Sathish Balakrishnan

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founded a successful product engineering consultancy.
Led the launch of a mobile app aggregating local experiences.
Grew B2B e-commerce vertical to significant revenue in six months.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce expert with a strong focus on product development and business strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DevelopmentBusiness StrategyMarket ResearchE-commerceBusiness DevelopmentProduct ManagementSupply Chain ManagementBusiness AnalysisData Analysis

Other Skills

Product EngineeringOutsourcingDigital TransformationProduct Lifecycle ManagementMobile App DevelopmentB2B SalesCustomer Behavior AnalysisBusiness Relationship ManagementCustomer Returns ManagementAnalyticsVendor RelationsStart-upsStrategyRetailMarketing

About

An experienced entrepreneur with experience in building new businesses from ground up. Passionate about understanding consumer behavior and building products that drive engagement and revenues. Have been in the internet product space for the whole of my career. Building a niche product & engineering consultancy company and helping with engineering & product strength for some of the most tech focused companies including a few unicorns.

Experience

21 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Codingmart technologies private limited

Co-founder & Head of Business

Aug 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Codingmart excels in product engineering and outsourcing engagements where the focus is on helping companies of all sizes and start-ups to accelerate their product engineering and go-to-market cycles where we act as a catalyst and a technology change agent. In that, Codingmart specializes in providing services around product co-creation and product lifecycle capabilities management for companies who are looking for innovation partnerships or product development partnerships.
Codingmart also specializes in digital transformation of organizations from vision to execution where we help re-define the way the business is carried out by leveraging the benefits of high performing technology.
Do get in touch if you are in the lookout for a quality engineering team for building products of any scale.

Product EngineeringOutsourcingDigital TransformationProduct Lifecycle ManagementProduct DevelopmentBusiness Strategy

Cleartrip.com

Head of Product - Cleartrip Activities

Jan 2015 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Helped build and launch 'Activities' from ground up.
Activities is a mobile app only product that aggregates hyperlocal experiences from service providers, many of whom are getting online for the first time ever. The experiences range from go karting to food tours to microlight flying to golf and many more.

Product ManagementMobile App DevelopmentMarket ResearchProduct Development

Via.com

Vice President - eCommerce

Nov 2011 – Dec 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Post the acquisition of Jumadi to Via, joined Via.com and lead the e-commerce vertical building the deals business from ground up, including the product, productization of the services and marketing.
Started and grew the B2B e-commerce vertical at Via.com
Grew it to a Rs. 3+ Crore per month business in less than 6 months
Oversaw the sourcing and operations of the Deals vertical
Grew the transacting retailer network from 100 to 500+
Product Managed the internal ERP system for retailers & distributors

E-commerceB2B SalesProduct ManagementBusiness Development

Jumadi.in

Co-Founder & CEO

Jul 2010 – Nov 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Jumadi was one of the earliest e-commerce companies in India that saw decent amount of traction before it got pivoted into a pure play B2B e-commerce distribution company. Angel funded & mentored by The Morpheus, scaled the B2B business enough to get acquired by Via.com in November 2011.
End to end conception & management of the web product
Took to market with limited resources & grew it to about 4000 uniques/day
In-depth customer behavior analyses and cohorts for dynamic merchandising
Helped raise angel funding
Saw through the acquisition to Via.com

E-commerceBusiness DevelopmentCustomer Behavior AnalysisProduct Management

R systems

Business Analyst

Nov 2006 – Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Greater Chennai Area

ECNet (www.ecnet.com) is a SaaS based product in Supply Chain Management having over 1000 clients in the South East Asian Region. Worked in tandem with a globally distributed team to build a pipeline of features & enhancements in the product.
Product Manager for rollout of 4 large Accounts
Account & Business Relationship Management

Supply Chain ManagementBusiness Relationship ManagementBusiness Analysis

Amazon.com

Senior Associate

Sep 2004 – Nov 2006 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Amazon.com is the world's most customer centric e-commerce company having pioneered the concept of e-retailing globally. Have been a part of their Returns Management Team and later with Kindle Operations.
Root Cause Analysis & Supplier Accountablity for Customer Returns
Liasion with Fulfilment Centres
Analytics on trends of customer returns
Vendor managed the e-book conversion process with stringent quality & cost guidelines

Customer Returns ManagementAnalyticsE-commerceData Analysis