of various social media handles which currently have high reach.

Aig

Risk Engineer Associate

Jul 2014Apr 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Responsible for insurance risk assessment and rating for commercial clients by quantifying physical damage and business interruption risk

Tvs motor company

R&D Intern

Jun 2013Jul 2013 · 1 mo · Hosur Area, India

  • One of the 4 students selected from university for the prestigious Utkarsh Internship
  • Worked in the R&D department on the hardware and software implementation of "Automatic Rain Sensing 3-speed wipers" for TVS 3-wheelers
  • About Utkarsh Internship:
  • TVS Motors selects competent candidates from renowned engineering colleges in India after a rigorous process and provides them an internship opportunity at its plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Jan 2016Jan 2018

Vellore Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jan 2010Jan 2014

Raja Rammohan Roy Academy Dehradun

High school | Intermediate

Jan 2010Present

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