Nithya Rajagopal

Overview

Founder of Alder Foods (HR software). 20 years of building before that. Took Alder Foods from zero to $12 million ARR.

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Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   May 2023 - Present
   Alder Foods · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
   • Signed 58 paying customers, 10 of them enterprises.
   • Took Alder Foods from zero to $11 million ARR.
   • Grew the team to 75 people across 5 countries.
2. Senior Product Manager

   May 2020 - May 2023
   Qualcomm · 3 yr · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new platform customers from 14 days to 2.
   • Took platform activation from 19% to 38% in three quarters.
3. Group Product Manager

   Nov 2017 - May 2020
   Hindustan Unilever · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
   • Took care activation from 26% to 50% in three quarters.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new care customers from 15 days to 1.
4. Principal Product Manager

   Jul 2015 - Nov 2017
   SAP · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
   • Backed 37 founders at pre-seed and seed.
5. Director of Product

   Aug 2011 - Apr 2015
   Tata Motors · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
   • Launched the creator product in 13 markets.
   • Ran 121 customer interviews before writing the first spec.

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Education

1. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

   MBA, Business Administration
   2009 - 2011
2. IIT Delhi

   B.Tech, Economics
   2002 - 2006