Guru

Product & Delivery Leader with 14 years across product operations, software engineering, and Fortune 500 process-improvement consulting, including 8+ years building businesses and revenue lines from the ground up in fast-paced startups. Track record of delivering 7+ products in last 5 years, taking ambiguous problems from discovery to production, working hands-on while leading Design and Engineering teams, and partnering directly with customers and executives. Most recently led the end-to-end development of AI-native products, from architecture and UX through deployment and launch, using AI-accelerated product development.

VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT & OPERATIONS at CFx Technologies Ltd (CoinFantasy) (2021-12 – Present)

Hands-on technical leader driving concept to production, 0->1 development of 7+ AI native, software, and blockchain products, bridging business requirements, product design, engineering execution, and market launch.

• End-to-End Product Delivery: Owned 7+ products from problem definition, architecture, UX prototyping, engineering, testing, deployment, and production launch across concurrent initiatives.
• Product Portfolio:
• Stock Portfolio Game (CoinFantasy): Developed a web3 blockchain based crypto stock portfolio game from scratch and launched the product to market to onboard over 450K+ users and 2Mn+ on-chain transactions.
• AI Agents for Social Trading (WallE): Designed and launched, an AI-agent platform combining wallet intelligence and persistent memory, pivoted from CoinFantasy; generated 20K+ waitlist sign-ups in 2 weeks of soft launch.
• AI Infrastructure Product (Swarm Protocol): Supervised system architecture for distributed LLM inference; Demonstrated sharding of TinyLlama model (1.1B parameters) across heterogeneous edge nodes.
• No-Code Automation Platform (dApp.fun): Deployed an automated no-code dApp generator that scaffolds, tests, and deploys smart contracts, frontend, and backend services out of a business idea in under 15 minutes.
• AI-Accelerated Product Development: Spearheaded AI product intervention since 2025, to rapidly generate Figma UI prototype with frontend code, PRDs, test edge-case matrices, and documentation-to-prompt-to-product workflow before committing engineering resources.
• Technical Milestone Leadership: Led a 40-person Product, Engineering & Design team to hit technical validation milestones, securing $2.9M in pre-seed and $500K+ in tranches from venture capital and institutional grants.

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS at Champions Group (2021 – 2021)

Built and operationalized ‘Namma Cargo’ from zero, leveraging Karantaka State Transport Corporation’s (KSRTC) passenger fleet; Owned end to end operations achieving INR 3 Cr monthly revenue in 3 months.

• Tech Integration: Conceptualized, built, and deployed web-based tracking in public sector system across a distributed fleet covering 7,400+ daily scheduled runs.
• Operations & Governance: Established SOPs, audit-ready processes, operational controls, and departmental reporting mechanisms, enabling standardized execution and regulatory readiness.

PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT at Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) (2017 – 2020)

Led key client engagements, project delivery, technology operations and production rollouts, bridging executive stakeholder requirements with field ops, digital, data and engineering delivery.

• Strategic Roadmap Ownership: Formulated and executed an 18-month project roadmap phased across 5 operational stages, aligning marketing campaigns, technology, and field operations to engage 62M constituents.
• High-Concurrency Application Deployment: Scoped, co-architected, and launched "Stalin Ani," a gamified mobile platform built for cadre engagement; achieved 400K+ downloads within the first 4 weeks of launch.
• Digital Ecosystem Scale: Built and deployed a web-based registration infrastructure that enabled 3Mn+ digital memberships in 100 days.
• 0-to-1 Organizational Leadership: Built from scratch and led a 320+ member multi-disciplinary team spanning Product, Data, Engineering, Intelligence & Field Ops; institutionalized SLA trackers to maintain execution velocity.
• Client-Facing Solution Architecture: Served as the primary authority for high-stakes government and political clients; led discovery, technical & operational feasibility assessments, and UAT cutovers for campaign execution.
• Revenue & Business Development: Structured, pitched and secured 2 strategic state political projects, and 1 state governance project; Contributed 2x annual revenue growth & expansion into new consulting engagements.

BUSINESS PROCESS CONSULTANT / PRODUCT MANAGER at Benchmark Six Sigma Pvt Ltd., (2014 – 2017)

Delivered process-improvement consulting services and managed Lean Six Sigma certification products. Leveraged frameworks (DMAIC, RCA, statistical process control) to eliminate system-level inefficiencies, minimize variance, and optimize throughput across complex operational workflows.

• Client Solution Delivery: Worked with 10+ enterprises across IT, Automotive, Telecom, E-Commerce and Retail; Translated operational pain points into Lean Six Sigma programs and drove implementation. Clients included - Amazon, Airtel, Daimler, Indus Towers, NIIT and P&G.
• Scoping & Productization: Designed customized Lean Six Sigma certification and consulting programs for enterprise clients, while developing standardized professional tracks for B2C customers.
• Enterprise Account Growth: Managed 26 strategic accounts worth INR 3.6 Cr, identifying consulting upsell opportunities and sustaining a 36% YoY expansion rate over 3 consecutive years.

SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER at Infosys Ltd., (2009 – 2012)

Built P2P and mortgage payment applications for Bank of America, coordinating distributed engineering teams across onshore/offshore environments.

• Application Development: Programmed web applications powering P2P (Peer-to-Peer) transfer systems and core mortgage payment processing platforms, contributing to business-critical banking workflows
• Team Coordination: Led development coordination between onshore and offshore engineering teams, standardizing release pipelines and version control practices.

PGDM / MBA – Indian Institute of Management (IIM) (2012 – 2014)

B.TECH in ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING – Amrita University (2005 – 2009)