Jun 2023 – Jan 2024 · 7 mos · India

• Led product pivot from legacy IVR in microfinance to Voice AI agents for BFSI, positioning the company for hyper-growth in conversational AI, unlocking new markets and enterprise opportunities
• Established product vertical and instilled a user-centered, AI-native, product culture

Jan 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Krishify: digital network of farmers and agri-businesses with over 8 million android app users
• improved personalized content recommendations via user segmentation using big data analytics and user-centered design
• designed & launched farmer experience stores
• guided social commerce strategy and monetization experiments
• Digital Green: (Jul-Sep 2022)
• researched business models and digitization roadmap for Farmer Producer Organizations
• GoodHaat (Oct 2021 - May 2022):
• Tested product-market fit of an e-marketplace of healthy food grocery for crop and dietary diversity.

Jan 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Agritech startup that ran a shared transport service for farmers to sell their fresh fruits and vegetables. We envisioned the first-mile logistics platform to be the foundation of a bottom-up marketplace connecting big buyers and digital finance to millions of smallholder farmers. We created Loop from concept to an impact startup that boosted farmer profits by 18% through 45% transport cost reduction and 12% higher prices. Farmers used Loop to move and sell 104k metric tons of produce for $16 million in sales in the states of Bihar, Karnataka, AP and Maharashtra. Loop was selected and part of Alchemist Accelerator and MAN Impact Accelerator cohorts. It got investment offers from leading institutional VCs and won recognition at Tie50 San Francisco, IAMAI and Amazon India awards.

Aug 2014 – Jan 2020 · 5 yrs 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Global nonprofit building digital solutions for over 2M smallholder farmers (>75% women) in Asia and Africa
• Key member of executive leadership team [2017-20] driving organizational strategy, vision and culture
• Led global technology function: built and managed teams of software engineers, product managers, UX designers and R&D field officers
• Designed and integrated technology strategy for projects over $30 million in agriculture, nutrition and RMCHA+ working with farmer organizations and women self-help groups
• Pioneered Direct2Farmer android apps and business models leading DG's foray beyond government extension systems into agricultural markets
• Scaled MIS COCO and video library to 9 countries, rolled out low-code configurable analytics dashboards reducing significant time in launching new programs and KPIs
• Drove R&D with diverse players such as Google, Ideo.org, researchers and agri/health startups to solve complex rural agricultural and healthcare problems
• Deputy Director -> Director [2016] -> Managing Director [2018]; raised to India (2016) and global (2017) leadership teams

Jan 2013 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Built portfolio analytics platform [Python-Django-Javascript] and market models for portfolio management. Developed trading platform for the asset allocation investment managers (AUM~ $16 billion). Chosen and participated in TD Bank’s Build for the Future Leaders Pipeline.

Aug 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

Aug 2009 – Jul 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos · Tokyo, Japan

• Architected and coded trading and order management system [C++, C, SQL] for Japanese Bonds market, Brokers Broker
• Developed pricing and risk systems for fixed-income and equity derivatives
• Gained financial markets and technology strategy skills in Barclay’s 18-month global graduate program

May 2007 – Aug 2007 · 3 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

• Developed ATI graphic cards driver software for clients such as HP, Dell, Lenovo.