Chetan Kumar Email & Phone Number

Strategic Business Leader (20+ years) passionate about user-centric growth in digital companies. Seeking a CBO/Business Head leadership role to leverage PMF, operations & partnerships expertise to drive success for both users and businesses for early stages in consumer services. Interested in AI, Messaging, Wellness, Fintech, Impact sectors.Had the opportunity to work with very talented and diverse people in bluechip companies and startups alike across the US, SE Asia and India.Built the WhatsApp Business Messaging business in India from testing phases to a multi-million dollar ARR, literally '0 to 1' and effectively seeded the market for the product. Amongst the 1st few business hires globally, I juggled product partnerships, marketing and sales working with multiple industry verticals and CPaaS/ISV partners. Ran on-ground research for product teams, working with clients and helped improve the product. Crafted the go-to-market strategy and built the team in India and reported to the country head. Notably, I launched many 1st including the WA Govt bots during the pandemic. Speaker at events.Worked at two iconic startups in their early days - Flipkart and Saavn. At Flipkart, I headed the consumer electronics category and learnt a lot about the digital customer life-cycle while running a large growth P&L and a team which I onboarded and mentored. At Saavn, I drove innovative new ideas for driving adoption of subscriptions, launched prepaid cards and once again, worked closely with the product teams on UX. I have been a mentor, panelist and guest speaker for startups at Microsoft Ventures, Numa, Village Capital and Google for Startups Accelerator. A few startup's I have invested in: Julio (Dating)BusinessonBot (YC-backed, WhatsApp Marketing SaaS)BizzTM (e-Commerce)I am a volunteer at India's open AI initiative People+ai (part of EkStep Foundation).Im also part of the 'Before Day Zero' founders community with Antler.Drop me a message at kumarchetan at gmail if you want to chat!

Listed skills include Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Management, Change Management, and 18 others.