Kumar U.

CEO

Palo Alto, California, United States18 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

2x founder with successful exits in SaaS and Fintech.
First Product Manager at Punchh, driving $50 million ARR.
Nominated as Emerging 50 fund manager in 2022.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech entrepreneur with strong product management and AI expertise.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementStrategic PlanningAi/machine LearningBusiness AnalysisSaas

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Start-up VenturesVisual Studio.NETC#SQLSDLCDatabasesMicrosoft SQL ServerAgile MethodologiesJavaScriptBusiness IntelligencePythonMachine LearningASP.NET

About

Kumar Ujjwal is a visionary and analytical leader known for his entrepreneurial success. With a proven track record as a 2x founder, he has spearheaded the growth of companies such as DwellFi and Revni, leveraging his expertise in SaaS, AI/Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Fintech. Kumar's role as the first Product Manager at Punchh, culminating in a remarkable $500 million exit, highlights his strategic acumen and ability to drive impactful outcomes. Holding two AI/ML patents, he seamlessly combines technical expertise with business acumen cultivated through his education at Stanford University's esteemed business program. He was nominated as one of Emerging 50 fund managers in 2022 by Signature Block. Connect with Kumar on LinkedIn to explore his insights and learn from his entrepreneurial journey.

Experience

18 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Dwellfi

Founder and CEO

Aug 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

Fortified ventures

Partner

Sep 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 8 mos

Proptech • Blockchain • Real Estate venture investment, on-chain asset tokenization / fractionalization, infrastructure and adjacent DeFi solutions

Revni homes

Co-Founder

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr

Punchh, inc.

Director, Product Management & Data Strategy

Mar 2017 – Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Joined the team as the first Product Manager, scaled the product from zero to 50+ Enterprise customers and $50 Million in ARR.

Kohl's department stores

Senior Product Manager Big Data & Machine Learning

Mar 2016 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

Macys.com

Engineering Manager SharePoint product

Apr 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · San francisco bay area

Manage the share project product line and build an AI/ML tool for the FP&A and related solution

Zeeti inc

Co-Founder/CEO

Jan 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos · San Jose

Co-Founded ZEETI Inc:
ZEETI is B2B2C marketplace that is built on mobility as a Service Platform. It enables SMB transportation companies to operate at Uber & Lyft scale. Companies can start on-demand, fixed route, or schedule service in moments on ZEETI platform.
Before ZEETI stopped its operation, it provided service to four SMBs. These companies were running schedule service and on-demand service for a fleet of twenty cars.

Wells fargo

Sr Technical Product Manager

Jan 2013 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

My responsibilities were to identify the opportunities for the next-generation product by analyzing customer data to understand customer pain points in loan products. I worked on automating the loan approval process, which ultimately resulted in a 30 % reduction in the processing time and improved the NSP score by 13% in the first quarter.

Applied materials

Sr. Software Engineer

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Santa Clara CA

Developed Applied Materials’ internal financial application for the CFO office.
Build workflow engine and cloud infrastructure.

Skyhitters

Co Founder/CEO

Jan 2009 – May 2012 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

EatNjoy is a SaaS white-label kiosk application that runs on the android platform.
Business Stats:
Achieved 50% month-over-month growth for the first year and exited successfully by selling the business to a core competitor.
Guest UX: The guest can place an order, play games, call the server, and make payment.
Business UX: Realtime analytics dashboard for micro and macro reports.
Tech Stack: Frontend Android and backend PHP running on AWS.
https://angel.co/skyhitters-tec-solution