Rishi Roongta Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Created, launched and lead Bain's latest venture connecting the startup ecosystem to clients and providing disruptive innovation services.

- Wild Onion Labs is a venture studio that is focused on launching new technology businesses- Successfully launched Startup Impact Day and Card & Ink- Beta released VideoGif app that allows users to take any video and easily turn into a GIF with some basic customization features- Tested and researched numerous other novel concepts in travel, career growth and switching and condo maintenance

- Launched Startup Impact Day, which is an organization that brings together Startups and Non-profits for one day to solve a particular challenge with the goal to do this in every major city in the world- Created the vision and on-boarded a team of 10 and co-founder to make the event a reality- Managed team of 10 and led all sponsorships, partnerships and enrollment of startups and members of the tech community- Building technology platform to scale concept and eventually move into new cities- The event brought in over 400 leaders in the startup/non-profit community and trended top 5 on Twitter with 1.3M impressionswww.impactday.net

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Early stage venture funded startup in the coliving space disrupting living in high cost cities such as SF and NYC.

- We hated the process of buying greeting cards and we found many other millenials did too, so we decided to solve that problem while still keeping the tradition of cards- Launched Card & Ink, a RedBox like kiosk service that prints greeting cards on demand designed by independent artists- Executed concept to kiosk within 6 months and brought on advisors from RedBox, Minted & Hallmark- Launched kiosks in 4 test locations in LA and developed relationships with 7-11, Westfield and Simon Malls- Hired ex-Innovation Manager from Hallmark to lead artist onboarding (brought on 40+ artists)

Chicago, Illinois, Us

After spending 2 years in Chicago, I lead our expansion efforts into LA. I led all day-to-day efforts as only Pritzker VC on the ground full time. This included sourcing deals, diligence and analysis, building our network, operations, marketing (hosting and speaking at events), managing MBA interns (Kellogg, Booth, UCLA, Marshall) and supporting our investments with strategy and business development. LA Investments I supported/co-managed:- Dollar Shave Club- Honest Company- Big Frame (Acquired by Dreamworks/AwesomenessTV)- AwesomenessTV (Acquired by Dreamworks)- FindTheBest- KingMaker (Acquired by Joyus)- EventUp- VowToBeChic- BeachMint (Acquired by The Lucky Group)Other investments I supported:- Fleetmatics (IPO'ed) - Facebook - SinglePlatform (Acquired by Constant Contact)- SimpleTV- Raved (Acquired by BCG DV)- Advantage Optics- Power2Switch (Acq. by Choose Energy)- SMS Assist- Analyte Health- Alliance Health- GiveForward- Simple Relevance- Retrofit- SitterCity- Kontiki- Aisle50- Techstars Chicago (Excelerate Labs) In addition to investments:- Led efforts to reposition our marketing presence with a new website and content strategy- Hosted the first Chicago startup event at SXSW with 10 Chicago startups and over 1000 attendees- Collaborated with the University of Illinois on bridging students with startups- Mentored Techstars Chicago Companies- Worked with Built In Chicago & LA on expansion and supported the City of Chicago with startup data needs.

Boston, Ma, Us

Promoted directly to Consultant (Post MBA position) Customer acquisition strategy for national technology reseller- Redefined prospecting and acquisition strategy for ~$4B medium-large business segment- Piloted a prospecting call center for 4 months and managed 11 client coworkers, making ~20K outbound calls- Provided complete view of acquisition targets to ~40 sales teams to focus on for 2010Customer and store segmentation strategy for national retailer- Developed statistical model to classify stores into distinct clusters sharing common customer characteristics- Recommended adjustments to local product offering based on store clusters and customer interviews in effortsto improve store sales growthSales Engineer coverage model redesign for national technology reseller- Led efforts to redesign Sales Engineer support model by realigning assignment to sales teams, redefining role in selling process, restructuring incentive plans, and evaluating need for additional resources- Developed model to assess impact of potential compensation changes to ~200 Sales EngineersBusiness process redesign for medical technology manufacturer- Worked with clients to design a more productive and cost effective order fulfillment process- Created dynamic model that identifies healthcare customers requiring consignment of client’s medical products- Identified ~$2M in incremental margin through call center process improvements in claims department- Developed plan to more effectively use workspace in client buildings, leading to ~$500K in margin impactGreen Technology economic development project for City of Chicago- Interviewed over ~60 Green-Tech businesses across the U.S. to assess Chicago’s ability to support the establishment of Green-Tech companies along various dimensions such as access to capital and infrastructure- Recommended attractive Green Tech industries for the city to pursue in 2009

Worldwide, Oo

- Assisted in the implementation of Epic, an electronic medical records system for Kaiser Permanente- Managed the library of legacy system documentation for transitioning knowledge to clients

Boston, Ma, Us

- Identified defects in motor assembly process to improve quality- Applied lean manufacturing principles to standardize parts across dishwasher assembly lines- Supervised onsite team to rework thousands of recalled dishwashers

Munich, De

- Conducted network simulation tests to improve communication with Voice over IP technology- Developed a program in VB that imitated features of Siemens’ new file sharing software

- Top sales associate in region for type of store