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Ankit Zen

First Principles Thinker | Engineering, AI & Society | DifferentThanDefault.com

Jaipur

8+ years of work experience

Pearl Academy
Jul 20233 yrs 2 mosPresent

Awakey Labs (R&D arm of Jainson Locks)
Aug 20241 yr 10 mosMay 2026

Jaipur

> Architected and launched Awakey — full smart lock product ecosystem with iOS & Android apps (TTLock SDK), Supabase backend, and cloud-connected device management. > Built WorkForce SaaS end-to-end using AI-assisted development (Lovable, Cursor) — AI candidate scoring, skill assessments. Live and deployed at Jainson Locks. > Designed Field Force automation deployed across 25 salespeople — real-time tracking, task management, and reporting dashboards. > Identified inefficiencies in sales hiring, training and performance, then built data-driven solutions to streamline recruitment and performance monitoring. > Designed and launched an AI enabled workforce management software to optimize hiring and performance tracking
NEETPrep GoodEd Technologies Private Limited
Jan 20231 yrDec 2023

New Delhi

- Transformed the company from Founder instinct driven to Data Driven Business Decisioning Setup - Restructured marketing team, tripled ROAS from 0.8 to 3x through data-backed initiatives. - Analyzed and optimized product offerings, increasing awareness-to-consideration ratio by 55%. - Revamped sales processes, team incentives and reporting, boosting sales from ₹7 Cr to ₹20 Cr in 12 months. - Built scalable sales & marketing systems focused on performance and continuous improvement.
Haptik
Jan 20202 yrs 3 mosMar 2022

Mumbai Area, India

Led the enhancement part of AI Shopping Advisor for electronic and grocery categories in TataCliq and JioMart - increased the conversion rate from 0.8% to 2.4% over several A/B experiments spread around decreasing dropoffs, increasing engagements, increasing retention, user education, and overall funnel improments.
May 20172 yrs 9 mosJan 2020

Gurugram

- Hardware & App design operations gave way to a digital product & design studio. - Led UI/UX, branding, and app/web design with star colleagues like Sachidanand Vaishnav. - Worked with startup who went on big like Counting Well and Renok Adventures. You can check our projects here: https://designour.webflow.io

Ankit’s AI Stack

antigravity
antigravity
codex
codex

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

B.tech, Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

20074 yrs2011

CBSE 12th, Science

Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya, Jaipur

20025 yrs2007

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First Principles Thinker | Engineering, AI & Society | DifferentThanDefault.com

About

IoT product builder + AI systems thinker with 15+ years experience of systems building. Started building smart lock hardware in 2014 — before "smart home" was a category in India. Went deep into conversational AI at Haptik, then returned to hardware to build a full AI-powered smart device ecosystem (Awakey). Uniquely positioned at the intersection of physical devices, cloud connectivity, and AI — the exact place where the next generation of smart products is being built. Have built varied AI-powered digital products that ship — from conversational AI at scale to full IoT ecosystems. Equally at home defining vision, product strategy and getting hands-on with LLMs, agents, and prototypes.

Location

Jaipur

AI stack

antigravity

codex

Work experience

Visiting Faculty, Product & Design at Pearl Academy, Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

Innovation Consultant at Awakey Labs (R&D arm of Jainson Locks), Aug 2024 - May 2026 · 1 yr 10 mos, Jaipur, > Architected and launched Awakey — full smart lock product ecosystem with iOS & Android apps (TTLock SDK), Supabase backend, and cloud-connected device management. > Built WorkForce SaaS end-to-end using AI-assisted development (Lovable, Cursor) — AI candidate scoring, skill assessments. Live and deployed at Jainson Locks. > Designed Field Force automation deployed across 25 salespeople — real-time tracking, task management, and reporting dashboards. > Identified inefficiencies in sales hiring, training and performance, then built data-driven solutions to streamline recruitment and performance monitoring. > Designed and launched an AI enabled workforce management software to optimize hiring and performance tracking

Interim CEO at NEETPrep GoodEd Technologies Private Limited, Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr, New Delhi, - Transformed the company from Founder instinct driven to Data Driven Business Decisioning Setup - Restructured marketing team, tripled ROAS from 0.8 to 3x through data-backed initiatives. - Analyzed and optimized product offerings, increasing awareness-to-consideration ratio by 55%. - Revamped sales processes, team incentives and reporting, boosting sales from ₹7 Cr to ₹20 Cr in 12 months. - Built scalable sales & marketing systems focused on performance and continuous improvement.

Product Manager at Haptik, Jan 2020 - Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Mumbai Area, India, Led the enhancement part of AI Shopping Advisor for electronic and grocery categories in TataCliq and JioMart - increased the conversion rate from 0.8% to 2.4% over several A/B experiments spread around decreasing dropoffs, increasing engagements, increasing retention, user education, and overall funnel improments.

Co-founder & Chief Designer at Designour UX/ UI Studio, May 2017 - Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Gurugram, - Hardware & App design operations gave way to a digital product & design studio. - Led UI/UX, branding, and app/web design with star colleagues like Sachidanand Vaishnav. - Worked with startup who went on big like Counting Well and Renok Adventures. You can check our projects here: https://designour.webflow.io

Education

B.tech, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

CBSE 12th, Science, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya, Jaipur

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