Tejas Kothari
Co-Founder and CEO at UpsideFinance- Claim this Profile
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Hindi Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Elementary proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Putonghua Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Encode Solidity Bootcamp
Encode ClubOct, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
GCSE Chinese
EdexcelJan, 2015- Oct, 2024 -
DELE A2
Cervantes InstituteJan, 2013- Oct, 2024 -
DELF B1
International Centre for French StudiesJan, 2013- Oct, 2024 -
DELE A1
Cervantes InstituteJan, 2012- Oct, 2024 -
DELF A2
International Centre for French StudiesJan, 2010- Oct, 2024 -
DELF A1
International Centre for French StudiesJun, 2009- Oct, 2024
Experience
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UpsideFinance
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Hong Kong
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Blockchain Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder and CEO
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Dec 2021 - Present
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IBM
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Consultant
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Nov 2021 - May 2022
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KaChick
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Hong Kong
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Growth Hacking Intern
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Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
• Ideated and implemented growth-related features, such as referrals and gamification, that increased userbase by ~1500 • Developed 5 bots that scraped thousands of profiles and sent automated messages on third-party websites; Achieved a 20% open rate on message copy • Built a custom Instagram profile analyzer using Selenium in Python to identify high-value KOLs • Ideated and implemented growth-related features, such as referrals and gamification, that increased userbase by ~1500 • Developed 5 bots that scraped thousands of profiles and sent automated messages on third-party websites; Achieved a 20% open rate on message copy • Built a custom Instagram profile analyzer using Selenium in Python to identify high-value KOLs
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500 Startups
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United States
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Platform Technology Consultant
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Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
• Built web components for VC-discovery platform targeted at entrepreneurs using React, Redux and Material-UI • Built web components for VC-discovery platform targeted at entrepreneurs using React, Redux and Material-UI
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Arts Impex
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India
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Retail
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Associate
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Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
• Supported daily operations and performed administrative duties • Managed consignments and sale of diamonds to clients worth over HK$100K • Created and verified invoices, approval memos and other paperwork • Supported daily operations and performed administrative duties • Managed consignments and sale of diamonds to clients worth over HK$100K • Created and verified invoices, approval memos and other paperwork
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UBS
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Switzerland
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Student Technology Consultant
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Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
• Spearheaded the development of a machine learning-based business intelligence tool to identify features of successful FinTech startups from Crunchbase dataset using pandas, scikit-learn • Appointed team captain, managed a team of 4 engineers and liaised with CDO in Zurich directly to gather project requirements • Presented findings and insights of analysis to UBS senior executives • Spearheaded the development of a machine learning-based business intelligence tool to identify features of successful FinTech startups from Crunchbase dataset using pandas, scikit-learn • Appointed team captain, managed a team of 4 engineers and liaised with CDO in Zurich directly to gather project requirements • Presented findings and insights of analysis to UBS senior executives
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Software Engineering Intern
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Jun 2020 - Sep 2020
• Developed enterprise-grade B2B SaaS product in full-stack using Flask in Python, Vue in TypeScript, HTML, SCSS, SQL and RESTful web APIs; Secured over 20 API endpoints according to user authority levels • Designed and built landing page UI/UX, CMS, taglines and product/feature descriptions across 25 pages • Collaborated in a team of 3 developers to perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and verify business requirements are met; Debugged and fixed over 50 UI and backend logical errors • Developed enterprise-grade B2B SaaS product in full-stack using Flask in Python, Vue in TypeScript, HTML, SCSS, SQL and RESTful web APIs; Secured over 20 API endpoints according to user authority levels • Designed and built landing page UI/UX, CMS, taglines and product/feature descriptions across 25 pages • Collaborated in a team of 3 developers to perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and verify business requirements are met; Debugged and fixed over 50 UI and backend logical errors
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The MM Community
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Government Relations Services
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Business Intern
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Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
• Communicated with Burmese government officials to coordinate meetings with CEO and pitch infrastructure projects • Ideated digital marketing materials targeted at Burmese public that amassed over 10,000 organic impressions • Performed financial budgeting and forecasting in MS Excel • Communicated with Burmese government officials to coordinate meetings with CEO and pitch infrastructure projects • Ideated digital marketing materials targeted at Burmese public that amassed over 10,000 organic impressions • Performed financial budgeting and forecasting in MS Excel
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Hong Kong
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Student Ambassador
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Sep 2017 - Dec 2018
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Interdisciplinary Programs Office Student Ambassador
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Oct 2017 - Jun 2018
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Student Mentor
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May 2017 - Jun 2018
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Project Member
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Sep 2017 - Dec 2017
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program• Collaborated on project "Low-cost Wireless Arduino-based Micro Energy Sensor for SmartEnergy-Efficient Buildings in the era of Internet of Things" with research team under Dr.Yi-Kuen Lee• Provided consulting for research team with hardware and software recommendations
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Student Teaching Assistant
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Feb 2017 - May 2017
Engineering Team Design Experience Course
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Gense Technologies Limited
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United Kingdom
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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Technology Intern
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Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
• Engineered complete firmware and features of gesture sensing IoT smartwatch for Cyberport Incubation Programme demo by coding C++ based STM32 to communicate with 3 IMU and bio sensors • Developed a real-time 3D limb-tracking system using IMU sensors, AHRS algorithms and Processing in Java • Reduced data latency to under 40% by creating a data encoding method for wireless transmission of sensor data • Trained 3 upcoming interns and full-time employees in product’s system design and architecture Show less
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Computer Engineering Intern
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Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
• Developed software of various robotic applications • Designed multi-layered PCBs for embedded systems using Eagle • Performed color-based object tracking using Microsoft Kinect and computer vision library OpenCV in Python • Programmed remote control operation of robots with MQTT Protocol • Developed software of various robotic applications • Designed multi-layered PCBs for embedded systems using Eagle • Performed color-based object tracking using Microsoft Kinect and computer vision library OpenCV in Python • Programmed remote control operation of robots with MQTT Protocol
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Motorwind limited
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Environmental Services
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Intern
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Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
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Education
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HKUST Business School
Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Management -
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering -
UNSW