Headline

Head of Product, Tech and Design at VIRGIO

About

I build consumer platforms where trust is the product. At CoinSwitch, I conceptualised and launched CoinSwitch Exchange, India's largest crypto/INR exchange — and CoinSwitch PRO for the country's most sophisticated traders. I led product through India's 2022 regulatory shock, where I learned the lesson that now drives everything I build: in financial products, trust converts better than any feature. Today, as Head of Product, Tech and Design at Virgio, a $160M-valuation company backed by Prosus and Accel, I run product, engineering, data science and design as a single org, scaling revenue 300X while cutting tech spend 40% and rebuilding our infrastructure in-house. Earlier: Flipkart (launched Flipkart Travel, built 2GUD's refurb supply chain, shipped a 100M-gameplay viral game), and a US SaaS startup from first product hire to wind-down. I also trade. I've built algorithmic arbitrage systems as a small trade firm called PulseBot PRO that moved ₹120 Cr in six months across international→India markets, so I understand spreads, liquidity and market microstructure from the trader's side of the book. I would love to connect with anyone who's building platforms or products where trust is key.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude code

elevenlabs

grok

hugging face

kimi

Work experience

Head of Product, Tech and Design at VIRGIO, Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos, Own Product, Engineering, Data Science and Design. Rebuilt our platform in-house and lead the org through Virgio's pivot to sustainable fashion.

Director of Product Management at VIRGIO, Aug 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr, Led the experience and platform teams through the company's pivot.

Co-Founder at PulseBot PRO, Dec 2022 - Oct 2023 · 11 mos, Algorithmic trading venture, arbitrage and MFT (market making) across international and Indian crypto markets. Total Pooled capital of 1 Cr and 6 monthly trade volume of 120 Cr

Product Lead at CoinSwitch, Nov 2021 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos, India, Conceptualised and launched CoinSwitch Exchange, India's largest crypto/INR exchange and CoinSwitch PRO for the country's most sophisticated traders. Led product through the 2022 regulatory shock; defined the derivatives roadmap. CEO's Award & Rising Star Award '22.

Product at Protonn, Feb 2021 - Nov 2021 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, First product hire; built a US-market SaaS from ideation through launch and wind-down.

Product Manager 2 at Flipkart, Jul 2020 - Feb 2021 · 8 mos, Mentored one APM; launched Flipkart Trains and Hotels. Part of the ClearTrip Acquisition

Product Manager 1 at Flipkart, Dec 2018 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Conceptualised and launched Flipkart Travel; owned it end to end.

Associate Product Manager 2 at Flipkart, Dec 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Built 2GUD's refurbishment supply chain and 'Polygraph', an AI-based device-testing tool.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani