Experience

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  Startup20

  • Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • Knowledge Partner (Deloitte)

    • Dec 2022 - Sep 2023
    • Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

    Part of the Deloitte team working with Startup20 engagement group leadership team to communicate the global voice of startup ecosystem to G20 member nations

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  Larsen & Toubro Technology Services

  • Bangalore

  • Corporate Strategy, M&A

    • Nov 2013 - Jan 2016
    • Bangalore

    Strategy & Planning, deal evaluation, strategic & operational due diligence, integration planning, m&a communications A few notable events during my tenure. - L&T TS transition from SBU to wholly owned subsidiary structure and subsequent listing - L&T TS JV with Thales India- L&T TS acquisition of Dell Innovation Services

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  Self

  • Bangalore

  • Independent Consultant

    • Apr 2013 - Oct 2013
    • Bangalore

    Worked with a few product start ups in internet media, and social sector in market research, market entry strategy, growth strategy, business analysis, etc..

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  Mahindra Comviva

  • Bangalore

  • Business Development Manager

    • May 2011 - Mar 2013
    • Bangalore

    Handled Strategy, Marketing & Business Development for Mobile Messaging & Mobile Internet (DPI, Policy Management - PCRF/EF, Caching & Optimization) Portfolio of Products New Business Development @ the Product side - which involves discovering & shaping new revenue opportunities for the product. Worked closely with Technical Product Managers and prospective customers in identifying new business opportunities, evaluated the potential of those opportunities, and executed qualified opportunities through various go-to-market channelsThis involves handling deals from start to finish - interfacing with multiple internal teams like delivery organization & support functions like legal & finance - and also with various alliance partners as required.Conceptualized and implemented a Channel Strategy for the Product Unit to increase market penetration, also managed partner relationships with various solution partnersExperience in Market Evaluation, Market Sizing, Product Pricing & Positioning, GTM Strategy & Execution

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  ThoughtWorks

  • Bangalore

  • Summer Intern, Program Management

    • Apr 2010 - May 2010
    • Bangalore

    Two months summer internship @ PMO organization in ThoughtWorks. This gave me an opportunity to learn Agile software development methodologies like XP, and Scrum and provided some hands on experience in managing projects delivered using Agile methods As part of the internship assignment, developed Agile performance metrics based on Earned Value Management (EVM) approach to help monitor software projects

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  • Chennai Area, India

  • Assistant Systems Engineer

    • Aug 2005 - Jul 2008
    • Chennai Area, India

    Design and development of Enterprise Middleware applications for a USA based Fortune 100 Financial Services Organization as part of EAI team in TCS ChennaiManaged a webMethods based Service Orchestration Platform and an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) based Online Funds transfer applicationJoined the team as a developer and was later a Technical Lead managing a small team of Engineers and was responsible for project delivery. During that time, spearheaded the development of various productivity enhancement tools, and implemented best practices that improved delivery timelinesConsistently rated amongst top 5% in annual performance appraisal processes. Regularly conducted technical training for new team members, and was a technical interview panelist for the project account