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Gaurav Bansod, PhD

Associate Partner

Pune, Maharashtra, India16 yrs 10 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 14+ years in Cybersecurity and Business Development.
  • Ph.D. in Cybersecurity with global research exposure.
  • Expert in Agile methodologies and team management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and IoT expert with strong capabilities in SaaS and product management.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Customer SuccessBusiness DevelopmentProduct ManagementIotCybersecurityProduct DevelopmentResearch

Other Skills

Business ExpansionTeam ManagementAgile MethodologiesProduct ArchitectureCloud MigrationCustomer ExperienceTeam LeadershipGo-to-Market StrategyEV EcosystemSAAS Product ManagementPresalesIoT Product DevelopmentCustomer Value FocusBiometric AuthenticationIoT Security

About

Business Scaling, Start up Enthusiast, Passionate about Products, Customer Success, Team Management, Solutioning and Innovation.Also P.hD in the area of " Cybersecurity"​. Assisting companies to become Global, Contributing to the company's growth in scaling the businesses. Wide Exposure to Global Markets. Currently working in the field of "Identity and Access Management". Looking after Products, Innovations, Business Development, Partnerships and Solutioning.Extensive and broad experience in Cyber Security and Identity and Access Management Space. Assisting companies to reach their business goals through Innovations, Product Pipeline, Customer Success and Strategic Partnerships.Well versed in team development, employee motivation and goals based management strategies. My strengths include growth-driven strategy building Assisted companies to increase the engagement and strengthen the relationships with a portfolio of Clients accounts through regular communication, sharing relevant industry news and insights, and collaborating on projects. Experienced Professional with 14+ years of experience in project management, solutioning, business development and research. Skilled in Product management, Solutions, Research, Client Facing roles, Customer Success, Innovation and Technology. Lead daily Scrum meetings and manage the team's progress using agile methodologies. Facilitated planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives for a cross-functional Scrum team. Successfully delivered software updates on a bi-weekly basis as part of a Scrum team. Implemented agile practices such as test-driven development and continuous integration to improve team efficiency. Acted as Scrum Master for a team of 10, responsible for facilitating agile ceremonies and removing blockers to progress. Recipient of various Young Scientist Grants . Received various International grants to pursue research in the field of IoT security and travelled across the globe for various projects. In PhD, designed a low cost low power security solution for Embedded Systems and also designed a few light weight block ciphers which are to be implemented for providing security in applications like IoT and Wireless Sensor Networks. Passionate about solving societal issues, learning about the products, giving solution to the real time issues. Associated with various leading industries to solve real time problems. In the past, Done the Customer Success, Solutioning, Business Consultant, Product Management, Product owner,SME for few Start-ups.. Love to Travel and Explore.

Experience

16 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Miniorange

2 roles

Director of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Products|Strategic Partnerships and Global Alliances|Global Business|Client Success Specialist

Jul 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Looking after New Products, Customer Success,Business Expansion through various channels .
  • Also responsible for accelerating a miniOrange's outreach through Strategic Partnerships across the globe. Responsible for building processes to ensure long term client retention. Looking after client communication across APAC,Middle East,EU,US and UK region
  • Responsible for Team Management to meet stipulated deadlines to deliver products and services on time.
  • Partnering with stakeholders (across the globe) to identify, refine, scope, prioritize high value
  • features and suggesting solutions for the same.
  • Role also includes to effectively meet the needs of our customers and address their pain points through our existing product portfolio.
  • Responsible for Maintaining strong levels of engagement and satisfaction with a focus on customer-centricity, advocacy, and retention.
  • Leading daily Scrum meetings and managed the team's progress using agile methodologies.
Customer SuccessBusiness ExpansionTeam ManagementAgile MethodologiesBusiness Development

Huf group

Product Architect|Customer Success

Jul 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

  • Working as Product Architect as a part of Industry on Campus Initiative.
  • Implementing Industry 4.0 for Huf India Pvt Ltd. Migrating their on premises services on Cloud.
  • Lead the team of around 30 odd people and assisted them to deliver Phase I of the project in stipulated time,
  • Owned the design, validation, and delivery of specific high-impact, high-risk items in the product roadmap.
  • Worked towards defining and tracking key product metrics for showcasing the impact of delivered
  • features.
  • Collaborated with internal teams to improve the customer experience and drive our overall growth strategy
Product ArchitectureCloud MigrationCustomer ExperienceTeam LeadershipProduct ManagementCustomer Success

