Functional Skills

Business Unit Strategy
Business Planning
Financial Modeling
Go-to-market Strategy
Operational Efficiency

Software Skills

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office

Sector Experience

Consumer Goods
Financial Services
Retail
Technology
Transportation & Logistics

Languages

Gujarati
Hindi
Bulge Bracket Investment Banks
Fortune 500

Experience

Groupon Corporate Strategy & Development
Director, Vertical Strategy
5/2021 - Present
•Partnered with cross functional teams to define & drive growth strategies to unlock step function growth across all verticals
•Lead product growth efforts and experimentation with engineers, designers, analysts, and marketers to tackle acquisition, activation, engagement, retention, and monetization
•Developed strategic frameworks and methodologies to drive critical business decisions and built consensus with senior leadership across the organization

Arvina Ventures Corporate Strategy & Development
Director
5/2020 - Present
•Led investment strategy across all asset classes and deployed $5m+ in investments to yield 34% return on investments
•Raised $150k in committed capital for telemedicine venture and developed strategic partnerships with physicians & medical spas
•Identified market size & target demographics, conduced competitor analysis & evaluated competitive advantage, modeled pricing scenarios and built financial projections

NJOY Corporate Strategy & Development
Director
10/2020 - 12/2020
•Led and supported cross-functional initiatives spanning growth strategy, operational excellence and partnerships by directly scoping, initiating, planning, executing and analyzing projects to realize cost savings of 15% per unit sold
•Evaluated 10 partnership opportunities and performed M&A diligence including evaluating potential foreign acquisitions, analyzed partners IP strength and enabled negotiations to drive revenue growth by 150% in international markets

Walmart Operations
Senior Manager - Jet.com
9/2016 - 4/2020
•Built a multi-million-dollar brand across consumable categories to reach $10m in revenue by developing a portfolio of first to market and NBE+ consumable products. Defined, planned and executed go to market strategy which included market identification, pricing, promotion, positioning and messaging for product portfolio which yielded 20m impressions and resulted in 20% repeat rate.

Plurimi Weath Finance
Investment Associate
6/2015 - 12/2015
·Collaborated with the Head of Wealth Management to cover the Middle East region and manage $10bn+ client assets
·Executed strategic and tactical asset allocation across equities, fixed income & cash equivalents, taking into consideration client objectives, risk tolerance and time horizon to generate $150m in returns

Barclays Capital Finance
Private Banking
2/2015 - 6/2015
•Cultivated and managed commercially productive relationships with 30 high net worth individuals valued at £1bn+ with a minimum portfolio size of £20m
•Facilitated loan issuance of £500m+ for hedge fund and private equity clients in collaboration with corporate banking team
•Raised £100m+ in client capital for exclusive Investment Club deals, including Techstars accelerator startups and other alternative investments

Morgan Stanley Finance
Analyst
8/2012 - 9/2014
·Coordinated between the technology, sales, operations and management teams to manage transfer of $841bn of client assets to facilitate the sale of Morgan Stanley’s European private wealth management business to Credit Suisse
·Conducted analysis of market opportunities, individual asset classes and existing client portfolio performance to drive key in-vestment decisions. Developed cost saving initiatives for Asia reporting processes, resulting in $10k+ in annual savings.