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Experienced GM, passionate people leader & proven tech entrepreneur who always gives 110% & plays to win
I have a track record of delivering value & scaling successful companies in consumer internet & enterprise software. Am committed to stretching myself & developing my team by challenging ourselves to dream big & chase down ambitious BHAGs. What I'm most proud of is that we've done this by creating inspirational culture as the foundation to unlocking growth & actively mentoring team-members to help them transform & realize their full potential
Key strengths:
1. Leadership: High integrity leader who develops high-performing teams & builds a culture of empowerment, recognition & accountability
2. Entrepreneurial mindset: Think outside-the-box to inspire teams w/ a compelling vision & then roll up my sleeves to help them succeed
3. Business-building: Successfully managed large P&Ls to deliver customer impact & scale revenues across diff businesses (SaaS, digital advertising, offshore BPO) from large accounts to SMB/online
4. Self-awareness: Believe in continuous improvement & constantly reflect on what's working (or not). Very open to receiving & giving constructive feedback
5. Thought leadership: Rated as a highly energetic & engaging public speaker- Keynotes at major industry forums (eg AIMA, NASSCOM, CII), active board member (eg IAMAI, TechCrunch) & recognized for leadership by marquee bodies (eg EconomicTimes & Fortune 40 under 40 list)
I've held a multitude of leadership roles from running global growth-stage SaaS companies (LinkedIn, Freshworks, Sirion) to being an entrepreneur (co-founded India’s 1st voice call-center), a C-level strategy advisor (5yrs at McKinsey) & an engineer/product mgr (Ariba & Microsoft). I have an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Mgmt & a Bachelor in Computer Science from UT Austin. I've shaped the broader ecosystem as Chairman of IAMAI & on CII's National Skills Comm
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A participative leader with over three decades of performance oriented cross-functional experience in start-up, turnaround and well-established IT & Knowledge services, products & solutions businesses ranging from Business strategy, planning and execution, Retail, smb, enterprise, institutional and government segments marketing, pre-sales and sales, Alliance and channel engagement, Multi skill & geo based high performance team building and management, Stakeholders and customer relationship management, Programs, risks & profitability management and Business unit & community operations.
Career objective is to learn, contribute and lead an enterprise, creating new business opportunities and achieving greater results and benchmarks. To be known as business partner to customers, team player to colleagues and value creator to stakeholders. Strengths are business acumen and value-driven, independent as well as team player, people sensitive leadership and consensus building, ability to drive change and growth mindset & resilience approach and optimistic about the future.