Experience

Centaari

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Sep 2022 - Present

  Building a democratized future for venture capital

• • Apr 2022 - Sep 2022



ATAI

• India
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager, Strategy & Business Development

  • Jul 2020 - Nov 2021

  Strategy & Problem Solving: - Framed our quintessential problem statement, “how to grow business”, breaking it down to addressable points to help set the company’s direction of product development, markets of focus and nature of business engagements - Built a comprehensive understanding of the market forces to create recommendations aiding internal decisions - Built comprehensive 6-year financial projections and cash flow considering CAPEX & OPEX outlay, target customer acquisition rates, burn rate, etc., to determine strategic cash infusion requirements when pitching to VCs Business Development, Partnerships & Collaborations: - Point of contact & project liaison for an AI proof of concept at a container terminal with India’s largest State-owned logistics company - Identified and explored a strategic mutually beneficial business partnership with a Hong Kong based wireless technology company with 70% market share to gain access to their clients to upsell and cross-sell our AI based optimization and automation products - Established a relationship with Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA) to explore custom hardware procurement through homegrown original equipment manufacturers for our proprietary edge AI hardware - Recommended and successfully registered my company as a startup recognized by the government to take advantage of the Indian startup ecosystem: peer advice, VC networking & pitching, availing of taxation benefits Research & Analysis: - Analysis & go-to-market strategy for the supply chain industry, by region, in the intersection with AI for digital transformation towards Industry 4.0 and 5.0 - Deep dive into competition product analysis/comparisons to establish product-market fit for our applications - Owner and creator of content and collaterals such as investor pitch decks, financial projections, competitor & product analyses, market research, inhouse product collaterals (metrics, brochures, website content and design) Show less



Bowery House (Crew Roasters Pvt. Ltd.)

• India
• Food and Beverage Services

• Co-Founder

  • Jun 2019 - Feb 2020

  Ideation & Conceptualization: Conceptualized a scalable food & beverage (F&B) brand with a fully fleshed out third wave coffee ‘farm-to-table’ or ‘bean-to-cup’ and roastery business model Fund Raising: Attempted to raise US $500,000 in capital at the pre-seed stage Branding: Imagined and created a striking brand identity with high recall value amongst test customers Financial Modeling: Created end-to-end, comprehensive and robust financial projections including single-store and multi-store P&L projections Strategy: Developed a comprehensive business rollout plan, and industry standard creative assets such as our master concept document, the brand’s mood board, collateral branding and detailed project timelines with action items and ownership Show less



Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services

• Bahamas
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

  Strategy: Digital strategy for health for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar Interviewing & Assessment: Extensive interviews with critical stakeholders involved in the state level health landscape; from doctors and nurses to frontline workers [auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs), accredited social health activists (ASHAs) and anganwadi workers (AWWs)]; the backbone of India’s health infrastructure at the rural level; acquired comprehensive understanding of the on-ground realities of healthcare Ideation: Orchestrated and drove design thinking workshops with above mentioned stakeholders; generated ideas and solutions for the myriad problems identified during interviews and during assessments of the various programs and processes. Created empathy-based journey maps of stakeholders to help socialize each type of stakeholder with issues the other faces Subject Matter Resource: Lead resource for assessing digital health systems and tools extant in Bihar State developed and supported by the government and the various donor agencies Critical Resource: Point person for authoritative information & analysis of systems for BMGF Team Management: Led two consultants while evaluating and assessing digital health systems and tools Show less



Cryptocurrency IoT Product Business Idea Exploration

• New York, New York, United States

• Entrepreneur

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2018

  Ideation, Conceptualization, Prototyping: Conceptualized, designed and created an Internet of Things (IoT) prototype product to deliver cryptocurrency markets portfolio data in real time Team Management: Enlisted a design firm, Mako Design in Toronto, Canada and led a team of three consisting of an Industrial Product Designer, Electronics Engineer and a Project Coordinator Business Strategy: Created a high-quality white paper/pitch deck describing minimum viable concept, market analysis, financials, pricing and long-term vision Stakeholder Buy-in: Successfully pitched and partnered on idea with investor/partner raising US $5000 in the process Show less



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Experienced Associate

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

  Strategy: Worked on a long horizon technology strategy for a marquee financial services client with a focus on Asset Management (ITAM) and End-of-Life (EOL) Management, Business Continuity Planning/Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR), Internal Audit, Cybersecurity Governance and Policy Deployment Cybersecurity: Engaged in a cybersecurity assessment against the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework for a major insurance sector client which involved subsidiaries spanning multiple countries Privacy: Performed a privacy assessment for a financial services client, evaluating compliance against privacy laws and regulations from the US, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand Data Mapping: Engaged in a US $5 million project to perform global, firm-wide, comprehensive data inventorying and data mapping of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) complying with European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU) (GDPR) requirements for a major reinsurance company Show less



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015



Compro Technologies

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Software Engineer - Salesforce.com

  • Dec 2012 - Jun 2014