Vadiraj Aralappanavar

Vadiraj is an entrepreneurial product / business / ecosystem leader with a track record of over 2 decades of experience as an entrepreneur and different leadership roles and responsibilities including product creation, managing global businesses and teams, conceptualising new initiatives and creation of innovation practices in the consumer internet and B2B space . He has exceptional product management , technology and strategic skills backed by entrepreneurial instincts.

- Part of Product journeys from Nascent stages - VoIP ( 2000 ), Mobile ( 2004 ), Enterprise Mobility, Commerce, ( 2008 ), IoT ( 2011 ), Gift cards ( 2015 ) , Omnichannel retail /Conversational AI ( 2018 ), EV , Shared Mobility ( 2020 ) , InsureTech ( 2021 )

- Creation and Managing Accelerators / Incubators and setting up the ecosystem - Founders, Partners, Mentors.

-Experience with several Industry Segments wrt Products - InsureTech, FinTech, Retail, Travel, Logistics,

-Digital Products : InsureTech, Fintech, Urban Commute, Mobility, Omnichannel Product suite, Supply chain & logistics product suite, Payments- Prepaid, Stored Value , mPOS, B2C, B2B

-Growth Platform : All aspects from B2C focused customer growth / strategy , channels, design, CDP, campaigns, Instrumentation

-Enterprise product platforms - Payments portfolio /payin / payout / PGs , Account Aggregator ecosystem, Identity , Verification, KYCs

-OpsTech platform : Customer experience on Presales, Postsales , End customer facing products, Agent facing products / IVR / CRM / Conversational Bots / Audits

Experience spans across US and Indian venture funded start-ups and MNCs.

Managed the product strategy/roadmap, customer relationships, solution partner ecosystem and worked closely with engineering and marketing groups on product development and GTM stratgy

Adept in Product Management, Product Engineering as well as Enterprise IT services for global customers interacting with CEO, CIO, CMO and CTO organisations.

Experience in P&L, partnership development, Account Management and client relationship management for global organisations.

Thought leadership and fostering relationships with industry opinion leaders and key industry executives

Specialties:

Product Management - P&L responsibility - Strategy - Business strategy - Partnership Management - Accelerators

Technology: Fintech, InsureTech, Commerce, IoT, Mobility, Internet, Telecom, EV