Afreen Sana Patel

Overview

Co-founder & CTO of Drift Robotics, working on agritech. Signed 186 paying customers, 20 of them enterprises. Previously built and sold a small agritech company. Most at home with supply chain and agriculture.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & CTO

   Jan 2024 - Present
   Drift Robotics · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Previously built and sold a small agritech company.
   • Grew the team to 117 people across 3 countries.
   • Raised $8 million across 2 rounds.
2. FP&A Manager

   Jul 2022 - Jan 2024
   Zerodha · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 14.
   • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 5 straight quarters.
3. Financial Analyst

   May 2020 - Jul 2022
   Oracle · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 16.
4. Financial Analyst

   Oct 2017 - May 2020
   Axis Bank · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 10 straight quarters.
   • Saved $2 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
5. Controller

   May 2016 - Oct 2017
   Capgemini · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 18.
   • Ran diligence on 9 acquisitions.

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Education

1. IIM Ahmedabad

   MBA, Business Administration
   2008 - 2010
2. Delhi Technological University

   B.Tech, Computer Science
   2000 - 2004