The Krishna Group is a diversified family business with a long lineage of doing business in India for over 90 years. The group has interests in the food processing and lifestyle retail business. I'm part of the senior management of the group and am involved in driving various initiatives to improve the group's profitability and growth.

About Simpa: Simpa Networks is an award-winning energy products and services company , which offers a highly compelling value proposition to its customers: high quality solar products made affordable and risk-free, through packaged finance and credible service commitments. The business model is disruptive and highly scalable, re-imagining the value chain for delivering energy access to the mass market.Responsibilities & Achievements:- Raised over $12 million across various forms… Show more About Simpa: Simpa Networks is an award-winning energy products and services company , which offers a highly compelling value proposition to its customers: high quality solar products made affordable and risk-free, through packaged finance and credible service commitments. The business model is disruptive and highly scalable, re-imagining the value chain for delivering energy access to the mass market.Responsibilities & Achievements:- Raised over $12 million across various forms of capital(equity, debt, quasi-equity, grants) through novel financing structures to support Simpa's rapid growth. - Executed the first ECB transaction of its kind in India for small scale solar home systems. - Led the the company's credit risk function and took the company's book from 0 to $1.2 mm- Led the company's Legal, Accouting and Statutory compliance functions and laid the foundation to grow the company's team size from 0 to 300 employees. Show less

Company description: Calera is a Khosla Ventures-backed startup that aims to sequester CO2 in the built environmentResponsibilities:1. Developed financial models to simulate project economics of large-scale carbon sequestration and green building materials manufacturing plants.2. Created enterprise valuation models and supported the due-diligence process in order to raise over $100 million in equity and debt.3. Managed the corporate bottoms-up forecast process for a $25… Show more Company description: Calera is a Khosla Ventures-backed startup that aims to sequester CO2 in the built environmentResponsibilities:1. Developed financial models to simulate project economics of large-scale carbon sequestration and green building materials manufacturing plants.2. Created enterprise valuation models and supported the due-diligence process in order to raise over $100 million in equity and debt.3. Managed the corporate bottoms-up forecast process for a $25 million budget and developed relevant presentations for the firm’s board of directors meetings. Show less

Company Description: EcoFridge is a Cleantech firm which has developed a breakthrough "No-Carbon" technology technology, which uses Nitrogen instead of Diesel in transport refrigeration systems. In addition to reducing the carbon footprint of a company's transportation infrastructure, the technology also reduces maintenance and operating costs by over 30%, thus directly adding to a company's bottom line.Role Description:1. Worked with the CFO, CEO and other executive… Show more Company Description: EcoFridge is a Cleantech firm which has developed a breakthrough "No-Carbon" technology technology, which uses Nitrogen instead of Diesel in transport refrigeration systems. In addition to reducing the carbon footprint of a company's transportation infrastructure, the technology also reduces maintenance and operating costs by over 30%, thus directly adding to a company's bottom line.Role Description:1. Worked with the CFO, CEO and other executive management to create the business plan and investor presentation by assessing the market opportunity, quantifying the product's value proposition and creating detailed pro-forma financial forecasts.2. Authored a report on government regulations relating to diesel fueled transport refrigeration units, HFC use and noise levels. 3. Created the product's carbon offset generation road-map through internal research and external input. Show less

As a Flywheel Fellow, I worked on projects which spanned the investment, operational and exit life cycle of a VC fund. Some of my acheivements during my time in this position were:• Analyzed numerous legal documents, extracted contractual terms and built financial models, which were acknowledged by the partners as an essential tool for modeling M&A exit scenarios.• Produced strategic exit eco-system analyses, which are being used to enable M&A activity for 6 portfolio companies… Show more As a Flywheel Fellow, I worked on projects which spanned the investment, operational and exit life cycle of a VC fund. Some of my acheivements during my time in this position were:• Analyzed numerous legal documents, extracted contractual terms and built financial models, which were acknowledged by the partners as an essential tool for modeling M&A exit scenarios.• Produced strategic exit eco-system analyses, which are being used to enable M&A activity for 6 portfolio companies spanning various industries.• Performed market and financial analysis of over 25 investment opportunities across the software and sustainable technology sectors. Recommended one opportunity for further market due-diligence. • Conducted a strategic assessment of a portfolio company, through market research and due-diligence phone calls. Recommended an M&A process roadmap and management transition plan, which are being implemented. Show less

The Krishna Group is a diversified business group, which has interests in the lifestyle retail & food processing industries. The lifestyle retail business retails watches & jewelery. Some of my achievements during my time in this position were:• Led a team of 36 employees and increased revenues by 76 % by enhancing our customer relationship management program, instituting a new inventorying system and revamping existing incentive systems.• Performed market analysis that led to the sale… Show more The Krishna Group is a diversified business group, which has interests in the lifestyle retail & food processing industries. The lifestyle retail business retails watches & jewelery. Some of my achievements during my time in this position were:• Led a team of 36 employees and increased revenues by 76 % by enhancing our customer relationship management program, instituting a new inventorying system and revamping existing incentive systems.• Performed market analysis that led to the sale of our mobile phones division. Leveraged findings to restructure and re-brand one of the stores, increasing revenues by 51%.• Led the turn around of one of the watch stores by improving customer conversion rates by 10% and recruiting talent with lifestyle retail experience, thus enhancing revenues by 26%. Show less

Business Development Associate, Websphere Application Server - Community Edition: May 2005 to July 2006• Mobilized a cross functional team to host developer briefings for 300 software developers and assisted in the distribution of 15000 CDs through national computer software industry publications.• Led the formation of strategic partnerships with large Indian IT services majors such as Infosys, Satyam and TCS, leading to joint customer engagements in the Banking and Retail… Show more Business Development Associate, Websphere Application Server - Community Edition: May 2005 to July 2006• Mobilized a cross functional team to host developer briefings for 300 software developers and assisted in the distribution of 15000 CDs through national computer software industry publications.• Led the formation of strategic partnerships with large Indian IT services majors such as Infosys, Satyam and TCS, leading to joint customer engagements in the Banking and Retail industries.Product Development team, WebSphere Partner Gateway, 2003-2005• Led a team of 8 to create a Proof-of-Concept (POC) based on the WebSphere Partner Gateway product. The POC was widely utilized and showcased at other IBM software labs in the Asia Pacific region.Awards and Recognition at IBM:• Received the “IBM India Special Award” for contributing to IBM India’s outstanding results in 2005.• Awarded 2 IBM “Bravo” awards in recognition of technical excellence and teamwork. Show less