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# Ashish Ranka on Tal

## 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

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