Functional Skills

Project Management
Customer Experience
Cost Reduction
Go-to-market Strategy
Market Research
Portfolio Optimization
Budgeting
Benchmarking
Business Intelligence
Product Marketing
Commercial Due Diligence
Business Analysis
Business Planning
Business Unit Strategy
Financial Modeling

Software Skills

Microsoft PowerPoint
PowerBI
Microsoft Excel
Jira

Certifications

CFAChartered Financial Analyst
Six Sigma Green Belt

Sector Experience

Business Services
Energy
Financial Services
Technology
Telecom
Big 4 Accounting
Top Consulting Firms

Experience

Markets and Markets Inc. Management Consulting
Senior Manager – Strategy
12/2023 - 4/2024
• Engagement management of strategy consulting projects with global clients including deliverable planning, directional support, client engagement, team management, quality control, ensuring successful and timely delivery
• Devised e-commerce channel strategy for a leading industrial automation equipment manufacturer by conducting market assessment, competitor benchmarking and distribution landscape assessment on a global and regional level

EY Parthenon Management Consulting
Associate Manager – Strategy and Transactions
5/2022 - 12/2023
• Recommended market entry options into metaverse through organic and inorganic routes for a hospitality group to create a new segment of virtual real estate, analyzed customer behaviour to fully digitalize customer experience
• Devised a strategic framework for zero-based budgeting of an ASEAN-based Telco and delivered cost reduction of ~10% by optimizing OPEX, CAPEX, capability costs and rationalization of B2B digital portfolio
• Recommended acquisition of a data center firm to a US-based private equity client by conducting buy-side commercial due diligence, prepared the customer demand model by analyzing market drivers and customer base
• Created new value proposition for top line growth of a fiber company introducing ultra-high-speed connectivity to target enterprise segment, justified investment by sizing of innovative business cases for infrastructure sector
• Designed market entry strategy of a cybersecurity products firm into the virtual desktop interface market by analyzin

Bharti Airtel Corporate Strategy & Development
Strategy Manager (CIO Office)
11/2020 - 5/2022
• Executed market entry into Content Delivery Network market, created & presented business case & financial model to the CEO & the CFO, worked with product, engineering & sales teams to execute end-to-end product launch
• Improved service availability from 99% to 99.9% by tracking critical customer journey KPIs and introducing interventions to improve customer experience through velocity improvement and use of microservices
• Addressed pricing pain point in the retail cloud services segment, analyzed global SMB market & positioned office tools SaaS product bundled with storage and connectivity in a joint go-to-market partnership with a hyperscaler
• Positioned video surveillance analytics as a service to an airport services firm partnering with a hyperscaler and an analytics firm in a joint go-to-market, created investment model for airport retail and safety surveillance analytics
• Addressed high attrition problem by working with function team leaders on time and materials (T&M) s

KPMG Management Consulting
Consultant – Strategy and Operations
4/2019 - 11/2020
• Project managed digital transformation of an Indian Regulator, conducted gap analysis, and identified process improvement initiatives, devised e-governance framework for 80+ processes and reduced approval time by 35%
• Analyzed automation & digital trends in the global oil & gas sector to do target screening for a private equity client
• Devised business strategy for pan-India waste-to-energy initiatives requiring investment of ~USD 24 Bn, did value chain analysis and financial modelling, built financing, operations, and product marketing roadmap
• Validated ~USD 3 Bn CAPEX by conducting breakeven and sensitivity analysis on incremental cashflows
• Built financial models for prioritizing capital allocation of ~100 million USD based on NPV and IRR
• Facilitated fund raise in an international forum by quantifying investment opportunities in the Natural Gas sector through market sizing and industry analysis for a leading industry conglomerate

ICF Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd. Management Consulting
Management Consulting Intern
7/2018 - 10/2018
• Created frameworks for techno-commercial evaluation of bids and net worth verification as per Reserve Bank of India norms of bidding entities for City Gas Distribution Network, with bids from 35 entities across ~300 districts
• Customized financial model for pre-feasibility analysis of building and operating City Gas Distribution Network

Swargiya Kanhai Shukla Samaj Sewa Sansthan (NGO) Other
Coordinator (Full-time volunteer)
4/2015 - 7/2016
• Initiated and project managed the category of basic computer literacy training, enrolled over 50 rural entrepreneurs
• Managed promotion and awareness of the State Skill Development Program for prospective students and industries

Cairn India Limited Operations
Petroleum Engineer
7/2013 - 2/2015
• Delivered end-to-end project management of 6 exploration oil wells, with an overall budget of USD 40-50 Mn
• Accomplished zero deviation from planned timelines for real-time availability of inventory and resources in field operations by managing logistics, supervising warehouses, and coordinating with service providers
• Achieved 20% cost reduction in estimated project costs by deploying quality control metrics of drilling operations
• Achieved 83% success rate in getting approvals from JV partners on proposals with an average value of 0.8 Mn USD
• Led teams of around 5 engineers as Field Supervisor on the oilfield, led safety briefings and job briefings critical to the project execution, ensured the project delivery as per project plan adhering to highest quality standards