Rahul Sekar
Co Founder & CTO at MyShubhLife- Claim this Profile
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Sarath Nair
I had a great experience working with Rahul in the strategies team at Goldman Sachs. Rahul led my team by example and successfully grew it from a size of 1 to 17. He is adept at multi-tasking and was our go-to person for the most challenging tasks. He is very sound technically and effortlessly manages multiple projects involving multiple teams across locations scattered across the globe.
Sarath Nair
I had a great experience working with Rahul in the strategies team at Goldman Sachs. Rahul led my team by example and successfully grew it from a size of 1 to 17. He is adept at multi-tasking and was our go-to person for the most challenging tasks. He is very sound technically and effortlessly manages multiple projects involving multiple teams across locations scattered across the globe.
Sarath Nair
I had a great experience working with Rahul in the strategies team at Goldman Sachs. Rahul led my team by example and successfully grew it from a size of 1 to 17. He is adept at multi-tasking and was our go-to person for the most challenging tasks. He is very sound technically and effortlessly manages multiple projects involving multiple teams across locations scattered across the globe.
Sarath Nair
I had a great experience working with Rahul in the strategies team at Goldman Sachs. Rahul led my team by example and successfully grew it from a size of 1 to 17. He is adept at multi-tasking and was our go-to person for the most challenging tasks. He is very sound technically and effortlessly manages multiple projects involving multiple teams across locations scattered across the globe.
Experience
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MyShubhLife
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India
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co Founder & CTO
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Jun 2016 - Present
Enabling responsible credit to the underserved. Developing the business from an idea to serving over 2mn users. Secured multiple rounds of funding from marquee angel investors & venture capitals. Building an agile, micro-service based technology platform on AWS. A small team of engineers built the android app with 2mn+ downloads and web dashboards used by 500+ internal and external users. Serverless technology stack on Python, Java, MongoDB, React and Android. Nurturing young… Show more Enabling responsible credit to the underserved. Developing the business from an idea to serving over 2mn users. Secured multiple rounds of funding from marquee angel investors & venture capitals. Building an agile, micro-service based technology platform on AWS. A small team of engineers built the android app with 2mn+ downloads and web dashboards used by 500+ internal and external users. Serverless technology stack on Python, Java, MongoDB, React and Android. Nurturing young developers to become 10x engineers and leaders. Assembled a strong team of data scientists to understand and monitor the sales funnels, user behaviour, credit worthiness, portfolio risk and operational metrics. Interactive self-service dashboards to review nuanced business & operational dynamics. Alternate data based credit scoring model to serve thin-file borrowers. Overseeing Finance & Accounting. Show less Enabling responsible credit to the underserved. Developing the business from an idea to serving over 2mn users. Secured multiple rounds of funding from marquee angel investors & venture capitals. Building an agile, micro-service based technology platform on AWS. A small team of engineers built the android app with 2mn+ downloads and web dashboards used by 500+ internal and external users. Serverless technology stack on Python, Java, MongoDB, React and Android. Nurturing young… Show more Enabling responsible credit to the underserved. Developing the business from an idea to serving over 2mn users. Secured multiple rounds of funding from marquee angel investors & venture capitals. Building an agile, micro-service based technology platform on AWS. A small team of engineers built the android app with 2mn+ downloads and web dashboards used by 500+ internal and external users. Serverless technology stack on Python, Java, MongoDB, React and Android. Nurturing young developers to become 10x engineers and leaders. Assembled a strong team of data scientists to understand and monitor the sales funnels, user behaviour, credit worthiness, portfolio risk and operational metrics. Interactive self-service dashboards to review nuanced business & operational dynamics. Alternate data based credit scoring model to serve thin-file borrowers. Overseeing Finance & Accounting. Show less
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Ekagrata Finance
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Director
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Apr 2019 - Present
Building the RBI registered Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) to bring financial services to The Next Billion people. Building the RBI registered Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) to bring financial services to The Next Billion people.
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OctavesOnline.com
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Advisor
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Jun 2016 - Present
Online platform for learning Indian music (Carnatic and Hindustani). Guiding the team to organically grow the subscriptions and build the brand. Helped produce over 450 free videos for the YouTube channel. Built a low-cost low-maintenance technology platform for enabling online classes, attendance and payments management. Firebase application with Firestore, Functions and Hosting (Angular 5). Payments via Razorpay and PayPal. Online platform for learning Indian music (Carnatic and Hindustani). Guiding the team to organically grow the subscriptions and build the brand. Helped produce over 450 free videos for the YouTube channel. Built a low-cost low-maintenance technology platform for enabling online classes, attendance and payments management. Firebase application with Firestore, Functions and Hosting (Angular 5). Payments via Razorpay and PayPal.
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Goldman Sachs
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President - Asset Management
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Jan 2014 - May 2016
Hired & managed a stellar team of quant-engineers (Strats) for the Asset Management division (GSAM) in Bengaluru. Oversaw recruiting activities at top tier institutes like IITs & IIMs. Oversaw the development of portfolio investment & risk models for Quantitative Investments and Fixed Income businesses. Worked in Investment Grade Credit on factor models. Built solutions for large data problems. In-memory relational databases & interactive reports on portfolio positions & risk… Show more Hired & managed a stellar team of quant-engineers (Strats) for the Asset Management division (GSAM) in Bengaluru. Oversaw recruiting activities at top tier institutes like IITs & IIMs. Oversaw the development of portfolio investment & risk models for Quantitative Investments and Fixed Income businesses. Worked in Investment Grade Credit on factor models. Built solutions for large data problems. In-memory relational databases & interactive reports on portfolio positions & risk. Assembled & managed a cross-divisional team to ideate and organise the first few editions of GsQuantify, a yearly quant hackathon to increase engagement with engineering students.
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Associate - Asset Management
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Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Smart beta strategies - research and development. MC pricing engine and SSE optimised random number generators.
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Analyst - Core Quantitative Strategies
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Jul 2008 - Dec 2011
Stochastic control and trading strategies for large order executions. PDE & Monte Carlo solvers. Derivative pricing models & engines. Equity & interest rate derivatives.
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Education
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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Bachelor's degree