Email: userrk@gmail.com

Phone: +91 9711 569 509

Web: RAHUL KOUL EDUCATION

2009 2006 2002 2000

PGDM (Marketing) IMT, Ghaziabad (Full time) 98%ile in CAT 2006 B.E. (Biotechnology) BVBCET, Karnataka / VTU ‘Certificate of Merit’- Year 2 AISSCE (Science ) Montfort School, Delhi / CBSE AISSE DAV School, Delhi / CBSE Math & Science- 95% +

EXTRA CURRICULARS

Take personality development sessions for students over weekend- advait education.

Second prize in Slideshare World’s Best Presentation contest- 2009. (link)

Several awards in debating, elocution and drama competitions. Compered closing ceremony of IMT annual cultural festival- ‘Passion-08’.

Active Sportsman in colleges and work organizations.

AREAS OF INTEREST

New Product Development and product management, preferably e-commerce and m-commerce.

Power point Presentations

BACKGROUND

Product Manager: m-Commerce

Work experience: 5+ years (4 years in new product development & management)

About me: Determined, adaptable and ground level thinker.

Strong design sense with good analytical, presentation and inter-personal skills.

Curriculum Vitae # 1 of 3 Dec 2013

WORK EXPERIENCE

04/11–current

09/09–04/11

04/09 – 09/09 ]

07/06 – 02/07

Product Manager / 33 months Snapdeal.com, Delhi

-Product owner of Mobile component. Launched mobile site & apps from scratch, now contributes 30% to top line.

Product Marketing Mgr / 19 months Handygo Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Delhi

-Designed first of its kind Pin code based service offering latest mandi prices on mobile phones.

Management Trainee / 04 months T.I.M.E. Pvt. Ltd., Delhi

-Launched first GMAT batch of T.I.M.E Delhi.

Programmer Analyst / 07 months MindTree Consulting, Bangalore

-Developed an improved test case template, that was chosen as the company’s default template.

Curriculum Vitae # 2 of 3 Contact - Rahul Koul / userrk@gmail.com / +91 9711 569 509

Detailed Experience Information

Jasper Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Product Manager (33 months) Apr’2011 - Present

Snapdeal.com is one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce players in India.

Responsibilities

Product owner of Mobile component at Snapdeal. Define product vision & strategy for

entire mobile products portfolio.

Achievements

Successful launch of first mobile site & mobile apps of snapdeal.com from scratch.

Currently contributes 30% to top line.

Successful launch of Snapdeal Android & iOS app within 45 days, worked on a very tight

schedule.

Initiated the mobile advertisement model that resulted in 1L new subscribers within the

first month itself.

Designed a unique mobile app advertisement model within 5 days with the help of a

vendor.

Successful launched a first of its kind mobile web based product with one of the leading

telecom provider.

Developed a proper service usage data gathering system to build an effective and efficient

decision support system for better analysis of customer usage and preferences.

Handygo Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Marketing Manager (19 months) Sep’2009 - Mar’2011

Handygo is a leading provider of telecom Value Added Services (VAS).

Responsibilities

Product manager of exclusive mobile rural service ‘Behtar Zindagi’ that aims at improving

lives of the Rural Population by providing them relevant information through cell phones.

Marketing manager for leading telecom operator that involved VAS services design,

production & launch, management, revenue generation.

Achievements

Designed and developed entire ‘Finance’ vertical from scratch offering basic financial

literacy, loans and insurance to the user (including required alliances).

Full Concept design and implementation of first of its kind, an innovative Pin code based

service offering latest mandi prices on the mobile phone of the caller. Also helped develop

several SOP’s (Standard Operating procedure) for service.

Strategized increase in subscription base of the service using the service data system,

innovative promotions including on-ground presence for the service. Also helped build

complete brand identity of the service.

150% plus Month-on-Month increase in revenues within first 3 months for leading

telecom operator.

Curriculum Vitae # 3 of 3 Contact - Rahul Koul / userrk@gmail.com / +91 9711 569 509

T.I.M.E. Pvt. Ltd. Management Trainee, Marketing (04 months) Apr’2009 - Aug’2009

T.I.M.E. Pvt. Ltd. is the largest entrance exam training organization in India offering training

programs for entrance tests at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels.

Responsibilities

Understanding student needs, conceptualizing and implementing solutions to obtain high

student satisfaction.

Launching and managing the new GMAT course.

Achievements

Successfully launched first ever GMAT batch for T.I.M.E. Delhi.

Helped achieve more than 200% of the center target in the month of June, consistently

above 130% every month.

Conducted seminars for the enrolled students on personality development topics like

‘Brand–ME’ and ‘First impression’. Also, conducted seminars in the leading colleges of

Delhi.

MindTree Consulting Programmer Analyst (07 months) July’2006 - Feb’2007

MindTree is an Indian-based international IT and R&D services company providing business

and technology solutions to clients across the world. .

Responsibilities

Identifying Post-project defects & concerns in an existing solution offered to the client.

Achievements

Designed an improved test case template that was leveraged across projects at MindTree.

Ranked among Top 1% among 5000 graduate trainees in the 3 month Training Program.

MeritTrac Services Management Intern (Summer Internship) May’2008 - Jun’2008

MeritTrac is India’s largest Skills assessment company uniquely positioned as ‘Independent’

assessment company.

Project Title

Competitive analysis of assessments market in IT/BPO sector.

Achievements 8 out of total 14 project recommendations accepted for implementation. Interacted with

head-of-recruitment divisions of top Indian IT companies for best results.