Headline

Entrepreneur and Social Catalyst

About

I have been an entrepreneur from the very beginning, founding my first company a year after completing my post-graduation. My strength lies in managing the full business lifecycle—from spotting opportunities to scaling ventures globally. Over the years, I have built and grown successful IT service organizations, creating high-technology teams, establishing international partnerships, managing key accounts across North America, Europe, and Asia, and setting up subsidiaries in the USA, Switzerland, Germany, and Singapore. I’ve also supported global companies with India-entry strategies and incubation services. Beyond IT, I am passionate about venture incubation and mentoring entrepreneurs. In the last decade, I have guided and invested in ventures across film production, sports academy, distribution business, F&B, AI startups, and sustainable farm projects. I thrive on taking ideas from concept to execution—prototyping, pitching, fundraising, and building core teams. I am the architect and strategic mentor of Strive & Shine Cricket Academy LLP, one of Bangalore’s fastest-growing academies, specializing in spin bowling and holistic player development. I guided the founders in building a structured, scalable academy that today trains hundreds of players and is expanding into international collaborations. In parallel, I co-created Kinetic Trade Hub, a retail distribution venture bringing established brands to southern Bangalore, built with a former mentee I have mentored for over a decade. Both businesses reflect my passion for building sustainable, process-driven organizations. Since 2005, I have also led Paadhai, the NGO I founded, focused on Education, Empowerment, and Environment. Paadhai bridges the gap between donors and underserved communities, delivering long-term impact through education, women’s initiatives, and rehabilitation projects. My journey blends entrepreneurship, mentorship, social impact, and cross-domain innovation—with the common thread of building ventures and communities that create meaningful, lasting value.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

aistudio

anthropic apis

antigravity

claude code

claude

elevenlabs

Work experience

Product Manager at Zeno, Jan 2026 - Present · 8 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, First and only India PM hire. Taking care of all the Software Products E2E.

GTM Consultant at Blaze (YC S24), Apr 2026 - Jul 2026 · 3 mo, Remote, Worked on an AI automation pipeline on Outreach and sales. Closed multiple 6 digits deals. Expanded to AI CFO product

Product Manager AI at TruckX Inc, Jun 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 y 6 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Launched Hey Bubba! Bubba.ai - AI Voice Dispatcher from concept to market, Founding Product Manager - Worked on end-to-end Product, GTM and QA and built AI load recommendation engine improving dispatch efficiency by 25% and achieving 300+ daily active users within the first month. • Led cross-functional teams to ship fleet management features across web & mobile, increasing drivers productivity by 15% and driving 25% higher adoption among 8000+ drivers within 3 months.

Associate Product Manager at Aspora (formerly Vance) | Sequoia, Greylock, Y Combinator – backed, Dec 2023 - Jun 2024 · 6 mo, Bengaluru, Shipped crypto arbitrage trading feature on top of traditional banking rails, generating $25,000 in 15 days of launching. • Negotiated and closed 50+ onramp-offramp global partnerships, increasing payment coverage to 12+ countries and boosting transactions volume by 30%. • Collaborated with Yes Bank to trial NRE/NRO account onboarding for NRI customers, completing the first 6–7 accounts and establishing the foundation for wider rollout

Associate Product Manager at Gupshup, Aug 2023 - May 2024 · 9 mo, Remote, • Implemented 100+ customer journeys using ACE AI LLMs, reducing manual workflow time by 20% for enterprise clients. • Led end-to-end delivery of 5+ B2B Console features increasing B2B onboarding speed by 35%

Education

PhD, PPC System Design, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

PGDIM, Industrial Management, Computers, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Public links

github: https://github.com/RameshKumarS48

rameshkumar.space: https://www.rameshkumar.space/