Arjun Pillai

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States15 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Serial entrepreneur with two successful exits.
  • Expert in SalesTech and MarTech with a focus on data strategy.
  • Cofounder of innovative AI-driven sales solutions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in SalesTech and MarTech with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sales EngineeringAi PlatformSales EnablementB2b ChatData StrategyConsultingProduct ManagementB2b SalesStrategic PartnershipsData AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceSap

Other Skills

AIB2B Chat PlatformBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCRMChatbot DevelopmentCloud ComputingCompetitive AnalysisData PartnershipsE-commerceERPEarly-stage StartupsElectronics

About

Arjun is a widely recognized leader in SalesTech and MarTech spaces with a focus on data strategy. He is a serial entrepreneur with two successful exits and is currently on his 3rd venture. Arjun was most recently the Chief Data Officer at ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. Arjun started his first company at 23 and ran it for 4.5 years. He failed with his first four products, eventually succeeding in building a Sales Intelligence solution with over 110,000 users. The company's successful acquisition by FullContact Inc., being the first in the history of Kerala state in India, marked a significant milestone, both for Arjun and for the tech industry of the state. After the successful integration of companies and stint as the Head of Data Strategy at FullContact, Arjun started his second company in the Conversational Marketing and Sales space - Insent.ai. A Techstars company, Insent.ai, raised several rounds and eventually successfully sold to ZoomInfo. Arjun is currently the Cofounder & CEO of Docket, an AI Platform that serves as a Virtual Sales Engineer for AEs to close complex B2B deals. Beyond his business achievements, Arjun has engaged with the broader tech & and startup community as an advisor, mentor, and speaker. He is an investor in 20+ startups and LP in several VC funds.

Experience

15 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs
Current Experience

Docket inc

Cofounder & CEO

Aug 2023Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · United States

  • AEs need help with complex sales. Sales Engineers are expensive. Meet Docket, the AI platform that serves as a virtual sales engineer for AEs. Docket trains on all your company’s knowledge, powered by state-of-the-art LLMs, and creates a dynamic knowledge graph. Integrating deep into AE workflow, Docket delivers just-in-time knowledge to answer complex product questions, fill RFPs/RFIs and understand where knowledge is missing to close deals.
AI PlatformSales EngineeringKnowledge Graph

Zoominfo

2 roles

Chief Data Officer

Dec 2022Jul 2023 · 7 mos · Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Senior Vice President, Product Management & Data

Jun 2021Feb 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Arjun pillai

Investor

Jun 2019Present · 7 yrs

  • Chi AI (AI Software Testing), Produx AI (B2B Product Intelligence), Siemba (Enterprise-Grade PTaaS), EventHQ (Event operations platform), Greenikk (Banana farmer-centric digital ecosystems), Factors.ai (Account Intelligence Platform), Pupilfirst (Building future of classroom education), Inflection.io (B2B Marketing Platform), Toplyne (AI Agents for Marketing Tasks), Savant Labs (World's first analytics automation platform), Verteil Technologies (Direct connect airline distribution platform for Agencies)

Insent.ai

Founder & CEO (acquired by ZoomInfo | NASDAQ: ZI)

Sep 2018Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos · United States

  • Insent is a B2B Chat platform that enables your high-value buyers to easily buy from you. Insent identifies & qualifies your website visitors and personalizes their buyer journey using a combination of human and chatbot conversations. By guiding your buyers at the right time and proactively alerting your salespeople, Insent generates new revenue opportunities and accelerate existing ones
B2B Chat PlatformSales EnablementB2B Chat

1.0 ventures

Co-Founder

May 2018Present · 8 yrs 1 mo · United States · Remote

  • We are a micro angel investment network in the United States. We invest in exciting early-stage technology startups. We are usually part of the first round that the startups receive. Our ticket Size is $50k to $200k. We usually invest in Technology companies in different industries. I invest individually and as part of the network

Major sales & marketing data companies

Independent Consultant

Jan 2018Sep 2018 · 8 mos · United States

  • Consulted for a handful of data companies on multiple fronts:
  • Matchmaker for Data Acquisitions: Functioned as a 'Buying point for Data' for 10+ well-known data companies. Enabled data deals to happen as an independent subject matter expert in exchange for a revenue share from the seller (~$750,000 deals + ~$150,000 worth of data swaps)
  • Data Strategy: Optimized the data acquisition and usage of data. Effectively brought down the data expenses by 10-30%.
  • Scout: Kept an eye out for companies worth acquisitions on behalf of companies and made intros.
Data StrategyConsulting

Fullcontact inc.

Head of Data Strategy

Aug 2016Dec 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · Denver, Colorado

  • As the Head of Data Strategy, the major roles played are:
  • Data Partnerships: Owned the data budget and was responsible for all the data buying and partnering with all the sources and other data companies.
  • Product Manager for Data: Worked with the platform engineering team in US and India and figured out ways to maximize data. Ran analyses, worked on data quality metrics and improved the data KPIs
  • Led FullContact India (Data): Data, the biggest department in India, rolled up to me. Along with the leadership team in India, scaled the team to 130+.
  • FullContact is the most powerful fully-connected contact management platform for professionals and enterprises who need to master their contacts and be awesome with people. FullContact's cross-platform suite of Apps and APIs enhance contacts with insights, while keeping them organized, synchronized, up to date, and safe.
Data PartnershipsProduct ManagementData Strategy

Profoundis

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer (Acquired by FullContact)

Apr 2012Aug 2016 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Cochin Area, India

  • Founded Profoundis as the CEO in 2012. After going through 3 years of bootstrapping, a series of 4 product failures,
  • Successfully ideated, validated, product managed the data product Vibe App (a product to understand more about people and companies based on publicly available data)
  • Got the company to 3 accelerators (Microsoft Ventures, Startup Chile and Blackbox Connect)
  • Ideated and led the crucial pivot of the product with a Human-in-the-loop model.
  • Raised 3 rounds of investment (over $1M in cash and worth)
  • Spearheaded the B2B sales, strategic and channel partnerships
  • Grew the team from 4 to 72.
  • Successfully staged the acquisition to FullContact.com
  • Profoundis exit was the first ever tech product acquisition from the State of Kerala, India in the history.
B2B SalesStrategic Partnerships

Infosys

Systems Engineer

Sep 2010Apr 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Worked as an Associate SAP Consultant in SAP Business Intelligence and Business Objects for major foreign Finance and Banking Clients.
  • Specialized in SAP Crystal Report Enterprise
SAP Business IntelligenceSAP Crystal ReportBusiness IntelligenceSAP

Education

Cochin University of Science and Technology

B.Tech — Electronics and Communication Engineerin

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Good Shepherd Public School

Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate

Jan 2004Jan 2006

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