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    Ravi Trivedi

    Ravi Trivedi (He/Him)

    Was Founder @pushengage - Global SAAS .
    Exited to Awesome Motive. SAAS entrepreneur. Product Entrepreneur.
    Angel Investor.

    Entrepreneur Bangalore Urban Duke University '06
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    Experience
    PushEngage
    PushEngage
    Founder, Founder & CEO 2016 - 2020 (almost 5 years)
    Leading Web Push Notification platform globally. 150+ countries, 9 Billion Push Notifications a month. Sold the company to Awesome Motive Inc
    Banc of America Securities
    Banc of America Securities
    Employee
    Hewlett-Packard
    Hewlett-Packard
    Business Development Manager 2003 - 2004 (9 months)
    • Managed sales allocation, forecast and bid response as primary coordinator for America. Identified cross-selling opportunities, and actively tracked opportunities, making... more Americas the “star region” (120-150% of quota) in all the quarters. Led the Indian response team for the largest annuity contract worth $6 billion.
    • Selected for sales-support integration and business planning committee for the HP Compaq India merger. Devised an objective sales allocation plan to execute a successful on-time merger.
    • Formulated the worldwide unified pricing for integrated HP and Compaq India divisions for a key account worth $50 million. Maintained the profitability while accounting for varied cost structures from prior contracts done by HP and Compaq separately. Awarded the Employee Stock Performance award.
    Software Engineer 1998 - 2003 (almost 5 years)
    Conceived an innovative product promotion, which included free training seminars and publishing articles for developers.
    •Won organization wide premium innovation and... more contribution awards for the year 2002 and 2003.
    •Led a three member team to successfully manage two product releases and a pan-industry roll out with partners - IBM, Microsoft and SAP. This significantly improved the brand equity of Hewlett Packard Bangalore resulting in direct repeat business worth $500k.
    • Guided a ten member contingency team and successfully resolved crisis, preventing the loss of a key client while sustaining annual revenues of $2.5 million. Awarded accelerated promotion by HP Consulting.
    • Nominated by client as relationship owner with HP product divisions for project defect resolutions. Implemented a pro-active tracking process, which led to a timely resolution.
    • Resolved a mission critical project impasse in Korea by continuous interaction with client in a cross functional team.
    SouthEast Interactive Technology Funds
    SouthEast Interactive Technology Funds
    Principal 2008 - 2012 (almost 4 years)
    PrincipalPrincipal
    Southeast Interactive Technology FundsSoutheast Interactive Technology Funds
    Aug 2008 - Dec 2013 · 5 yrs 5 mosAug 2008 - Dec 2013 · 5 yrs 5 mos
    Raleigh-Durham,... more North Carolina AreaRaleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
    Principal at Early stage $120M technology venture fund.
    Helped Portfolio companies in the trenches with product and marketing advisory.
    Worked with - Allconnect Online Division in operating role.
    Worked with portfolio companies - Mediaspan, VisionAir, Buildlinks.
    Areas of engagement involve - Growth Planning. Analytics & Data Driven process changes, and Product Strategy.
    Worked part-time from July 2011 to Dec 2013 as I moved to Bangalore
    CouponRani
    CouponRani
    Founder, Founder & CEO 2012 - 2015 (over 3 years)
    Coupon Site for India
    The/Nudge Foundation
    The/Nudge Foundation
    Managing Director, Digital Agriculture 2023 - 2024 (about 1 year)
    Transforming Agriculture for Smallholder Farmer - Scale impactful solutions through ecosystem approach to increase smallholder farmer income and reduce variability in income.... more Working with govt, and using data & technology first approach to scaling.

    Launched Agri-Ikigai report, which had solutions at the intersection of farmer income and environment. Action-oriented research & field trials, to generate learnings from farmers towards scaling practices.
    Signed MOU with state to launch AI & Emerging technology innovation cell.

    Published a detailed Field Study on DSR (Direct Seeded Rice), conducted in 4 states, and 8 districts.
    Published a detailed Field Study on Natural Farming, done with 5 partners, and in 7 districts.
    Fellow, Agriculture 2021 - 2022 (over 1 year)
    Worked with Govt of Karnataka, as OSD (Officer on Special Duty) to Additional Chief/Principal Secretary, Agriculture. Part of the Indian Administrative Fellowship, a program... more to stimulate systems change by driving large-scale government projects.
    Drove Pilots for Early Pest Detection using AI, and Carbon Credits for Organic Federations.

    Focussed on projects that increase the farmer income, especially for small and medium farmers.
    1) AI in Agriculture - Exploring how to bring AI/Technology innovations to reach agriculture at grassroots level to help farmers. Proposed an Innovation Cell for sustainable model for innovation.
    2) Agriculture Policy for Karnataka
    3) Increasing market access for farmers

    Articles Published -
    1. Digital Agriculture - Catalysts and Challenges - LiveMint -
    2. Monetizing Carbon Credits: How Indian farmers can benefit - IDR, Times of India Blog
    3. Soil Carbon Incentives Through Carbon Credit Monetization - A nudge for soil health revival? - Outlook India
    Bank of America
    Bank of America
    Equity Research Associate 2006 - 2008 (about 2 years)
    Covered Media, Leisure & Entertainment sector, and was responsible for Powersports, Movies, Theaters, Music, Cruise lines and Video game stocks. Conducted proprietary... more research, using innovative techniques to track inventory, pricing and consumer sentiment, which formed the basis of several good stock calls.

    Also covered IT Hardware and IT Services companies.

    Part of runners up team in Alpha Hedge fund ranking.
    Founder
    PushEngage, CouponRani
    Employee
    Hewlett-Packard, Banc of America Securities, SouthEast Interactive Technology Funds, Bank of America, The/Nudge Foundation
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    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    PushEngage
    Browser push notification
    Send unlimited Web Push Notifications from your website to your subscribers using PushEngage. You can send Free Push notifications on Chrome & Firefox.… · More Register for Free Trial Now.
    Debashish Kumar
    Saif Ansari
    With Saif Ansari, Debashish Kumar
    Chrome and Firefox Desktop and Mobile Web Push Notifications
    Platform to Manage Browser Push Notifications
    Mobile Browsers support push notifications, so now you can re-engage with your audience and increase your repeat visitors to the mobile website. Now you dont… · More need an mobile app to engage users in browser.
     
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    Co-Author - Professional Web Services Security - https://www.amazon.in/Professional-Services-Security-Ravi-Trivedi/dp/1861007655

    Patent - Systems and methods for recommending third party products and services
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110137818

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Digital Marketing Analytics Customer Development Customer Acquisition Recruiting Fundraising Angel Investing Venture Capital Software Development Product Development
    Locations
    India United States San Francisco Atlanta Raleigh
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