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Naren Ravula

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in product and technology leadership.
  • Expertise in scaling businesses from inception to significant revenue.
  • Strong background in corporate strategy and M&A.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce executive with strong product and corporate strategy expertise.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyCorporate Strategy

Other Skills

Product MarketingBusiness OperationsBusiness DevelopmentPricing StrategyM&A analysisOperationsPortfolio ManagementContract NegotiationMarket ResearchBusiness Due DiligenceDesignValidationCloud ComputingCloud StoragePrivate Cloud

About

Change agent and entrepreneurial Product & Technology executive with a track record of incubating and operationalizing ideas into new businesses. Well rounded General Manager with diverse experience across both startup and growth environments;

Experience

25 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
4 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
6 mos
Current Experience

Reliance retail

Executive Vice President

Nov 2025Present · 6 mos

Flipkart

2 roles

BU Head (PSD, Emerging Businesses, P&P BUs)

Jul 2020May 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • Product & Engineering leader for Pricing, Demand Planning & Forecasting Platforms
  • Product & Engineering leader for Emerging Businesses & Category Experience (Auto / EVs, Flipkart@Business etc); Grew multiple businesses from 0 to >XXXX Cr
  • Product & Engineering (and GM) for Flipkart Labs (3D, AR, GenAI and Blockchain)
  • Overall Head of Product Strategy & Strategy Deployment (Strategic Programs Office) for Flipkart; Chair the Flipkart Product Council
Product ManagementProduct StrategyProduct MarketingBusiness OperationsBusiness DevelopmentPricing Strategy

Vice President, Head of Corporate Strategy

Mar 2018Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Built the Corp Strategy and the Strategic Programs function
  • Worked with our CEO and the board during and post the Walmart Investment
  • Built the 5yr Strategy and long range plan for the company and drove business cases for several important new priorities for the company
Corporate StrategyBusiness DevelopmentM&A analysis

Salesforce

Senior Director, Product Strategy & Operations

Aug 2016Feb 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Product Strategy, Product Management & Operations leader supporting the Chief Product Officer & COO of Products. Drive key initiatives across the entire Salesforce portfolio including B2B and B2C products
Product StrategyProduct ManagementOperations

Netapp

Director, Product Strategy & Management

Jan 2011Aug 2016 · 5 yrs 7 mos · Sunnyvale

  • Seasoned technology and business leader reporting to the CTO. I lead a team of Product Managers and assess broad Customer, Technology and Competitive trends. Determine both the implication and timing of the trends and make Build, Buy/Invest or Partner recommendations.
  • Drive Product Management for key technology incubations
  • Drive the Strategic Product Planning Process for $6B storage leader and assist EVP/Staff on Portfolio Planning and AOP decisions
  • Manage Strategic Pricing and Licensing projects
  • Work with line of business on select strategic initiatives and build Business Plans for new opportunities
  • Build relationships across the Startup and Venture communities
  • Manage Product and Technology diligence on Acquisitions and Investments
Product StrategyProduct ManagementPortfolio Management

Nextag

Business Development Manager

Jul 2009Jan 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Managed P&L, negotiated contracts, developed and managed syndication, co-branding and lead generation relationships at the consumer internet startup. Coordinated the Engineering, Data Science and Creative teams to build the right content, target the right customers and improve conversion for the Product Shopping and Education verticals
Business DevelopmentContract Negotiation

Ubs investment bank

Associate Director - IBD

Jun 2008Jul 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • As part of the UBS Technology Media and Cleantech Investment Banking team, conducted quantitative and qualitative due diligence in support of advisory services to C level executives. Prepared financial models, management presentations, conducted market research and managed junior banking team in the execution of M&A and Equity/Debt raising mandates
M&A analysisMarket Research

Intel capital

2 roles

Associate

Mar 2006Dec 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Business, Technology and Financial due dilligence in support of the Enterprise Hardware and Software and Services groups at Intel Capital.
Business Due Diligence

Design Engineer

Feb 2000Feb 2006 · 6 yrs

  • Proven technology leadership in owning and delivering complex projects that have added value to Intel products. Design, Validation & debug of multiple generations of Pentium III and Pentium IV microprocessors
DesignValidation

Education

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

MBA

Jan 2005Jan 2007

National Institute of Technology Karnataka

BE — Electronics and Communication Engineering

University of Colorado Boulder

MS — Computer Engineering

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