Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Helped built digital products from scratch to enhance engagement and learning for students & teachers who were no longer able to go to physical schools due to the pandemic.
• In a short stint, helped improve student engagement by over 50% with a revamped consumer friendly product with a new homepage and features like leaderboard and segmentation of courses.
• At the same time built better collaboration tools which allowed teachers to keep close track of students, give online assessments & take classes digitally, helping onboard lakhs of students & teachers who lacked the infrastructure to teach digitally.
• Also helped conceptualize and deliver a computer coding infrastructure for schools at a budget and with super challenging tech infrastructure, allowing schools to get onboarded onto the LEAD network for such super aspirational courses.
• Also built the product team from scratch and was grateful for a 0-1 journey on the digital side which helped build a unicorn before leaving to launch my own venture.

Jul 2018 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Joined the firm at an early stage and was grateful to be a part of the journey to 100 million users and Unicorn status
• During my time there, helped us build an entire ecosystem around fantasy, allowing us to understand our users better, gain their trust and engage more meaningfully with them.
• Also helped set the ball rolling for the next 100 million users by building FanCode, where we built Live Streaming platform alongwith Live Scores and Fantasy Research content to have a bigger pie of a sports lover's time (and affection!)
• Grateful for having had the opportunity of building and leading diverse teams in Product, Marketing, Content and Operations, while leading P&L for these verticals

Mar 2017 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Moneytor is changing how lenders and defaulters look at the industry of debt collections, by automating and digitizing it, to create a win-win situation for all.
• Funded by ISME ACE(Rana Kapoor's family office), 500 startups and leading angel investors, it was also a part of the Oracle Accelerator, Fintech Valley Vizag Accelerator and Zone Startups!

Sep 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · India

• Joined the early stage intra-city commuting start-up, with the mandate to fuel the organization’s growth, in particular through the Transactions business unit.
• Headed all Marketing & Growth oriented activities, setting up the department from scratch and leading the platform to complete over 1,00,000 trips a day across multiple bus and metro agencies (BEST, NMMT, MBMT & Mumbai Metro)
• The company's stellar progress saw it pick up a Series B round funded by Times Internet, Matrix Partners & Qualcomm. Eventually the company achieved a successful exit to Ola Cabs (funded by Softbank)

Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 · 0 mo · Dubai

• Joined the angel investment fund Akumen for internship during my MBA. Led and monitored the initial launch phases of start-ups Akumen invested in. Role involved setting up and implementing the roadmap to expand across UAE, and hiring for the same.
• RESPONSIBILITIES
• OPERATIONS – Headed a team of ten in the first two phases of the start-up Bodybay, building the backbone for eventual website launch
• STRATEGY – Role involved devising and implementing the strategy to collect required data from across the city of Dubai
• MARKET RESEARCH – Led a team surveying market trends and product viability as well as client density in targeted sector
• HIRING AND TRAINING – Solely responsible for hiring & training of staff reporting directly to me
• ACHIEVEMENTS
• Managed the entire process of collection and digitization of 100% data for the BHF market in Dubai, a number exceeding 2000 outlets
• Set up a strategy to cover the entire city of Dubai, dividing the city into small grids for effective coverage
• Instrumental in setting up guidelines and procedures which shall be used as the product moves to cover other cities globally as well
• Hired, trained and motivated a team of interns to brave the summer heat and carry out their tasks diligently

Jan 2011 – Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Pune

• Part of the South Asia team of the world’s most visited football website. Implemented changes in Digital Marketing outreach programs of the organization and looked after daily operations of the website. Also got the opportunity to interview sportstars from across the world and appeared on BBC, Sky Sports, Star Sports and Forbes Magazine due to my pioneering work as a media personnel.
• RESPONSIBILITIES
• MARKETING – Part of the Digital Marketing team involved in planning company & clients’ customer outreach programmes
• REPORTING – Complete responsibility of gathering exclusive breaking news content & interviews with regards to Indian football
• EDITING AND TRAINING – Role at the organisation involved editing as well as mentoring and guiding new recruits and interns
• WEBSITE MANAGEMENT – Tasked with maintaining quality of content and manage the visibility of content as per relevance
• ACHIEVEMENTS
• Exclusively covered the entire trip of the first English Premier League side to visit India, Blackburn Rovers
• Covered the SAFF Championship 2013 in Nepal, the biggest international football tournament in entire South Asia
• Rose from an intern to the position of Special Correspondent and mentor to new recruits within three years of joining the firm