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title: "Chirag Verma - Founding GTM in Gurgaon | Tal"
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# Chirag Verma on Tal

## Headline

OTPLess \| Ex \- Co\-founder, Pikeazy \| PGP\-TBM @ MU

## About

startup founder and brand strategist who enjoys building products that simplify everyday problems\. My career spans entrepreneurship, consulting, and product strategy, giving me a mix of big\-picture thinking and hands\-on execution\. At Athena Executive Search, I led the Research & Consulting division, working with CXOs and boards on leadership, growth strategy, market research, and organizational transformation\. I then was the founding member of TheHireHub\.ai, a hiring platform designed to make recruitment more transparent, faster, and easier for both companies and candidates\. Today, I’m the Co\-founder & Brand Manager of Pikeazy, a consumer\-tech aggregator platform simplifying online grocery shopping\. I lead sales, partnerships, business development, and revenue growth, while experimenting with new ways for D2C brands to connect with consumers\. What drives me is solving problems end\-to\-end; whether it’s creating a new revenue model, building a product, or designing a go\-to\-market strategy\. I’m always open to connecting with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and innovators who are shaping the future of consumer tech, D2C, and digital platforms\.

## Location

Gurgaon

## AI stack

claude

ChatGPT

Fathom

Langflow

Wispr Flow

Zapier

## Work experience

Founding GTM at OTPless, May 2026 \- Present · 5 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Enterprise Growth and GTM

Head of Research and Analytics at Athena Executive Search & Consulting \(AESC\), Oct 2024 \- May 2025 · 8 mos, On\-site

Co\-Founder at Pikeazy, Jan 2024 \- Dec 2025 · 2 yrs, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Leadership \- Led end\-to\-end product strategy, UX/UI design and feature prioritization, to align user needs with GTM goals and business objectives \-Executed a full\-funnel GTM plan, paid/organic campaigns, driving 6,000\+ app downloads and 700\+ DAUs in the weeks post\-launch Sales and Marketing \-Ran a lean digital campaign delivering 302\.7K views, 183K reach, 32,885 engagements, and 3,983 link clicks in 60 days for ₹3\.78K \-Forged early\-stage partnerships with 10\+ D2C brands listed on QC \(Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart, Dmart etc\.\), \-Initiating outreach to build a qualified sales funnel for pilots and demos \-Built tailored sales collateral, pitches, and ROI models to position Pikeazy as a high\-visibility, conversion\-focused platform \-Negotiated ad sales and promotional packages with brands, securing early revenue traction and validating Pikeazy’s sales model

Senior Research Associate at Athena Executive Search & Consulting \(AESC\), Nov 2023 \- Jan 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos, On\-site, \- Partnered with stakeholders on strategic consulting engagements, including projects such as organization restructuring, market entry and feasibility projects, talent mapping, contributing to significant business advancements\. \- Optimized the operations process by leveraging the ATS/CRM tool, implementing automations to streamline workflows and improve overall efficiency\. \- Spearheaded PowerBI projects, creating dashboards that enabled the company to leverage its data and present it to clients, facilitating significant business decisions\. \- Led internal projects by integrating AI, resulting in the development of an AI chatbot that effectively analyzed and utilized historical data \- Led marketing and branding initiatives that resulted in a significant increase in online brand presence\. \- Collaborated with business development on market research and company report preparation

Research Associate at Athena Executive Search & Consulting \(AESC\), Aug 2022 \- Dec 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Athena is a progressive new\-age consulting firm with the sole focus of assisting clients on talent issues\. Our endeavor is to address challenges across a wide spectrum of talent management, enabling us to offer very distinctive and unique service offerings to our clients\. As a Research Associate for the operations division, my responsibilities include: \- Mapping the talent pool by sourcing, screening and telephonic conversations with respect to specific requirements and maintaining the client database, working across India & US \- Working closely with the key stakeholders on leadership & C\-Suite searches\. \- Responsible for understanding the critical requirements of the clients for senior\-level positions, sourcing & screening of profiles, building connections, and arranging the calls with the consultants\. \- Primary and secondary research, mapping, and identification of prospective targets for search and consulting assignments \- To keep a close watch on industry and organization updates and also on executive movement

Building OTPless at OTPless, Feb 2022 \- Jun 2022 · 5 mos, Delhi, India

Vice President Operations at Enactus SAC, Aug 2021 \- Jun 2022 · 11 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Head Of Public Relations at Enactus SAC, Jul 2020 \- Jul 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Member at Enactus SAC, Jul 2019 \- Jul 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo, New Delhi, Delhi, India

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Technology and Business Management, Masters' Union

Bachelor's degree, Business/Commerce, General, Sri Aurobindo College

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