Gopika Achar

Overview

I started Pebble Systems to fix supply chain software for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Grew the team to 27 people across 5 countries. Before that: Siemens and LTIMindtree. Most at home with operations and SaaS. Jazz piano, badly.

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Experience

1. Co-founder & COO

   Apr 2022 - Present
   Pebble Systems · 4 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Grew the team to 69 people across 4 countries.
   • Took Pebble Systems from zero to $8 million ARR.
   • Raised $38 million across 2 rounds.
2. Engineering Manager

   Sep 2019 - Apr 2022
   Siemens · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Brought on-call pages for firmware down from 14 a week to 4.
3. Senior Engineering Manager

   Sep 2016 - Sep 2019
   LTIMindtree · 3 yr · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 43 minutes to under 5.
4. Senior Engineering Manager

   Jun 2014 - Sep 2016
   Cisco · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Built the experimentation framework 11 product teams use to ship changes safely.
   • Brought on-call pages for growth down from 19 a week to 1.
5. Senior Data Engineer

   Sep 2012 - May 2014
   JPMorgan Chase · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
   • Built the forecasting models now used in 11 product decisions a quarter.
   • Reduced stock-outs by 33% in the first season.

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Education

1. NID Ahmedabad

   B.Des, Economics
   2001 - 2005