Gaurav Sinha
Digital Leader | Info Edge | Magicbricks | India Today Group Digital | Built, scaled and sold Firsthandle (B2B SAAS)
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Founder📲
Digital Marketing🤝
Sales Expert🤝
Team Management🤝
Business Development
Delhi, India
I am a seasoned digital leader with 20 years of experience in top companies and startups. I have led large digital teams and built, scaled, and sold startups. My expertise lies in C-level leadership, digital marketing, and advertising. Companies like Info Edge, Magicbricks, and India Today Group Digital are a part of my professional journey. #DigitalLeader #MarketingExpert #StartupExperience
Vice President, SingleInterface
July 2024 - Present
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Senior Vice President - Global Ad Sales, VDO.AI
September 2022 - July 2024
Gurugram, Haryana, India
- VDO.ai is a global advertising technology company that is transforming the way brands connect with relevant audiences in today’s converging video landscape
- We create video-driven experiences that integrate a brand’s TV and digital messages and empower marketers to captivate viewers, compel action, and convert awareness into response
- We connect the dots between people, devices and households to deliver a more consistent, relevant, and meaningful brand experience across connected TVs and personal devices
- We create video-driven experiences that integrate a brand’s TV and digital messages and empower marketers to captivate viewers, compel action, and convert awareness into response
- We connect the dots between people, devices and households to deliver a more consistent, relevant, and meaningful brand experience across connected TVs and personal devices
Cofounder & COO, Mamily
September 2021 - September 2022
New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Mamily is high impact tech enabled platform for all stages of parenthood
- A virtual care model built around working families
- A virtual care model built around working families
Co-Founder & CEO, FirstHandle
March 2015 - August 2020
Noida Area, India
- Successfully built from scratch, scaled and sold Firsthandle, a B2B SAAS platform for retail
- On boarded clients like UCB, LG, Apple, and GAP
- Partnered with 20,000 merchants
- Built world-class team and attracted talent from ivy league collages like Stanford, Harvard, and Columbia
- Partnered with world-class US-based UI design firm on equity basis
- Introduced cutting edge technology around big data, Beacons and IOT
- On boarded clients like UCB, LG, Apple, and GAP
- Partnered with 20,000 merchants
- Built world-class team and attracted talent from ivy league collages like Stanford, Harvard, and Columbia
- Partnered with world-class US-based UI design firm on equity basis
- Introduced cutting edge technology around big data, Beacons and IOT
Head - Business Development & E-commerce Marketplace, India Today Group Digital
March 2011 - March 2015
Noida
- Driving revenue for digital properties of the group through strategic alliances
- Driving online marketplace business for Bagittoday
- P&L responsibility of marketplace business
- Driving vendor empanelment and SKUs on the site
- Currently driving ERP implementation from business side as well
- Target print/electronic media for revenue share and barter deals
- Engage with major brands for online activity
- Driving online marketplace business for Bagittoday
- P&L responsibility of marketplace business
- Driving vendor empanelment and SKUs on the site
- Currently driving ERP implementation from business side as well
- Target print/electronic media for revenue share and barter deals
- Engage with major brands for online activity
Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Topchalks.com
April 2010 - March 2011
- An innovative education platform for K-12, IIT-AIEEE and CAT segment
National Sales Head, Magicbricks
March 2006 - March 2009
Noida Area, India
- Drive Revenue through online sales (Retail/Corporate)
- Established franchise model for online products
- Establishes contact center to tap retail segment
- Established operation in Dubai, UK, US and Singapore
- Interpret strategic goals into operational tasks
- Taking lead in establishing tactical plans and objectives
- Evaluating risks and trade-offs, proposes contingency plans
- Participating in strategic decisions that will have long term impact on product success
- Helped marketing to work on SEO and SEM strategy to get organic traffic
- Provide supervisory guidance and mentoring to product Managers, Product Analysts, Usability Engineers, UI Designers, Content & Technical Writers, SEO, Backend Operations and Web Developers
- Established franchise model for online products
- Establishes contact center to tap retail segment
- Established operation in Dubai, UK, US and Singapore
- Interpret strategic goals into operational tasks
- Taking lead in establishing tactical plans and objectives
- Evaluating risks and trade-offs, proposes contingency plans
- Participating in strategic decisions that will have long term impact on product success
- Helped marketing to work on SEO and SEM strategy to get organic traffic
- Provide supervisory guidance and mentoring to product Managers, Product Analysts, Usability Engineers, UI Designers, Content & Technical Writers, SEO, Backend Operations and Web Developers
Product Head, 99acres.com (Info Edge India Ltd)
May 2005 - June 2006
- Established the product from concept to commercial stage
- Handled online revenue responsibility
- Provided leadership for enhancing user-experience and improve business-performance through successful online product launches
- Communicate with Product Marketing leaders to plan and execute online product launch roadmap
- Managed programs for end-to-end online launch of new products
- Taken full ownership of planning, tracking, and execution for the successful online launch
- Worked with marketing leaders, designers, copywriters, legal, IT, developers, search, translators, and quality
- Briefed designers, copywriters and developers for design and content
- Managed communication with multiple stakeholders through the launch ensuring a closed feedback loop between all parties
- Handled online revenue responsibility
- Provided leadership for enhancing user-experience and improve business-performance through successful online product launches
- Communicate with Product Marketing leaders to plan and execute online product launch roadmap
- Managed programs for end-to-end online launch of new products
- Taken full ownership of planning, tracking, and execution for the successful online launch
- Worked with marketing leaders, designers, copywriters, legal, IT, developers, search, translators, and quality
- Briefed designers, copywriters and developers for design and content
- Managed communication with multiple stakeholders through the launch ensuring a closed feedback loop between all parties
Sr Manager - Online Media, Data Access India Ltd
November 2000 - May 2005
New Delhi Area, India
- Involved in establishing their online portal
- Developed various content-rich sections on Technology, Sports, etc
- Coordinated with design, Tech and supply team to develop these products
- Driven business process improvements for all steps of content launch syndication: Copywriting, design, review, legal approval, translation, rollout, and quality audit
- Prepared briefs for agencies, developers, and designers
- Developed various content-rich sections on Technology, Sports, etc
- Coordinated with design, Tech and supply team to develop these products
- Driven business process improvements for all steps of content launch syndication: Copywriting, design, review, legal approval, translation, rollout, and quality audit
- Prepared briefs for agencies, developers, and designers
Sales Officer, SriLankan Airlines
April 1998 - October 2000
- Handled revenue responsibility of Delhi/NCR region
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Education
EGMP
Lucknow
Business Administration and Management, General
Master of Business Administration - MBA
1996 - 1998
Gurugram
Information Technology
Hons Diploma in Systems management
1995 - 1996
Information Technology
