Headline

Founder’s Office @ Botsync

About

Ramalingam is driven by the insatiable curiosity to enhance our everyday lives by solving problems that matter to us with the help of technology. He believes in the power of technology to touch people's lives. Startup founder with 7+ years of experience building and scaling tech ventures across fintech and AI. Adept at driving high-impact programs and initiatives across product management, business strategy, operations, and growth. Proven track record of managing cross-functional teams, aligning stakeholders, translating vision into execution and building scalable repeatable systems. Known for thriving in high-ambiguity environments, learning new skills rapidly, and building operational systems from scratch. Experienced in stakeholder engagement, compliance, fundraising, and executive communication — with the agility and maturity to operate as a strategic partner to leadership.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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mcp

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Work experience

Founder's Office at Botsync, Sep 2025 - Present · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, From strategy to firefighting, whatever it takes to move the needle.

Co-Founder at Lira - Top 10% Global Applicant YC W24, Jan 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Drove the vision, strategy, and execution at Lira, a personal finance super app designed to bridge the gap between financial aspirations and preparedness of millennials and Gen Z. Lira focused on empowering millennials and Gen Z by simplifying financial awareness, offering tailored advisory, and providing easy access to financial tools for better money management, stating with expense tracking and budgeting. Impact created : 1. Led end-to-end product strategy and roadmap — launched MVP in 12 weeks after 50+ user interviews and 250+ surveys; achieved 50% activation, 45% WAU, and CSAT of 4.3/5 2. Built AI-powered categorization engine (80%+ accuracy) — reduced manual reconciliation by 50% and improved user experience & trust 3. Integrated Account Aggregator APIs (85%+ daily sync); ensured Shamati compliant audit-ready consent flows 4. Directed regulatory readiness — secured IRDA license, ensured DPDP Act alignment, and initiated PCI DSS & ISO certification efforts 5. Executed VAPT across app, infra, and cloud — worked with security engineers to resolve critical vulnerabilities 6. Drove 25% activation uplift by analyzing funnels, refining onboarding, and iterating based on user testing and behavior mapping 7. Achieved zero-CAC GTM via WhatsApp communities and micro-influencers collaborations— scaled to 2K+ users and 25K+ Instagram followers in 4 months 8. Designed product analytics and feedback loops tied to activation, retention, and usage KPIs; collaborated with design team to improve flows and drive 25% WAU uplift

Co-Founder at Vide.ai - AI-Powered Video Analytics SaaS Platform, Oct 2019 - Dec 2023 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Enabled my team to execute on our vision. Responsible for vision, strategy, culture and business at Arima. At Arima, we helped organizations make sense of video data in a meaningful way through our AI-powered video analytics platform, Vide.ai. However, we decided to pull the platform as we were unable to find the product-market fit. Impact crated : 1. Defined and prioritized 10+ AI/vision product use cases with enterprise and government stakeholders; authored BRDs and solution architecture for high-impact deployments with 75–85% model accuracy 2. Launched and iterated enterprise and government pilots — drove ₹5 Cr ARR pipeline via outbound solutioning, demos, and hands-on product walkthroughs 3. Modularized ML pipelines for scalable deployment — cut development cycles by 50% and enabled faster iteration across customer environments 4. Lowered CAPEX by 90% by optimizing model inference and hardware integration for edge deployments 5. Developed partner network of 25+ agencies by creating onboarding playbooks and scalable deployment toolkits 6. Built benchmarking framework to simulate real-world conditions — doubled model accuracy and reduced field implementation time by 60%

Product Manager at Power Economy Middle East Co LLC, Feb 2018 - Jul 2018 · 6 mos, Greater Chennai Area, Managed the new initiatives under the Smart Energy Business Unit. Responsible for problem identification, market research, market validation, ideation, product prototyping, product pricing, product placement and business development.

Graduate Engineering Trainee at Johnson Controls, Jul 2017 - Feb 2018 · 8 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SSN college of engineering