Jan 2015 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Set up and grew the online food ordering business for Zomato from scratch globally across India, UAE and the Philippines
• Business became the market leader in India by value and a close second by order volume within 8 months with a 30% month-on-month sustained growth rate
• Online food ordering business contributed to 5% of overall revenue of Zomato by Jan 2016 with an increasingly growing share
• Grew the team from 5 to 500+ across 14 cities in India and 4 cities internationally
• Established partnerships with international food chains like Domino’s, Pizza Hut, KFC, Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s, Wendy’s etc to bring them onto the Zomato platform
• Established strategic partnerships with two logistics companies in India including an equity investment in one to expand the market by bringing in restaurants that don’t do their own delivery. “Zomato fulfilled” orders now contribute 10% to the overall mix of online order volumes and are growing
• Made a strategic acquisition in Manila of one of the largest food ordering company called Quick Delivery to kick-off online ordering business in the Philippines
• Established a strategic partnership with Room Service Delivery (RSD) in the UAE to bring high value restaurants not present on Zomato online ordering platform along with delivery logistics
• Implemented multiple product based strategic partnerships for online food ordering in India

Jun 2012 – May 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Palo Alto CA

• Managed P&L of one of Playdom’s largest game studios with ~$80 MM gross annual revenue and 270 employees across 4 offices (in 3 countries) with social games targeted at both Facebook (FB) and mobile (iOS and Android) platforms
• Managed 4 game franchises that included top Disney brands from Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Animation Studios and Disney Pixar Studios
• Led successful game launches from the studio - Pirates of the Caribbean: Isles of War on FB and Disney Hidden Worlds on FB, iOS and Android platforms
• Director on the board of Playdom India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of Playdom US

Aug 2011 – Jun 2012 · 10 mos · Palo Alto CA

• Delivered an FB game based on Disney Animal Kingdom theme park located in Orlando, Florida
• Worked on integrated marketing strategy with the Jane Goodall Foundation, Good Morning America segment on ABC and promotional marketing with the Disney Nature movie, "Chimpanzee"
• Delivered Armies of Magic, Playdom’s first entry into side-scrolling real time strategy (RTS) game targeted at the male demographic on FB
• Restructured the mobile group which went on to become strategically important for the company
• Delivered City of Wonder, first mobile product from the new studio
• Successfully delivered Gardens of Time on mobile (iOS) platform, one of the largest revenue maker on the iOS platform for The Walt Disney Company
• Led the acquisition of a 35 person art studio in Hyderabad, India to augment game studio’s art function
• Managed live operations of Gardens of Time, one of the most successful multi-million dollar games from Playdom on FB
• Multiple industry award nominations for Gardens of Time:
• Game Developer's Choice Award: Best Social Network Game (2011)
• GAME British Academy Video Game (Online-browser) Award Nominee
• Top Recommended Games on FB in 2011
• 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Award Finalists (Social Networking Game of the Year)
• Led design of high revenue features for Gardens of Time
• Partnered with ABC and ABC.com to cross promote the season finale of hit TV series Once Upon a Time within the game
• Managed partnership with Procter & Gamble to create custom content within the game

Oct 2009 – Aug 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos · Palo Alto CA

• Worked in a 3-person team to set up Playdom India operations in Bangalore, India
• Expanded the team from zero to 30 engineers over a span of 3 months. Playdom Bangalore office at its peak had a strength of 180 employees and serviced product teams and central functions (like business intelligence, technical operations, quality assurance and art) for Playdom US.
• Managed aspects ranging from setting up corporate legal entity, real estate negotiation to ensuring legal and accounting standards compliance of ongoing business operations
• Devised recruiting, compensation and retention strategy for top tier engineering talent
• Collaborated with studio product managers to deliver successful social games – City of Wonder and Gardens of Time – on the FB platform
• Led live product management of City of Wonder after game launch

Aug 2009 – Oct 2009 · 2 mos · Menlo Park CA

Jan 2009 – May 2009 · 4 mos · San Francisco CA

• Generated leads and closed partnership deals with game and application developers to increase transaction flow through Jambool’s payment solution
• Provided feedback to engineering team to refine payment solution based on market needs and competition
• Evangelized product using channels like blogging, industry events and developer relations

Jun 2007 – Aug 2007 · 2 mos · Mountain View CA

• Developed a strategy for reuse and disposal of obsolete Data Server components inventory worth $10 MM
• Designed and implemented performance measurement metrics for inventory disposition

Jul 2002 – Aug 2005 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Managed full operational responsibility of two plants and led a team of 7 plant supervisors and 250 workmen
• Promoted on fast track within one year to handle enhanced responsibility of additional plant
• Implemented a Japanese operations management system attaining Level 1 award for 33% productivity increase
• Negotiated successfully with Trade Union on labor productivity resulting in 30% production increase for a high-margin laundry soap brand
• Co-authored a Unilever Technical Paper recommended for worldwide circulation in Unilever Group
• Managed relationships with government officials including Factory Inspector and Pollution Control Inspector
• Trained and mentored Management Trainees in developing technical, leadership and team skills