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Ankit Rao

CEO

Palo Alto, California, United States10 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led corporate strategy for top financial services clients.
  • Co-founded a startup with 16M+ users in Southeast Asia.
  • Expert in AI-driven business transformation strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Fintech and SaaS with a strong focus on product management and corporate strategy.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Corporate StrategyBusiness DevelopmentProduct ManagementGo-to-market StrategyTeam Leadership

Other Skills

Market SizingPricing StrategyClient RelationsSales StrategyMarket ResearchGrowth StrategiesStrategic ThinkingCompetitive AnalysisStrategy ConsultingDue DiligenceBusiness StrategyCost ReductionManagement ConsultingFinancial ModelingCorporate Finance

About

I lead strategy and execution projects at EY-Parthenon across financial services and technology clients. I help our corporate and PE clients with corporate strategy, transformation, and commercial diligence, with emphasis on how software and AI are reshaping business models in regulated industries. Previously, I co-founded a social networking start-up, NearGroup, that scaled to 16M+ users in southeast Asia. Later, I worked at a Series C healthcare start-up, working closely with the CEO on new business initiatives, responsible for product management and Sales / GTM for 0 to 1 products including a solution for diabetes management that grew to thousands of new patients each month.

Experience

10 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
4 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Ey-parthenon

3 roles

Senior Director, Corporate Strategy

Promoted

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos

Director, Corporate Strategy

Promoted

Aug 2023 – Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Enterprise AI Strategy for an insurance company, with focus on customer & competitive assessment, workflows to AI-enable, build / buy / partner analysis, strategic roadmap, business case
  • Sales / GTM strategy for a LATAM instant payments provider entering the US market
  • Product strategy (e.g., TAM, likelihood to adopt) for a SaaS data platform targeting Asset Managers
  • Operating model redesign for a benefits brokerage and consulting firm
  • M&A strategy for a regional P&C carrier looking for inorganic growth opportunities
  • Product strategy for a data insights product launched by a global card network
  • Pricing strategy for a insurance software provider undergoing transition to a SaaS
  • Global growth strategy for an actuarial certification organization, with focus on south east Asia and China
  • Business development and thought leadership initiatives for EYP's insurance strategy practice
  • CDDs on companies in financial services and technology sectors: data infrastructure and analytics provider, insurance payment provider, digital banking vendor, legacy run-off buyer, regional asset manager, AP Payment Provider
Market SizingPricing StrategyCorporate StrategyBusiness Development

Consultant, Corporate Strategy

Aug 2021 – Aug 2023 · 2 yrs

  • Commercial diligences on software businesses, including POS provider, fitness studio ERP, online bequest tool, and insurance pricing platform
  • Pricing strategy for a broadband service provider, leveraging customer surveys and competitor analysis
  • Growth strategy for a payments processor, covering fraud, disbursements, and crypto on-ramp markets
  • Embedded finance product strategy for a large retailer (gift cards, debit cards, lending etc.)
Market SizingPricing StrategyCorporate StrategyBusiness Development

Portea

2 roles

Senior Product Manager and GTM Lead

Promoted

Apr 2019 – May 2019 · 1 mo

  • Worked closely with the COO and Founder on new business lines (Portea is a late stage start-up, Accel Partners funded)
  • Scaled the new product to thousands of new customer sign ups each month
Market SizingPricing StrategyProduct ManagementGo-to-Market Strategy

Product Manager

Feb 2017 – Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Spearheaded new product launch for remote diabetes management solution
  • Led GTM strategy covering digital channels, pharmaceutical partnerships, and HCPs
  • Set up sales motion for direct HCP sales, including monetization strategy, and compensation structure for reps
Market SizingPricing StrategyProduct ManagementGo-to-Market Strategy

Neargroup chatbot

Co-Founder

Aug 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · New Delhi

  • Co-founded NearGroup as a social app with a mission to help neighbors get to know each other and make communities safer
  • Grew team to 15 employees, leading product and growth; platform pivoted to become a dating app and reached 16 million+ users in Southeast Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam)
Product ManagementTeam Leadership

Opera solutions

Chief of Staff

Jul 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr · New York - New Delhi

  • Worked as direct analytical support to global CFO in New York and India offices
  • Drove revenue planning and cost cutting initiatives

Indian institute of technology, delhi

Dy General Secretary, Sports

Apr 2013 – Mar 2014 · 11 mos · New Delhi

  • Elected to lead a team of 19 Captains and 13 Secretaries to manage all aspects of sports; was passionate about sports at college and wanted to make a difference
  • Managed 40 coordinators & 100 volunteers to organize "Sportech" : Annual Sports Meet

Education

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) — Electrical Engineering

Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

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