Vishnu Venugopal
Seasoned Product Manager
Strong Generalist
Mumbai
vishnu.vgpal@gmail.com
Vishnu Venugopal
Seasoned Product Manager
Strong Generalist
Mumbai
vishnu.vgpal@gmail.com
Vishnu Venugopal
Seasoned Product Manager
Strong Generalist
Mumbai
vishnu.vgpal@gmail.com
About
I have 14+ years of experience managing products and businesses - ranging from leading technology and design teams to handling negotiation & deal structuring with VCs, client partners, and business vendors.
I started my career as a software engineer
Bootstrapped a profitable brick-and-mortar business (United Strength), coached over 1000 trainees & built an online coaching business that hit 50k USD MRR
Published patent on a metabolism-based weight management algorithm
Raised over 3 million USD in venture capital for my tech start-up (Alpha Coach), managed the product, engineering, and design teams, and scaled the product to over 350,000 users in India.
Came back a full circle, consulting for AI workflow automation solutions for public and private sector companies in the banking, research & entertainment sectors.
About
I have 14+ years of experience managing products and businesses - ranging from leading technology and design teams to handling negotiation & deal structuring with VCs, client partners, and business vendors.
I started my career as a software engineer
Bootstrapped a profitable brick-and-mortar business (United Strength), coached over 1000 trainees & built an online coaching business that hit 50k USD MRR
Published patent on a metabolism-based weight management algorithm
Raised over 3 million USD in venture capital for my tech start-up (Alpha Coach), managed the product, engineering, and design teams, and scaled the product to over 350,000 users in India.
Came back a full circle, consulting for AI workflow automation solutions for public and private sector companies in the banking, research & entertainment sectors.
About
I have 14+ years of experience managing products and businesses - ranging from leading technology and design teams to handling negotiation & deal structuring with VCs, client partners, and business vendors.
I started my career as a software engineer
Bootstrapped a profitable brick-and-mortar business (United Strength), coached over 1000 trainees & built an online coaching business that hit 50k USD MRR
Published patent on a metabolism-based weight management algorithm
Raised over 3 million USD in venture capital for my tech start-up (Alpha Coach), managed the product, engineering, and design teams, and scaled the product to over 350,000 users in India.
Came back a full circle, consulting for AI workflow automation solutions for public and private sector companies in the banking, research & entertainment sectors.
About
I have 14+ years of experience managing products and businesses - ranging from leading technology and design teams to handling negotiation & deal structuring with VCs, client partners, and business vendors.
I started my career as a software engineer
Bootstrapped a profitable brick-and-mortar business (United Strength), coached over 1000 trainees & built an online coaching business that hit 50k USD MRR
Published patent on a metabolism-based weight management algorithm
Raised over 3 million USD in venture capital for my tech start-up (Alpha Coach), managed the product, engineering, and design teams, and scaled the product to over 350,000 users in India.
Came back a full circle, consulting for AI workflow automation solutions for public and private sector companies in the banking, research & entertainment sectors.
Experience
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Alpha Coach
June 2020 - Present
Alpha Coach helps fitness coaches launch an online business. We connect coaches and trainees + provide coaches tools to launch programs. Trainees get access to an integrated diet coaching app and access to programs launched by independent coaches.
Scaled the application to over 350,000 users across India with a 4.5-star rating on the Play Store.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create and implement innovative design solutions.
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Alpha Coach
June 2020 - Present
Alpha Coach helps fitness coaches launch an online business. We connect coaches and trainees + provide coaches tools to launch programs. Trainees get access to an integrated diet coaching app and access to programs launched by independent coaches.
Scaled the application to over 350,000 users across India with a 4.5-star rating on the Play Store.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create and implement innovative design solutions.
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Alpha Coach
June 2020 - Present
Alpha Coach helps fitness coaches launch an online business. We connect coaches and trainees + provide coaches tools to launch programs. Trainees get access to an integrated diet coaching app and access to programs launched by independent coaches.
Scaled the application to over 350,000 users across India with a 4.5-star rating on the Play Store.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create and implement innovative design solutions.
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Alpha Coach
June 2020 - Present
Alpha Coach helps fitness coaches launch an online business. We connect coaches and trainees + provide coaches tools to launch programs. Trainees get access to an integrated diet coaching app and access to programs launched by independent coaches.
Scaled the application to over 350,000 users across India with a 4.5-star rating on the Play Store.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create and implement innovative design solutions.
Business Owner
United Strength, Mumbai
June 2013 - Present
United Strength helps busy folks, get stronger and incorporate structured strength training into their daily routine. We work with trainees in-person.
We started operations in 2013 as Progressive Fitness Systems, offering coaching and gym management services. We opened our training facility in Juhu, United Strength in 2016. We are the highest-rated gym in Juhu with over 1500 customers.
Over the years we expanded to managing fitness centers for premium residential complexes across Mumbai.
Business Owner
United Strength, Mumbai
June 2013 - Present
United Strength helps busy folks, get stronger and incorporate structured strength training into their daily routine. We work with trainees in-person.
We started operations in 2013 as Progressive Fitness Systems, offering coaching and gym management services. We opened our training facility in Juhu, United Strength in 2016. We are the highest-rated gym in Juhu with over 1500 customers.
Over the years we expanded to managing fitness centers for premium residential complexes across Mumbai.
