Prashanth Ranganathan

Co-Founder

Singapore, Singapore23 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founded and exited three successful startups.
Expert in building high-performance teams.
Innovative leader in EdTech and Fintech sectors.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and EdTech entrepreneur with a strong focus on product management and AI solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipProduct ManagementSoftware Engineering

Other Skills

Mobile PaymentsRisk MitigationConsumer ProductsBehavioral TargetingRisk ManagementAnalyticsEnterprise SoftwareProduct DevelopmentStart-upsStrategic PartnershipsStrategyAI DevelopmentEdTechBig Data ClusteringData Mining

About

I am a builder, I like to build high performance teams and go after tough problems. I have done three startups (founding team of SayNow, Founder at Truvie Security and Founder at Paysense and successfully exited three. Now on my fourth - Zinc Money. To me building companies is not about winning, keeping scores, or about money its a way of life. I now live in SG, build for Asia

Experience

23 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Zinc money

Founder, CEO

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Singapore

Zinc operates at the intersection of edTech, Wealth and AI.
ADA is the name of our home grown AI - ADA helps students in high school discover their collegePath (right field of study at the right university) and offers parents the best banking/wealth solutions to support the child's education plan.
Soon we will launch our banking and wealth products (currently in alpha)

Mobile PaymentsRisk MitigationConsumer ProductsSoftware EngineeringBehavioral TargetingRisk Management+8

Payu

Chief Executive Officer, PayU Credit

Jan 2020 – Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

Paysense

Founder, CEO (Acquired by PayU)

Apr 2015 – Jan 2020 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai · On-site

Paypal

2 roles

Sr. Director, Head of APAC Solutions

Promoted

May 2013 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

Director of Software Engineering

May 2011 – May 2013 · 2 yrs

Working on innovative digital wallet and payment solutions.

Truvie security inc - acquired by paypal

Founder, CEO

Aug 2010 – May 2011 · 9 mos

That was a lot of fun. Now doing a lot of the same on a much bigger scale here at PayPal

Quova, inc.

Senior Software Engineering Consultant

Mar 2010 – Dec 2010 · 9 mos · Mountain View, California, United States · On-site

Working on some big data clustering/mining projects. Learning a ton of new skills while having fun innovating in a new space!

Big Data ClusteringData MiningSoftware Engineering

Truvie inc

CEO

Oct 2008 – Dec 2009 · 1 yr 2 mos

Saynow

Head of Product - Acquired by Google

Jan 2006 – Sep 2008 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States

Responsible for definition and launch of the initial product. Head of distribution and Business development for the first iteration of the product. Finished up as head of revenue, after defining and executing towards a sustainable business model.

Microsoft corporation

2 roles

Technical Product Manager

Jun 2004 – Nov 2004 · 5 mos

Defining the sales and marketing model for Visual Studio
Driving partner engagement strategy across Visual Studio
Evangelizing product line amongst partners, analysts and developer communities
Defining the migration strategy for existing Visual Studio customers to the Visual Studio Team System
Driving content creation for sales and marketing programs
Creating all necessary collateral to empower field specialists
Manage rollout of campaigns and marketing initiatives to field and marketing groups
Continue close affiliation with all product management and product planning activities