Akshay Sethi

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 1 mo experience

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Key Highlights

Led go-to-market strategy for AI-powered testing.
Executed M&A strategies enhancing revenue growth.
Developed dynamic models for marketing investment evaluation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in SaaS and Fintech sectors with expertise in M&A and growth strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic PlanningGo-to-market StrategyGrowth StrategiesMergers & Acquisitions (m&a)Business InsightsStrategic Analysis

Other Skills

Written CommunicationPresentation SkillsStakeholder ManagementInfluencer MarketingGrowth HackingSales PlanningLead GenerationB2B MarketingExecutive PresentationsProblem SolvingMicrosoft OfficeBusiness AnalysisManagement ConsultingMicrosoft ExcelProject Management

Experience

7 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

1 yr 5 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Kushoai

2 roles

Chief Business Officer

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Written CommunicationPresentation SkillsStrategic PlanningStakeholder ManagementGo-to-Market StrategyInfluencer Marketing+22

Founding Team

Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 · 11 mos

Leading Go-to-market, Strategy and Growth
KushoAI is an AI agent that enables software engineering teams to minimize the time spent on manual and repetitive tasks in their day-to-day work. Our first AI agent takes care of API testing comprehensively - it understands the context of an API, plans for all possible scenarios and writes out exhaustive tests in minutes! This helps software engineers and QA teams save hundreds of man-hours that are spent on testing APIs manually today, thereby allowing them to deploy bug-free code faster.

B2B MarketingStrategic PlanningLead GenerationGrowth HackingSales PlanningGrowth Strategies+5

Highradius

Manager, M&A and Strategy & Operations

Dec 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

M&A strategy & execution, from target screening to post-merger integration
Multiple strategic initiatives for GTM, Professional Services, Customer Support, Finance, HR teams; select projects: revenue-growth through new business opportunities, growth strategy for proffesional services partners, optimizing setup of the FP&A division

Written CommunicationProject ManagementStrategic AnalysisMicrosoft OfficeStrategic PlanningBusiness Insights+6

Pwc

Experienced Associate, Management Consulting (M&A Advisory)

Aug 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Part of PwC US Advisory, worked on different projects for global M&A transactions - Information Technology Diligence, Standalone/Carve-out Cost Analysis, Synergy Assessment, Operational Due Diligence, Integration Management

Strategic AnalysisMicrosoft OfficeStrategic PlanningBusiness InsightsBusiness AnalysisExecutive Presentations+3

Rb

Intern, Commercial Finance

Aug 2019 – Oct 2019 · 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

- Conceptualised a dynamic model to evaluate Returns on Marketing Investments across TV commericals, ecommerce, digital marketing and in-store consumer promotions

Business Analysis

Jana small finance bank

2 roles

Manager, CFO's Office & Process Excellence

Mar 2018 – Apr 2018 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Microsoft OfficeBusiness AnalysisExecutive Presentations

Assistant Manager, CFO's Office & Process Excellence

Nov 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Worked directly with the CFO to govern and execute projects taken up by the finance function
Select projects: org-wide transition to the GST regime, automating the accounts payables system, augmenting the process flow for securitisation of assets

Microsoft OfficeBusiness AnalysisExecutive PresentationsStakeholder Management

Kpmg india

2 roles

Analyst, Management Consulting (Strategy & Operations)

Jun 2016 – Oct 2016 · 4 mos

Worked on-site at the injectables plant of a pharmaceutical company to institute manufacturing excellence
Built quantitative tools to track, moitor and subsequently imporve KPIs like throughput, manpower productivity, yield, and maintainance standards through focused projects

Strategic AnalysisMicrosoft OfficeBusiness InsightsBusiness AnalysisExecutive PresentationsStakeholder Management

Intern, Management Consulting (Strategy & Operations)

Jul 2015 – May 2016 · 10 mos

Shortlisted to pursue a paid industrial internship in the final year of undergrad curriculum at BITS; was awarded PPO by KPMG for a full time position
Worked with Pharma & Manufacturing clients on strategy & process excellence
Select projects: modelling the capacity utilisation for 10+ plants for a major Indian pharmaceutical player, 5-year plan to forecast demand and strategic investments required

Business AnalysisExecutive Presentations