I do not sell skills. I build the mindset that drives better decisions and moves things forward.
I have founded three startups and worked across organisations of different scales, including Tata & IBM, with mission-critical responsibilities across all of them. This has given me exposure to both sides: building from nothing and scaling within complexity.
The people who have spent time working with me have not just improved at their job. They have moved forward in ways that actually changed their trajectory, whether that meant stepping into bigger roles, finding clarity in their direction, or solving problems they had been stuck with for years. The shift usually shows up in how they think and the decisions they start making.
“I have not learned product, leadership, and decision-making from slides or summaries. I have learned by building things that worked, breaking things that failed, losing money, recovering, and building again. That kind of learning stays with you.”
I have seen both sides up close
Founder experience and enterprise experience rarely agree with each other. I have worked through both, and I know where they break and where they hold.
I focus on what holds over time
I do not work on short-term outcomes. The focus is on building thinking that continues to work when situations change.
I have worked where things could not fail
Across different organisations, I have taken on work where the cost of getting it wrong was high. That kind of exposure sharpens judgement in a way nothing else does.
20 YRS
CHAPTER 01 . 2003 - 2012 . THE VENTURES
CHAPTER 02 . WHAT I ACTUALLY LEARNED
The first venture taught me that you cannot run anything on one skill alone. The last one taught me something harder that the experience of one success does not guarantee the next. Every new venture comes with new surprises. You either address them with new thinking or you are out. I learned that the hard way. And I speak about it the same way specifically, honestly, without performance.
CHAPTER 03 . 2012 - PRESENT . THE CORPORATE YEARS
After my ventures, I moved into the corporate world, not by choice initially but out of necessity. What I encountered there was not very different from what I had seen before. The environments changed, but the underlying problems remained the same. Smart people were putting in real effort, yet the direction was often misaligned. It did not matter whether I was working in a small startup or operating within large organization across multiple regions. The pattern stayed consistent. That realisation gradually became the foundation of how I think, work, and teach.
CHAPTER 04 . WHERE I AM NOW
Today, my work sits at the intersection of building, thinking, and enabling others to see clearly. I continue to work on products, guide teams through complex decisions, and spend time with leaders and working professionals who are trying to figure out what is not working and why. I write, I run focused sessions, and I stay close to real problems. I also keep building, because that is how I learn and stay grounded in reality. I do not teach what I have studied. I work with what I have seen and lived through.
Where I have operated.
2024 - PRESENT
Guardium Data Security
Leading cross product synergies and go-to-market for IBM’s data security portfolio across 3 continents. Real revenue accountability. Driving adoption, co-sell growth, and partner ecosystems across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
2021 - 2024
Supply Chain SaaS
Rebuilt a legacy product into a multi-tenant SaaS at ₹100M+ ARR. 5,000+ concurrent users across 3 geographies. 99.95% uptime. Drove 25% YoY ARR growth.
2012 - 2021
EdTech · PAN India
Built classroom digitisation across 15+ states. Launched 3 product lines capturing 18% market share. Built a ₹200M revenue-share channel programme with 80+ partners.
What I built as a founder.
SKOOL Television
A digital education channel reaching 7 lakh urban households. Built a 100+ partner network for edutainment production.
Limebery Technologies
Served SMEs on Inventory, Logistics, Distribution, Procurement, Billing & Taxation.
GuwahatiBazaar.com
India’s first regional B2B commerce platform. Automated fulfilment and vendor onboarding for 800+ SMEs.
Three ways people work with me.
Each one is built around one idea changing how you think, not just what you know.
Because most people know what is wrong but not the real cost of staying there anyway.
Obligatum is about that moment. When you know a job, a decision, or a direction is not right but stopping feels harder than continuing.
This book is for anyone who has ever stayed too long in the wrong place for the right-sounding reasons.