Rohan Shantanu Desai

Overview

Currently at Tidal AI, where I lead creator tools with a team of 57. Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for. Before that: KPMG and Atlassian. Most at home with community and creator economy.

Replies on weekday evenings

Experience

1. Chief Product Officer

   May 2026 - Present
   Tidal AI · 5 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
   • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 18 days to 4.
2. Principal Product Manager

   Sep 2022 - May 2026
   KPMG · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
   • Led or co-led 22 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Sit on 5 boards.
3. Senior Product Manager

   Apr 2020 - Sep 2022
   Atlassian · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
   • Launched the creator product in 10 markets.
4. Group Product Manager

   Oct 2018 - Apr 2020
   PhonePe · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
   • Grew creator revenue from $2 million to $36 million ARR.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 14 days to 1.
5. Senior Product Manager

   Mar 2016 - Oct 2018
   Mahindra Group · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
   • Ran 119 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 9 days to 3.

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Education

1. IIIT Bangalore

   M.Tech, Engineering
   2011 - 2013
2. PSG College of Technology

   B.E., Engineering
   2006 - 2010