Headline

Strategy & Client Advisory | Market & Competitive Intelligence | Business Operations | Helping startups & listed companies make market-entry and growth decisions

About

I'm a strategy and client-delivery professional with 4+ years advising startups and publicly listed companies on how to enter markets, pick segments, and make investment decisions with evidence instead of instinct. At ProdZen, I work end-to-end on client engagements - from framing the problem and writing proposals to presenting recommendations to C-suite stakeholders. Recent work: sized market opportunities that led a venture-studio startup to expand into the Middle East; identified a real estate segment that won the client a large conglomerate's account. Designed an operating model with milestone-based gating for a listed ER&D company. Core toolkit: Market sizing, market mapping, competitive intelligence, Voice of Customer, operating-model design, and structured problem-solving. Comfortable with Excel, basic SQL, Google Analytics, and AI-assisted research workflows

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

openai

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Product Analyst at ProdZen, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru, - Designed a product operating model (POD structure) with milestone-based gating across Technology Readiness Levels for a listed ER&D client - Led competitive analysis and market mapping, identifying 5+ product gaps that shaped positioning and roadmap priorities - Sized Middle East and real estate segments for a venture-studio startup; the client expanded into the Middle East. - Built Voice of Customer analysis from G2 reviews to surface pain points and underserved segments - Delivered a 25-page market research report on a prospect company within one day using AI-assisted workflows - Presented market landscape and trend analyses to C-suite stakeholders in recurring client workshops - Wrote client proposals and scopes of work with Gantt-chart timelines and milestones

Research Associate at Leap, Nov 2022 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Enhanced product analysis processes, optimizing data workflows and improving operational performance by 15%. • Leveraged advanced Excel techniques to manage and analyze large data sets, contributing to a 20% increase in data-driven initiatives. • Automated CSV updates in a ticketing system, boosting processing speed by 20%. • Audited intern-collected data on target basis for accuracy and completeness, ensuring high-quality outputs.

Research Assistant at St. Teresa's College, Sep 2022 - Nov 2022 · 3 mos, Ernakulam, Kerala, India, • Developed a data collection framework for a quality of life study involving 100+ organ recipients, enhancing data reliability. • Conducted 40+ qualitative interviews and analyzed transcripts to gain insight into patient care journeys and healthcare challenges. • Synthesized research findings for academic presentations contributing to project visibility.

Qualitative Researcher at Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Dec 2021 - Jun 2022 · 7 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, • Conducted fieldwork in Chennai and Bangalore for a study on domestic and care work, engaging 50+ households and interviewing 30+ individuals. • Moderated focus groups and conducted qualitative interviews to gather data on labor dynamics and care work. • Assisted in analyzing and documenting findings, contributing to detailed reports supporting policy recommendations.

Education

Master of Arts - MA, Sociology, St. Teresa's College