Sep 2025 – Sep 2025 · 0 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Secured ₹50 Lakh INR in seed capital at a ₹20 Crore valuation from 3 Angel Investors and garnered initial interest from 3 VCs by de-risking the business through the following strategic initiatives:
• 1) Market Validation: Secured a 100+ customer waitlist in 24 hours through pre-launch marketing, immediately demonstrating strong market demand.
• 2) Monetization & First Revenue: Converted 5 pilot users (free trials) into the company’s first paying customers, validating the monetization model.
• 3) Rapid MVP Launch: Leveraged no-code solutions for the customer-facing MVP, significantly reducing time-to-feedback and minimizing up-front development costs.
• 4) Investment Strategy: Refined the pitch and short-term plan to focus resources on 1 priority product out of the 5 originally planned, aligning the strategy with investor requirements.

Apr 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Promoted twice in the same cycle from Associate Product Manager -> Senior Product Manager due to high impact at Chalo.
• 1) Secured a ₹100+ crore government contract (Telangana) by serving as the Product Lead for the high-stakes pilot, which involved extensive new feature development and resolving critical operational challenges.
• 2) Deployed AI products on the cloud, quantized them to run on edge devices, and developed systems for model retraining and refinement, achieving 98% accuracy at scale. Launched the solution in 2 countries.
• 3) 0-1 development of a suite of products in the compliance space that have been adopted by the Indian government in 4 cities.
• 4) Mentored and trained 4 members from QA and Product OPS, to transition into product management.

Jan 2022 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

• This role includes my tenure and achievements at Vogo, which was acquired by Chalo in 2023.
• 1) Achieved a 90% reduction in pending collections in the Vogo (acquired by Chalo) consumer APP by optimizing product flows.
• 2) Resolved payment funnel issues, leading a team of 10 engineers to improve user payment success rates from 55% to 94%.
• 3) Increased Bluetooth success rates from 30% to over 80% with a dedicated team of 5 (tech).
• 4) Performed complex analysis, initiated marketing campaigns, and conducted A/B experiments to identify product changes which helped increase activation by 25%.
• 5) Improved overall scooter riding experience - on-app and ground operations to increase retention by 20%.
• 6) Introduced Chalo APP as a channel to book Vogo scooters leading to a 20% increase in rides.
• 7) 0-1 product and process development for a new business line (battery rental for E-Rickshaws). Worked with operations to scale to 3 cities before strategic shift in company focus.

Mar 2021 – Jan 2022 · 10 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• 1) Increased product usage by 70% among our top 50 customers through awareness campaigns and by introducing analytics into the customer success teams’ routine.
• 2) Piloted two products related to logistics management with 10 large customers (100+ trucks/buses per customer).
• 3) Collaborated with an American MNC to white label our platform, tailoring it to their specific branding and product requirements.
• Key Learning: How to create a long term vision & its importance.

Oct 2020 – Jan 2021 · 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• 1) Managed a team of 3 developers to design and deploy a central authentication service.
• 2) Redesigned product flows of the editing team’s internal tools, which helped reduce TAT by 20%.
• 3) Built an internal APP with 2 developers in 30 days to track and assign jobs to freelance photographer teams.
• Key Learning: How to accelerate product development without sacrificing quality.

Jan 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• 1) Securing seed investment of 80 lakhs.
• 2) Developed AI enabled hardware solutions for warehouses.
• Key learning: How to use your network to find customers and investors.

Jun 2018 – Dec 2018 · 6 mos · Puri, Orissa, India · On-site

• 1) Won a vendor agreement to procure mattresses at 50% lower cost.
• 2) Renovated hotels in Puri and Rourkela before launching them under the OYO brand
• Key Learning: Business operations.