Dev Ravi Desai

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Finance Director at Snowflake · FP&A

Snowflake
New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)
16+ years experience
Booth School of Business
English, Arabic
Co-founder
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Overview

Based in New York. I lead FP&A at Snowflake. Ran diligence on 10 acquisitions. Before that: IBM and Snap. Most at home with forecasting and valuation.

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Skills
FP&AAnaplanvaluationbudgetingExcelforecasting
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for inventory forecasting for CPG brands

The idea
Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for inventory forecasting for CPG brands
Stage
Customer interviews
I bring
6 years in FP&A
Looking for
Operator who has scaled a team
Commitment
Part-time to start
Location
New York or remote

I bring 18 years of FP&A (currently Snowflake). Ideally you've sold to enterprises. Have a working prototype and design partners.

New York, NYanaplanvaluationforecasting
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Experience

  1. Finance Director
    Apr 2023 - Present
    Snowflake · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 15.
    • Ran diligence on 7 acquisitions.
  2. Controller
    Oct 2020 - Apr 2023
    IBM · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 15.
  3. Controller
    Mar 2018 - Oct 2020
    Snap · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Saved $6 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  4. Finance Manager
    May 2014 - Mar 2018
    HubSpot · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 5 straight quarters.
    • Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  5. Financial Analyst
    Jul 2010 - May 2014
    Zoom · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 9 straight quarters.

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Education

  1. Booth School of Business
    MBA, Business Administration
    2011 - 2013
  2. UT Austin
    BS, Finance
    2004 - 2008

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