Robin automotives

Co-Founder

Jul 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Worked towards making smarter EV's. Worked with bunch of smarter guys and few OEM's to have an smarter enablement in EV ecosystem.
  • Run Agile rituals like Feature elaboration/Estimation, release planning, Iteration Planning
  • Meeting, Showcase, etc in partnership with Iteration Managers / Delivery Managers.
  • Worked with Product team members to help maintain a healthy and well-articulated Product Backlog.
  • Responsible for Go-to-Market Strategy for assigned portfolio.
  • Worked on few EV related projects to deploy Intelligent and smart automation in the two wheeler EV Space
Agile MethodologiesGo-to-Market StrategyEV EcosystemProduct ManagementBusiness Development

Imatmi

Product Team Manager|Customer Success|Solutioning

Mar 2020 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos · United States

  • Setting up a team in India for a SAAS Product. Handled 30+ team to launched a beta version . In Presales operation, fetched 2 major clients.
  • Ensured that Product artifacts, knowledge repository, KPIs, metrics are well organized, up to-date
  • and easily accessible by all.
  • Help the organization in building a culture of excellence in Product (and value) based thinking.
  • Evangelize modern & lean Product practices within the organization.
  • Coach, train and mentored the team members to improve the maturity and value of the
  • product practices within the team.
  • Managed day-to-day communication with product, delivery and program management within the
  • organization.
  • Responsible for proactively identify opportunities where existing products and solutions can be used to address specific use cases
  • Also Looked after Partnerships and Business.
SAAS Product ManagementTeam LeadershipPresalesProduct ManagementCustomer Success

Chi venture catalyst pvt ltd

Product Owner

Mar 2020 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Part of a Grant/Award Winning Team for "CyberSecurity Grand Challenge" which was hosted by Government of India.
  • Designed "Secured Biometric Authentication" unit and demonstrated various possible IoT attacks on the device and the solutions

Pune institute of computer technology

3 roles

Head, Entrepreneurship and Development Cell

Jun 2019 – Jun 2022 · 3 yrs

Head,Startup and Innovation Cell

Jan 2019 – Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Role to implement good ideas in successful products or as a service which is helpful to solve societal issues..

Researcher

Jul 2016 – Jun 2022 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Mibaio elemec smart automation pvt ltd

Senior Consultant Team Lead|Customer Success|Project Manager

Jun 2019 – Jun 2022 · 3 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • http://www.mibaio.in/
  • Was working with the team to build the IoT product. Setup the team. Done the presales, solutioning for the MIBAiO . Consultant to them to build related IoT based products.
  • Had a relentless focus on customer and client value, balancing short term with long term.
IoT Product DevelopmentCustomer Value FocusIoTCustomer Success

Ivoomi india

Consultant Team Lead|Customer Success

Jul 2017 – Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Implemented a SAAS model for End to End Consumer Experience also worked on Partnership and Business in the EV Battery Swapping Stations. Interaction with Stakeholders,Product Strategy and Execution

Symbiosis international university

P.hD

Jun 2011 – Dec 2015 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Pune

  • Worked on "Security in Embedded Systems/IoT". Cybersecurity
  • Published research papers in renowned journals including IEEE Transactions.
  • https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oqF1HWIAAAAJ&hl=en
  • Travelled across the globe to pursue my research.
Biometric AuthenticationIoT SecurityCybersecurityProduct Development

Byond tech

Project Manager

Sep 2008 – May 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

ResearchCybersecurity

Reliance infosystems

Technical Sales Engineer

Jul 2006 – Sep 2006 · 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Education

SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Jan 2012 – Jan 2015

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Master of Technology (M.Tech.) — EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Jan 2006 – Jan 2008

Nagpur University

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Jan 2002 – Jan 2006

St. John Convent

Xth

Jan 1990 – Jan 2000

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

M.Tech — Embedded System

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