Vinay Deshineni

About

With a background in product and growth, this professional has a track record of success in various industries. They have experience in founding and leading companies such as Arkoz, KloudTeams, and Noon Academy, where they drove significant growth and initiated operations in new markets. Their expertise extends to product development, agile processes, and building custom tools. Prior to their entrepreneurial ventures, they held strategic roles at GSN Games, Zynga, and Royal Bank of Scotland Business, where they managed large portfolios and implemented successful initiatives. Their educational background includes a period at Duke University. This individual's career reflects a strong focus on driving growth, leveraging AI, and optimizing operations to achieve impressive results.

Experience

• Product, Growth · Arkoz07-01-2022

  Arkoz is the world's first SEO copilot that leverages AI to help early stage start ups, solopreneurs and SMBs to get started with SEO.

• Founder · KloudTeams07-01-2023

  KloudTeams takes the hassle away from hiring global talent. We source the top talent with global experience and increase the runway for startups by 3X.

• Noon Academy11-01-2020 – 06-01-2022

  Initiated and launched operations in India. Added 2 Million active students in the first year of launch in India with a lean budget of $2MM. Grew global student base to 10 Million students from 3 Million in 1 year. Drove organic growth through SEO, Youtube, Telegram, Referrals.

• LIDO01-01-2020 – 10-01-2020

  Lead the product, growth and design teams. Set the product roadmap for the company. Introduced agile processes. Increased active paying students by 3x. Reduced refund requests by 80% by streamlining student onboarding process. Built multiple custom tools for Order Management, Lead Management, Tutor Management

• LendSmart07-01-2016 – 12-01-2019

  Built one of India's earliest peer to peer lending marketplace. Built proprietary credit scoring model using social network connections and referrals. Originated loans worth INR 3,650,000. Optimized website content and SEO to get 10MM visitors per month organically.

• GSN Games - Sony Pictures Entertainment08-01-2012 – 07-01-2016

  Built world's largest bingo with 1.5 million DAU, $102MM annual revenue. #1 download and grossing for 12 weeks in 135 countries including US, UK, CA, AU. Acquired by Sony GSN Games in 2014.

• Zynga04-01-2011 – 07-01-2012

  200MM+ downloads across 15 games including Farmville, Cityville, Znga Poker, Words with Friends, Mafia Wars. Managed #100MM on user acquisition campaigns.

• Royal Bank of Scotland Business08-01-2009 – 04-01-2011

  Managed strategy and analytics for recoveries portfolio with assets of $1.3 billion. Initiated the legal recoveries program which added $6 million in recoveries per annum.

• Capital One02-01-2007 – 08-01-2009

  Initiated the cross sell marketing program and added $5 million super prime assets annually. Managed $300MM of annual direct marketing budget. Built new risk model for young adults and users with thin date in their credit file.

Education

• Duke University

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