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title: "Akshay Singh - Principal in Greater Delhi Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Akshay Singh, Principal @ Tata Strategic Management Group | Strategy & AI Leader | Ex-CSO @ Droom (Unicorn) | BCG & Google Alum based in Greater Delhi Area. AI stack includes antigravity, cursor, and claudecode."
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# Akshay Singh on Tal

## Headline

Principal @ Tata Strategic Management Group \| Strategy & AI Leader \| Ex\-CSO @ Droom \(Unicorn\) \| BCG & Google Alum

## About

Strategy executive with 15\+ years of experience across Corporate Strategy, GTM Strategy, M&A, AI & Digital Transformation for global clients in India, the US, EMEA, LATAM, and SEA\. Principal at Tata Strategic Management Group \(Jan 2023 – May 2026\), focused on TMT engagements for the Tata Group\. Experience covers both operating and consulting roles\. As CSO at Droom, led corporate strategy, M&A, investor relations, and international expansion through the company's Unicorn milestone \(2020\), funding rounds, and SPAC discussions\. Prior orgs: BCG \(Delhi\), Delta Partners \(Dubai\), and Monitor Deloitte \(US \+ India\) – TMT consulting engagements covering enterprise and AI cloud strategy, telecom growth strategy, and post\-merger integration\. Career began as a software engineer at Google\. Education: PGDM from IIM Bangalore and B\.Tech \(Hons\.\) from IIIT Hyderabad\.

## Location

Greater Delhi Area

## AI stack

antigravity

cursor

claudecode

## Work experience

Principal at Tata Strategic Management Group, Jan 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 8 mos, Served on the Management Committee; Contributed to TMT / digital thought leadership across the practice\. Key projects include: \- Shaped India Enterprise Cloud strategy: prioritized target segments, articulated differentiation against hyperscalers, and identified inorganic options\. \- Developed AI Cloud market entry strategy – defined the market opportunity and competitive positioning, supporting a Board\-approved investment case\. \- Strengthened US go\-to\-market through strategic channel partnerships \(distributors, VARs, Master Agents\)\. \- Led the M&A lifecycle for the core connectivity portfolio: target identification, business due diligence, and investment business case validation\. \- Reviewed product portfolio strategy and identified rationalization opportunities\. \- Additional mandates: new offering creation \(video analytics, cloud connectivity\), network growth strategy\.

Chief Strategy Officer at Droom Technology, Jul 2020 \- Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, \- Led a multi\-disciplinary team across corporate strategy, analytics, corporate development, M&A, investor relations, and international expansion\. \- Drove organic growth strategy for India's leading auto e\-commerce Unicorn through expansion into new service categories \(auto loans, insurance\) and platform monetization\. \- Acted as Interim Enterprise Sales Head – led enterprise GTM and monetization strategy across dealer subscriptions, digital advertising, and inspection services\. \- Led inorganic growth and post\-merger integration for key acquisitions \(Xeraphin NBFC, VisioLabs Ideas\) to deepen monetization in auto loans, insurance, and digital content\. \- Led discussions with SPACs and drove the process for Droom's India IPO filing\. \- Managed investor relations and funding initiatives during the period in which Droom achieved Unicorn status \(2020\)\. \- Drove cost optimization during the COVID\-induced lockdown\.

VP Strategy at Droom Technology, Oct 2019 \- Jul 2020 · 10 mos

AVP Strategy at Droom Technology, Apr 2019 \- Sep 2019 · 6 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group \(BCG\), Aug 2017 \- Mar 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos, Greater Delhi Area, \- Developed B2B product offering \(Fraud Detection and Robotic Process Automation\) and GTM strategy for a BFSI client\. \- Redefined the organization strategy and operating model of a BFSI Global Capability Center \(GCC\)\. \- Drove IT and network cost\-reduction initiatives for an Indian telecom major\.

Manager at Delta Partners, Jan 2017 \- Aug 2017 · 8 mos, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, \- Refreshed B2B strategy \(product, pricing, channels\) across key African markets for a major telecom operator\. \- Defined wholesale strategy \(pricing, demand and capacity planning\) for a leading SE Asian telecom provider\.

Manager at Monitor Deloitte, May 2010 \- Jan 2017 · 6 yrs 9 mos, Greater Hyderabad Area, \- Served clients across Telecommunications and Technology in corporate strategy and product development\. \- Led the TMT 'Nerve Center' \(practice hub\), supporting senior Deloitte leaders across geographies with pre\-sales, solutioning, and proposal development; cross\-border knowledge sharing contributed to TMT consulting wins\. \- Developed digital promotions strategy for a US wireless major; supported vendor evaluation and recommended process and system improvements to lift campaign performance\. \- Assessed LTE network launch strategy for an OECD country; built demand forecasting, financial, and business\-case models for the country's Telecom Ministry\. \- Assessed long\-term strategy for a US wireless major; evaluated multiple strategic options against market trends and competitive positioning\. \- Built contract negotiation strategy for a leading US wireless provider and supported a seven\-year billing\-vendor negotiation; work included financial modeling, SLA analysis, and identification of key contract risks\. \- Developed enterprise cloud computing strategy for a leading US telecommunications provider; established financial and project management processes for the new cloud business unit and built tooling to manage projects and finances\. \- Worked on harmonization of Product Lifecycle Management \(PLM\) processes and systems for a global biotechnology company; developed a governance framework for product data\.

## Education

PGDM, General Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

B Tech \(Hons\), Computer Science and Engineering, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad \(IIITH\)

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