Praveen Kulkarni

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Founder & CEO at Slate Commerce | ex-HDFC Bank

Slate Commerce
Pune, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
12+ years experience
IIT Bombay IDC
English, Hindi, Marathi
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Overview

I started Slate Commerce to fix edtech for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Grew the team to 115 people across 2 countries. Before that: HDFC Bank and Tech Mahindra. Most at home with content and growth. Coffee nerd.

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growthcontentconsumer fintechmobile
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Looking for product designers to join Slate Commerce early - edtech

Role
Product designer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
₹36-80 LPA
Team
Founding team, 4 people
Start
Within a month
Must have
A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Good judgment about what not to build
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp ₹43-58 LPA. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Pune, Indiaconsumer fintechmobilegrowth
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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    May 2023 - Present
    Slate Commerce · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Took Slate Commerce from zero to $4 million ARR.
    • Grew the team to 20 people across 3 countries.
  2. Engagement Manager
    Feb 2022 - May 2023
    HDFC Bank · 1 yr 3 mo · Contract · Pune, India
    • Designed the operating model for a 18 thousand-person transformation.
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $121 million.
  3. Consultant
    Apr 2020 - Feb 2022
    Tech Mahindra · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Designed the operating model for a 13 thousand-person transformation.
    • Ran commercial diligence on 31 deals.
  4. Consultant
    Apr 2017 - Apr 2020
    Morgan Stanley · 3 yr · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Ran commercial diligence on 8 deals.
    • Delivered 12 engagements across 3 countries.
  5. Business Analyst
    May 2014 - Apr 2017
    Cisco · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Pune, India
    • Reduced cloud spend on infrastructure by 28% in two quarters.
    • Brought on-call pages for infrastructure down from 25 a week to 3.

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Education

  1. IIT Bombay IDC
    M.Des, Economics
    2010 - 2012
  2. Jadavpur University
    B.E., Economics
    2005 - 2009

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