Professional Journey
Experience.
Ten years in product, with engineering roots and an MBA in marketing. Most of that time has gone into taking financial products from zero to one on three continents.
Jan 2026 – Present
Gloventures Investment Management
Head of Product · Founding PM, ARIA
India · Agentic AI Wealth Management
- –Leading ARIA (ariawealth.ai) end-to-end as founding PM: product, engineering, design, GTM, and investor relations.
- –Architected the core platform: RAG-based LLM agents, broker integrations (Zerodha), trade execution, and portfolio management.
- –Launched conversational AI in beta: investors chat with LLM agents for portfolio queries and trade execution.
- –Defining positioning for India and US HNI segments; leading early user validation and beta rollout.
Agentic AI · LLMs · RAG · Claude Code · Zerodha APIs
Feb 2024 – Dec 2025
Independent Practice
Product Advisor
India · FinTech · SaaS · AI & Marketplaces
- –Led product strategy, PMF, and GTM for AI-powered platforms; drove 150K+ user acquisitions on Tilesview.ai.
- –Advised D2C startups on payment strategy, monetization, and customer acquisition, leveraging FinTech expertise.
Product Strategy · GTM · PMF · Payments
Jan 2022 – Aug 2023
OLX Group
Global Product Manager, OLX Autos LATAM
LATAM (remote from India) · Consumer Lending & Marketplace
- –Led E2E product strategy for B2C/D2C lending apps and VAS, growing the OLX Autos loan portfolio by 15%.
- –Launched a 100% digital loan platform across 4 LATAM countries, lifting leads 40% and saving $115K/month.
- –Introduced an API-first VAS product (insurance & warranty) integrating 12+ vendors, adding $600 profit per car.
- –Revamped loan application UX and KYC workflows with Ops & Legal, improving qualified leads by 40%.
- –Built a unified car platform for omnichannel ownership, driving a 30% uplift in cross-sell.
- –Developed a dealer dashboard improving loan-management efficiency by 50%, eliminating manual follow-ups.
JIRA · Figma · Amplitude · Looker · Hotjar
Oct 2019 – Jan 2022
PayMate
Senior Product Manager
Mumbai, India · B2B Payments: Cards, Wallets, BBPS
- –Built and scaled multiple SaaS payment products 0→1: 50K+ business users, $500M+ processed.
- –Launched an industry-first Direct Tax platform processing $300M+, simplifying business tax filing.
- –Introduced BBPS-enabled utility bill payments for businesses with ~40% sustained repeat usage.
- –Developed a global B2B payments platform for VISA Singapore, processing $10M+ cross-border.
- –Strengthened onboarding, KYC, and fraud detection, significantly reducing platform risk exposure.
- –Best Performer (2021) · MD’s Recognition Note · Product Hackathon Winner (2020).
Payments · BBPS · KYC & Fraud · B2B SaaS
Jun 2018 – Oct 2019
Capgemini
Product Owner, AdSales, Media & Entertainment
India · Insights & Data
- –Led an ML-based Ad Sales Analytics product for linear media clients, improving ad targeting to 93%.
- –Designed face recognition, mood detection, and OCR solutions, lifting efficiency 30% for cruises and theme parks.
- –Onboarded a new media client for Capgemini TMT, securing a $20M investment. Rising Star award (2019).
ML / AI · Analytics · Enterprise
Mar 2014 – May 2016
iGATE Global Solutions
Senior Software Engineer · Business Analyst
India · Insurance & Life Sciences
- –Delivered QA for insurance and life-sciences projects with 98% on-time delivery.
- –Improved regression testing efficiency by 60% through Selenium-based automation.
Selenium · QA Automation · Business Analysis
Foundation
Education
2016 – 2018
MBA, Marketing
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
2009 – 2013
B.Tech, Computer Engineering
Dharmsinh Desai Institute of Technology (DDIT), Nadiad
Recognition
Awards
- ✦Best Performer · PayMate, 2021
- ✦Product Hackathon Winner · PayMate, 2020
- ✦MD’s Recognition Note · PayMate
- ✦Rising Star · Capgemini, 2019