Headline

Founder’s Office & Strategic Ops | Built systems from zero at Agnikul, Sea6 & VS Solar | ₹4.8Cr saved, ₹30Cr+ managed

About

I'm an operator who works best when I'm close to the founding team and the work is undefined. Five years across three startups - a rocket company, a solar energy company, and a deep tech climate company. At each one, I was brought in for one thing and ended up owning the most important things that didn't have an owner yet. At Agnikul Cosmos, I built a 150-vendor global procurement operation from scratch as a fresher — sourcing, qualification, NDA and MOU drafting, contract negotiation, payments, issue resolution across propulsion, avionics, and flight systems. Saved ₹4.8Cr through vendor strategy and make-buy analysis. No playbook. No precedent. At VS Solar, I ran operations across ₹30Cr+ of solar projects: procurement, delivery, client management, vendor relationships across 20+ accounts. Built the ops function a sales-first company didn't have. At Sea6 Energy, I was hired for operations and ended up running the CEO's investor sourcing for a Series C raise, OKR rollout company-wide, new product development for a new vertical, automation workflows, and cross-border supply chain between India and Indonesia, simultaneously. Not because I was asked to. Because it needed to be done. The pattern across all three: walk in, find what's broken or missing, build it, hand it off, move to the next thing. That's what I'm looking for next - a Founder's Office or Chief of Staff role at an early to growth stage company where that instinct is the job, not a side effect. Open to roles in Bengaluru. Immediately available.

Location

Greater Chennai Area

AI stack

codex

opencode

Work experience

Assistant Manager, Operations & Special Projects at Sea6 Energy Pvt Ltd., Dec 2023 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Hired for operations; expanded into a Founder's Office / Special Projects role working directly with the CEO. — Reduced ocean farm operations cost significantly through vendor renegotiation, process redesign, and resource reallocation across India–Indonesia supply chain. — Improved engineering project delivery by building SOPs, scope definition protocols, and audit frameworks across a cross-functional team — built from zero. — Supported CEO on investor sourcing for Series C fundraise: built investor profiles, data packs, and dashboards for investor and CFO reviews. — Led NPD for biostimulant fertilizer vertical: market research, B2B GTM strategy, technical feasibility, resource planning. — Built workflow automation using Zenphi for QC tracking, sales orders, and payment approvals; led platform migrations with zero operational disruption. — Pushed OKR framework company-wide; drafted company policies; managed cross-border procurement coordination.

Business Operations Manager at VS Solar, Oct 2021 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Chennai, Joined a sales-first solar company and built the operations function it didn't have. — Managed ₹30Cr+ in solar project operations across 20+ clients — procurement, vendor management, delivery scheduling, and client satisfaction. — Saved ₹70L through vendor negotiation and lean procurement; reduced project timelines by 15%. — Drove 40%+ of annual revenue through referral and repeat business by embedding structured client follow-up into project closure. — Led 18–20 member cross-functional team across sales, engineering, and procurement.

Launch Vehicle Operations Strategist at AgniKul Cosmos, Apr 2021 - Aug 2021 · 5 mos, India, First job out of college. Built the procurement operation for India's leading rocket startup from scratch — no playbook, no precedent. — Managed 150+ global vendors across propulsion, avionics, Flight Termination Systems, and Guidance & Navigation — full lifecycle: sourcing, qualification, NDA/MOU drafting, contract negotiation, payments, issue resolution. — Saved ₹4.8Cr through vendor strategy, cost modelling, and make-buy analysis across 28+ projects — Reduced supply chain lead time by 25% through proactive risk identification and procurement pipeline management.

Education

BE - Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology

High School Diploma, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's