Anand Deshpande Email and Phone Number

Contained in a recipe is a treasure of knowledge. Look deep enough and a dish tells you what’s available and what’s scarce for the cook, what’s important to them to show off- their medicine, religion, politics, history, economics. It’s all in the food that’s served to you. In short, a recipe is a letter from the chef connecting you to them in the most intimate, human, life-giving way.A Letter from the Chef helps people empathize and understand one another using food as the catalyst for conversation. Anand teaches history through cooking, culture through conversations around food and the human condition through pop up restaurants: aletterfromthechef.com

- Created and managed a multi-million dollar ARR pipeline flywheel- Automated the majority of the Startup Program to ensure low cost and high return, making it the most profitable acquisition program at Segment- Established and developed partnerships with strategic tech partners, investors and startup communities- Spoke at numerous startup events and panels- Mentored dozens of startups in choosing stacks, getting started with data tracking and deciding how to look at the metrics that matter to them

Forming hypotheses on what moves the needle in customer engagement, churn reduction and growthAnalyzing data to inform the likelihood of those hypothesesCreating and executing experiments to test the efficacy of a program and its methodology in this areaBuilding and maintaining programs for engaging, growing and upselling customers at their point of need, at scale

Business Operations within the Success organization with work focusing on project and program management skills in a highly cross-collaborative environment

Worked on sales team to establish and grow corporate travel partnerships with SMB and strategic clients, NGOs, educational institutions and healthcare providers.

- Headed client onboarding, account management and customer growth initiatives for WittyParrot's larger enterprise customers- Onboarded new customers, delivering both training and expertise in setup- Provided professional consulting services for best practices and customized use of product in existing operations- Wrote blog posts and aided marketing- Supported sales process, working directly with leads- Performed initial outreach for inbound leads- Ensured customer success during sales/trial period- Managed account questions, product related problems and overall assistance in use

- Completed career accelerator course focused on tech startup skills and culture.

- Created brand for new company, including name, themes and logo- Established baseline of content such as mission statement and language- Understood and translated CEO’s thoughts into an actionable vision- Worked with graphic and web designers to form brand and web presence by effectively explaining high level goals and granular details- Communicated directly with the CEO to interpret his ideas into a realized vision for the brand

- Created a three phased sustainability initiative including the formation of a policy, reporting and structuring guidelines and shared value programs to increase attractiveness to investors and financial institutions, decrease risk and increase productivity of employees and of invested capital. - Worked with multiple teams of varying language, skill and knowledge in America, India, Ecuador and Colombia to learn and improve the business model and on-ground operations, and engaged them in increasing sustainability.

- Worked at an investment company which specializes in commercial real estate with the goal of understanding basic corporate finance and financial engineering. - Researched and created white papers for presentations on potential investments.

- Created marketing and communications materials, involving both content and design.- Coordinated content management systems and outreach, including website, correspondence with potential partners and monthly newsletters with personally created content such as featured articles.- Handled the firm’s client-facing communications and customer support needs by email, phone and in-person.

- Evaluated social entrepreneurs for sponsorship and fellowship- Engaged in small projects involving hybridized value chains, marketing and potential private sector partners as well as personally led mapping projects to improve efficiency and project streamlining within the organization