Business Owner
United Strength, Mumbai
June 2013 - Present
United Strength helps busy folks, get stronger and incorporate structured strength training into their daily routine. We work with trainees in-person.
We started operations in 2013 as Progressive Fitness Systems, offering coaching and gym management services. We opened our training facility in Juhu, United Strength in 2016. We are the highest-rated gym in Juhu with over 1500 customers.
Over the years we expanded to managing fitness centers for premium residential complexes across Mumbai.
Business Owner
United Strength, Mumbai
June 2013 - Present
United Strength helps busy folks, get stronger and incorporate structured strength training into their daily routine. We work with trainees in-person.
We started operations in 2013 as Progressive Fitness Systems, offering coaching and gym management services. We opened our training facility in Juhu, United Strength in 2016. We are the highest-rated gym in Juhu with over 1500 customers.
Over the years we expanded to managing fitness centers for premium residential complexes across Mumbai.
Head of Product
Intellectual Fitness & Sports Academy
May 2015 - August 2018
Headed, development of the online chapter of Intellectual Fitness and Sports Academy (IFSA). Built online fitness and nutrition certification programs for IFSA, to expand its reach across India and globally.
This was a fully bootstrapped project, where I invested and partnered with IFSA, an established offline chain of fitness academies to capitalize on the early online edu-tech boom in India.
We were unable to profitably scale this business. We wound up the online chapter of IFSA in 2018. The academy continues its offline operations, even today.
Head of Product
Intellectual Fitness & Sports Academy
May 2015 - August 2018
Headed, development of the online chapter of Intellectual Fitness and Sports Academy (IFSA). Built online fitness and nutrition certification programs for IFSA, to expand its reach across India and globally.
This was a fully bootstrapped project, where I invested and partnered with IFSA, an established offline chain of fitness academies to capitalize on the early online edu-tech boom in India.
We were unable to profitably scale this business. We wound up the online chapter of IFSA in 2018. The academy continues its offline operations, even today.
Head of Product
Intellectual Fitness & Sports Academy
May 2015 - August 2018
Headed, development of the online chapter of Intellectual Fitness and Sports Academy (IFSA). Built online fitness and nutrition certification programs for IFSA, to expand its reach across India and globally.
This was a fully bootstrapped project, where I invested and partnered with IFSA, an established offline chain of fitness academies to capitalize on the early online edu-tech boom in India.
We were unable to profitably scale this business. We wound up the online chapter of IFSA in 2018. The academy continues its offline operations, even today.
Head of Product
Intellectual Fitness & Sports Academy
May 2015 - August 2018
Headed, development of the online chapter of Intellectual Fitness and Sports Academy (IFSA). Built online fitness and nutrition certification programs for IFSA, to expand its reach across India and globally.
This was a fully bootstrapped project, where I invested and partnered with IFSA, an established offline chain of fitness academies to capitalize on the early online edu-tech boom in India.
We were unable to profitably scale this business. We wound up the online chapter of IFSA in 2018. The academy continues its offline operations, even today.
Sales Manager
Five Fitness Club, Mumbai
Jul 2012 - May 2013
Sales manager for 800+ member fitness club in Juhu.
Software Engineer
Accenture
August 2010 - May 2012
Member of Accenture IDC Production support Team is working with KPN Telecom, Netherlands to maintain a CRM suite that will enable KPN to gain a 360-degree view of over 10 million of its customers across all of its products and channels. Incident Management, Operations Management, and Release management with due adherence to the SLA framed by the client and Accenture.
Spearheaded Problem Management of KPN Cordys Application Maintenance team. Handled operations and meetings with KPN, Accenture client team, software vendor, and Accenture offshore support team. Mentored and led a team of 3 Associate Software Engineers and 2 Software Engineers.
Patents
A Weight Management System and Method Thereof
202221040418 A
January 19, 2024
The patent is published for the algorithm invented for Alpha Coach Evolve, Diet Coaching Application.
This system and method manage the calorie intake of a user by collecting a variety of inputs from the user's device, which include both fitness and personal data. These inputs are stored in a database. The system analyzes the data to determine trends in calorie intake and weight over a predefined period and calculates the user's basal metabolic rate (BMR). The total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) is computed based on the calorie intake trend, trend weight, and BMR, from which an expenditure value is derived. Based on this expenditure value, the system dynamically provides tailored calorie intake recommendations to the user for specified time frames to aid in fitness maintenance.
A Weight Management System and Method Thereof
202221040418 A
January 19, 2024
The patent is published for the algorithm invented for Alpha Coach Evolve, Diet Coaching Application.
This system and method manage the calorie intake of a user by collecting a variety of inputs from the user's device, which include both fitness and personal data. These inputs are stored in a database. The system analyzes the data to determine trends in calorie intake and weight over a predefined period and calculates the user's basal metabolic rate (BMR). The total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) is computed based on the calorie intake trend, trend weight, and BMR, from which an expenditure value is derived. Based on this expenditure value, the system dynamically provides tailored calorie intake recommendations to the user for specified time frames to aid in fitness maintenance.
Skills
Product Management
Negotiation & Deal Structuring
Technology Management
Project Delivery
User Experience Design (UED)
Education
Bachelor of Technology
Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala University,
SYB - Business Management
SPJAIN Instritute of Management and Rescearch
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