Experience

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  Abhi Loans

  • Australia

  • Fractional CTO

    • Aug 2023 - Present
    • Australia

    Abhiloans is an established Fintech company, delivering secured loans digitally to customers in India. The tech stack has evolved with changing business models over 7 years. Abhiloans needed help dealing with tech debt, which was preventing the product team from delivering business value at pace.Establishing an in-house technology team with a new stack that is providing much-needed velocity to the product delivery process. Guiding and mentoring the product team to adapt and take advantage of these capabilities.

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  Xane AI

  • Product+Technology Advisor

    • Feb 2021 - Present

    Xane AI is a B2B SaaS AI platform, helping organizations enhance and automate their business processes around self-service support, employee engagement and customer experience.Advising on product strategy and growth. Designing and creating intuitive interfaces that bridge the gap between complex AI functionalities and business users, empowering them to harness the full potential of AI through clear, efficient, and engaging interactions.

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  Gather6

  • Remote

  • Co-Founder, CTO

    • Jul 2021 - Aug 2023
    • Remote

    Gather6 is a platform to enable video conversations with interesting personalities. No set agenda, it’s like a fireside chat. Preview at https://beta.gather6.com

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  11point2

  • Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  • Venture Architect

    • Aug 2022 - Jul 2023
    • Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    11point2 is a boutique studio that helps corporates innovate faster and more effectively. 11point2 leverages their entrepreneurial experience to rapidly validate and execute on worthwhile ideas, creating new ventures.Worked on multiple engagements with SA’s largest member-mutual, driving their strategy and creating products in the Home and Energy space towards establishing a potential $50M business.

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  AltLinen

  • Product+Technology Partner

    • May 2020 - Aug 2022

    AltLinen is an innovative concept, letting customers buy high quality home linen, and giving them an option to subscribe to lifetime replacements. The same linen is also supplied to the hospitality industry. Disrupting entrenched supply chains, creating delighted loyal customersCreated a unique product to capture customers from offline sales (boutique retail) into the online system, giving the ability to target, upsell and cross-sell to them.

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  Baxi: The Bike Taxi

  • Gurgaon, India

  • Founder, CTO

    • Apr 2015 - Mar 2020
    • Gurgaon, India

    Baxi was the first motorcycle taxi service in India. It also provided financial services by enabling potential driver-partners to secure motorcycle loans, and utilized the same infrastructure for a hyper-local delivery platform focused on high-frequency high-volume daily needs (a la Instacart). Raised $2M in funding.Conceptualized and designed the complete product flow, and built the technology around it. Hired and managed a team of 20 PMs, developers and designers. Innovative product and technology solutions, designed specifically for local users.Grew operations to 3500 rides/day and 1500 deliveries/day across 4 cities. 6M total rides, 150K customers, 1000+ drivers, 1000+ motorcycles financed. Created a real time location-based ride matching and optimization platform for the bike taxi services.

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  BookMyShow

  • Mumbai

  • VP, Head of Products

    • Apr 2013 - Mar 2015
    • Mumbai

    Responsible for ~40M unique monthly visitors and INR700M ($11M) in revenue across multiple channels. Led a team of 45 people across product, design, and technology.

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  Match.com

  • Dallas

  • Director of Product Management

    • Jan 2011 - Apr 2013
    • Dallas

    Launched Game Night on Match.com as a radical new way of meeting people online. 400% increase in user engagement during game nights. 200% increase in follow up communication due to game night. Increased conversions directly attributable to game night had a revenue impact of $10M

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  Tallis and Co

  • New Delhi

  • VP of Product

    • 2007 - 2009
    • New Delhi

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  i2 Technologies

  • San Francisco

  • Product Manager

    • Jan 1997 - Jan 2007
    • San Francisco

    Defined a collaborative order management product from scratch. Grew the product from the inception phase to the single highest source of license revenue for i2, driving over $200M in license sales. Designed multiple aspects of the product, including architecture, UI workflows, deployment models and partner on-boarding strategies.