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Product-focused strategy professional with 4+ years advising founders and leadership teams, with direct, hands-on ownership of product discovery and requirements definition for an in-development SaaS platform.

At Karagiri

Concepts, I sit inside the founding team defining feature scope, shaping the client-facing workflow, and translating market and client input into product requirements for an LLM-assisted 3D visualization and presentation tool — partnered closely with the engineering team from idea to execution. I bring a structured, hypothesis-driven approach to product decisions: market and competitive research, client feedback synthesis, and business-case development, grounded in an Integrated MBA (RCOEM Nagpur, GPA 8.5/10).

Strategy Consultant & Business Lead — Product Strategy - Karagiri Concepts - Nagpur

(2025-01)

Premium Furniture & Interior Design Studio building an LLM-Assisted 3D Visualization SaaS Platform

• Own product discovery and requirements definition for Karagiri's in-development LLM-assisted 3D visualization SaaS platform — sit inside the founding team shaping feature scope, the client-facing workflow, and the idea-to-execution product pipeline in direct partnership with the engineering team
• Ran structured client feedback loops using the platform's early-stage tooling to validate concept understanding and sign-off, synthesizing usage patterns into feature-prioritization input for engineering
• Directed a competitive benchmarking study across 8 market players (pricing architecture, channel mix, digital presence, customer acquisition) that informed product positioning and pricing strategy
• Ran root-cause analysis on 6 months of customer inquiry and conversion data to diagnose funnel drop-off by segment, translating findings into product and messaging changes that lifted qualified lead conversion by approximately 30%
• Led a full operating model review across production, sales, and marketing — mapped cross-team workflows, diagnosed decision bottlenecks, and built a phased transformation plan currently being executed
• Designed structured AI-assisted research and reporting workflows as part of a broader process-transformation initiative — cut research and reporting turnaround time by around 40%
• Built Excel-based financial and KPI dashboards for weekly/monthly sales performance, order pipeline, and demand tracking, giving leadership real-time visibility for the first time
• Conducted cost-benefit analysis across 5 key vendor contracts and led renegotiation of terms, improving gross margins by roughly 12% within 60 days
• Mapped required capabilities against existing team skillsets, identifying gaps and defining role scope for 2 new positions

Co-Founder & Strategy Consultant - Barde Enterprises & Construction - Nagpur

(2021-01 - 2025-02)

• Built the complete business strategy from zero — ground-level market sizing and demand analysis across Nagpur's residential and commercial segments to identify unmet demand and white space
• Designed and executed go-to-market strategy, defining target segments, prioritizing geographies and project types, and building the outreach and sales process from the ground up
• Built a channel partner strategy that onboarded 20+ architects, designers, and structural engineers as referral partners over 4 years
• Delivered ₹3–5 Cr in sales across 100+ transactions and 65+ completed projects, combining structured GTM execution with direct and channel-driven selling

Business Strategy Consultant — Sales & Marketing (Real Estate) - Impact - Nagpur

(2022-12 - 2023-12)

• Advised on B2B go-to-market campaigns targeting builders and developers — shaped messaging strategy and coordinated execution across project launches
• Directed launch strategy and execution across 6 simultaneous real estate projects, owning promotional planning and vendor coordination for each
• Designed and managed the CRM and client-onboarding process across multiple active projects, supporting the team in consistently hitting quarterly targets

Strategy Consulting Intern - TBI — Technology Business Incubator - Nagpur

(2022-06 - 2022-10)

• Supported market research and business planning for 5 early-stage startups, helping founders stress-test market assumptions and structure go-to-market strategy
• Contributed to investor pitch deck development — comparable market sizing, competitor landscape, and revenue model benchmarks for fundraising

MBA (Integrated) - Business Management - Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering & Management (RCOEM) (2021 - 2025)

HSC - Shivaji Science College

SSC - St. John's High School