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Nitesh Kumar

Business & Operations Leader | P&L & Operations at Scale | 0-to-1 Builder across E-commerce, Online Travel, EV & Renewable Energy

India

9+ years of work experience

Param Renewable Energy
Dec 20221 yr 8 mosJul 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Led an 800-person O&M organization across a solar portfolio that grew from 3.7 to 7+ GW during my tenure, spanning 195 sites and 65+ clients. • Doubled annual revenue from ₹42 Cr to ₹96 Cr (~$5M to ~$11.5M); expanded EBITDA margin to 8% and reduced O&M cost-per-MW by 12%.
Param Renewable Energy
Oct 20222 mosNov 2022

Ahmedabad

GreenCell Mobility | A Green Growth Equity Fund Company
Aug 20211 yr 2 mosSep 2022

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Led 0-to-1 product and brand creation for India's first and largest intercity electric bus service (NueGo); co-named the brand and defined positioning, target segments, and service model. • Ran a phased go-to-market; rolled out the full NueGo brand across 9 routes, 12 cities, and 4 hubs • Co-owned NueGo's passenger-experience and physical bus design; Co-owned design and development of the NueGo website and app
OYO
Jul 20191 yr 11 mosMay 2021

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Led the online OTA business across Malaysia, Japan, and Thailand: $84M annualized GMV, 1,500 hotels, and 300K+ monthly room nights. • Ran a 50-member OTA team (listing, content, and performance managers) in a hybrid India–Tokyo model.
TravelTriangle
Apr 20181 yr 3 mosJun 2019

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• P&L owner for 60% of the domestic business ($18M annualized GMV); led 50+ direct and 30+ indirect sales and operations staff. • Part of the CEO's core team on the $12M Series C raise from Fundamentum
TravelTriangle
May 20152 yrs 11 mosMar 2018

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• Scaled the Andaman and Sikkim categories 40x over roughly four years, from $0.25M to $10M annualized GMV, taking them to profitability. • Launched 4 new categories totalling $4.5M GMV, building vendor ecosystems and operations teams from scratch.
Sep 20149 mosMay 2015

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Sales and Marketing Operations, General Management, Pricing, Consumer based business strategy

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

20112 yrs2013

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

National institute of technology, Jamshedpur

20064 yrs2010

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Headline

Business & Operations Leader | P&L & Operations at Scale | 0-to-1 Builder across E-commerce, Online Travel, EV & Renewable Energy

About

P&L and operations leader with 12 years building and scaling businesses from 0-to-1 across high-growth Indian sectors: e-commerce, online travel, electric mobility, and renewable energy. IIM Ahmedabad | NIT Jamshedpur. Proven at doubling revenue, expanding margins, and running large multi-site, multi-client business & operations, with a strong EHS and ESG record. Most recently Vice President at a renewable-energy O&M firm, leading an 800+ person organization delivering against a 7+ GW solar portfolio. Hands-on with applied AI, agentic AI and retrieval-augmented (RAG) workflows to automate operations and speed up decision-making.

Location

India

Work experience

Vice President at Param Renewable Energy, Dec 2022 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Led an 800-person O&M organization across a solar portfolio that grew from 3.7 to 7+ GW during my tenure, spanning 195 sites and 65+ clients. • Doubled annual revenue from ₹42 Cr to ₹96 Cr (~$5M to ~$11.5M); expanded EBITDA margin to 8% and reduced O&M cost-per-MW by 12%.

Consultant at Param Renewable Energy, Oct 2022 - Nov 2022 · 2 mos, Ahmedabad

Head Of Product Management at GreenCell Mobility | A Green Growth Equity Fund Company, Aug 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, • Led 0-to-1 product and brand creation for India's first and largest intercity electric bus service (NueGo); co-named the brand and defined positioning, target segments, and service model. • Ran a phased go-to-market; rolled out the full NueGo brand across 9 routes, 12 cities, and 4 hubs • Co-owned NueGo's passenger-experience and physical bus design; Co-owned design and development of the NueGo website and app

Director, Online Growth & Revenue - OTA, South East Asia, ME & Japan at OYO, Jul 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, • Led the online OTA business across Malaysia, Japan, and Thailand: $84M annualized GMV, 1,500 hotels, and 300K+ monthly room nights. • Ran a 50-member OTA team (listing, content, and performance managers) in a hybrid India–Tokyo model.

Associate Director at TravelTriangle, Apr 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, • P&L owner for 60% of the domestic business ($18M annualized GMV); led 50+ direct and 30+ indirect sales and operations staff. • Part of the CEO's core team on the $12M Series C raise from Fundamentum

Senior Category Manager at TravelTriangle, May 2015 - Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, • Scaled the Andaman and Sikkim categories 40x over roughly four years, from $0.25M to $10M annualized GMV, taking them to profitability. • Launched 4 new categories totalling $4.5M GMV, building vendor ecosystems and operations teams from scratch.

Head of Sales and Business Development at RetailOn, Sep 2014 - May 2015 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Sales and Marketing Operations, General Management, Pricing, Consumer based business strategy, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National institute of technology, Jamshedpur