Bio

Started two companies as Founder and CEO/CTO and worked in leadership position in multiple startups. HeyMojo - Raised half a million dollars in funding, got accepted into Techstars-Metro hospitality, built a team and led strategy, growth. Failed to grow the business and resigned. MangoReader - Raised $250K in funding, built a product used by over 5M children in India to read stories and improve reading, literacy. Company acquired by EkStep (NGO run by Nilekani foundation). Summly - Led backend and frontend development. Company acquired by Yahoo for $30M USD. In previous Avatars, I worked at and held leadership positions at startups ranging from edtech(DimensionU), social media (Direct Message Lab) , Casual and social web games(Double Trump), Security (SBA Technologies) and Oracle India. I cofounded Mangosense Technologies (Mobile social learning and games company) a services company helping US startups build great technology teams with an outsourced and co-working remote teams model. Helped two startups build technology teams of over 30 people which helped them raise funding in excess of $20M. Specialties: Building high-quality teams, Delivery and commitment to excellence, Technology leadership, Technology innovation and scaling, Product ideation, Product management, Project management