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Competitive Intelligence Professional building AI-driven research systems for continuous market visibility

About

Competitive and market intelligence is my discipline. I research markets, competitors, and customer behavior, and turn that research into intelligence that decision-makers act on. The problem I keep running into, and the one I've built my recent work around, is that most intelligence functions are periodic: someone does a deep-dive, delivers it, and the market moves on before the next one. So alongside traditional MI methodology — Porter's Five Forces, gap analysis, win-loss analysis, whitespace mapping — I build the systems that keep that research running continuously. At Great Learning, that meant designing an AI-driven research platform on Google Antigravity that automated competitor feature-gap tracking and secondary research collection, cutting research turnaround by 50% and making ongoing benchmarking against Coursera and Udemy possible without adding headcount. That combination — structured MI methodology paired with AI-native execution — is where I do my best work. It's also not just a technical exercise for me. At Amico Lights, structured primary and secondary research I ran directly shaped senior leadership's product roadmap and surfaced $2M+ in addressable growth opportunities. I care about intelligence work that closes the loop into a decision, not just work that looks thorough. My research on AI-driven market intelligence has been accepted at a Scopus-indexed international conference (IMA USA / CISI UK, 2026), and I write occasionally about AI and strategy on Medium. I'm also currently building Rani's Kitchen, a cloud kitchen venture I founded that's crossed six figures in revenue and 4,000+ orders. I'm looking for competitive intelligence, market intelligence, or strategic insights roles — ideally ones where there's an appetite to modernize how intelligence gets produced, not just consume what's already there.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

aistudio

antigravity

claude

grok

manus

notebooklm

Work experience

Freelance Market & Competitive Intelligence Consultant at Freelance, Aug 2026 - Present · 1 mo, On-site, Conducting independent market and competitive intelligence research, including work supporting an upcoming publication accepted at a Scopus-indexed international conference (IMA USA / CISI UK, 2026). Available for select freelance MI/CI projects — primary/secondary research, competitive benchmarking, and strategic assessments.

Founder and Operator at Rani’s Kitchen, Nov 2025 - Present · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Founded and scaled a six-figure cloud kitchen venture on Zomato to 4,000+ orders, leading all commercial decisions — pricing strategy, GTM, customer acquisition, and operations — while applying AI-driven workflows for marketing content production.

Content Strategist & SME - Management & AI (Competitive & Market Intelligence, AI Product Strategy) at Great Learning, Sep 2025 - Aug 2026 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Designed and built an AI-driven competitive intelligence platform on Google Antigravity that automated feature-gap analysis and secondary research collection, cutting research turnaround by 50% and enabling continuous benchmarking against Coursera and Udemy. Led competitive strategy assessments across 75+ enterprise education programs using Porter's Five Forces, Gap Analysis, Ansoff, and BCG frameworks — surfacing whitespace opportunities that contributed to 3.6% global revenue growth and a 20–30% conversion uplift across US and India markets. Directed the strategic review of 75 AI Avatar courses, with 40 relaunched under a refreshed content and portfolio strategy, contributing to a 10.6% revenue increase across US and EU markets. Built leadership dashboards and KPI reporting in Power BI and Tableau to support program governance across five concurrent enterprise programs, maintaining 100% SLA adherence.

Assistant Professor at IZee Business School, Feb 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Applied strategic management frameworks — Porter's Five Forces, BCG Matrix, Ansoff Matrix, SWOT — to guide 300+ MBA learners through structured market and competitive analysis. Advised 30 MBA research projects on research design and primary/secondary methodology, from question framing through executive-level business problem structuring.

Marketing Intelligence Coordinator at Amico Light, Aug 2021 - May 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, Forecasted $2M+ in addressable growth opportunities through structured primary and secondary research using Factiva, synthesized into executive-ready competitive assessments using Porter's Five Forces, SWOC, and Gap Analysis — directly informing senior leadership's product roadmap. Built competitive battlecards and KPI dashboards that improved customer retention by 15% across APAC, MENA, and US markets, turning fragmented market inputs into decision-ready intelligence for sales and commercial teams. Designed reusable research templates and structured insight repositories that scaled MI capacity across markets without proportional headcount growth.

Education

Graduate Certificate, Marketing Research and Analytics, Centennial College School of Business

Graduate Certificate, Marketing Management, Centennial College School of Business

Public links

medium: https://medium.com/@alphonsajoseph