Pavithra Aishwarya Unnikrishnan

Overview

Building Thistle Analytics in Chennai - consumer finance. Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company. Before that: JPMorgan Chase and Mphasis. Most at home with compliance and consumer fintech.

Replies on weekends

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Jan 2025 - Present
   Thistle Analytics · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
   • Took Thistle Analytics from zero to $3 million ARR.
   • Raised $31 million across 3 rounds.
   • Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company.
2. Senior Product Manager

   Apr 2023 - Jan 2025
   JPMorgan Chase · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 15 days to 3.
   • Grew lending revenue from $3 million to $60 million ARR.
3. Director of Product

   Dec 2020 - Feb 2023
   Mphasis · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
   • Ran 139 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
4. Director of Product

   Jul 2018 - Dec 2020
   Kotak Mahindra Bank · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
   • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
   • Grew lending revenue from $9 million to $40 million ARR.
5. Director of Product

   Sep 2015 - Jul 2018
   Cognizant · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Chennai, India
   • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
   • Grew lending revenue from $8 million to $32 million ARR.

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Education

1. BITS Pilani

   B.E., Computer Science
   2007 - 2011