PROFILE
I am Shri
Helping entrepreneur’s, startups and organizations transform their nebulous ideas into breakthrough innovative businesses, products, experiences and brands is what gets me out of my bed every day. I am a multifunctional hybrid thinker with deep knowledge and experience of transforming insights grounded at intersection of technology, business and human psychology into innovative strategies and offerings that eventually lead to revenue growth.
I am an optimistically programmatic Innovation Strategist, Business designer and Product developer with 10+ years of experience in applying design thinking in diverse domains. The desire to bring comprehensiveness (in assistance I offer) and the keen interest in design has energized me to transverse from a mechanical engineering to the fuzzy front end of business/product/experience development.
I find it’s the fuzzy front-end of business, product, experience and brand development that excites me, and it’s in the refinement of these nebulous ideas into tangible futures that drives me to bring them to market. Through these pursuits I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity have acquired three masters in technology, business and human space and gain valuable experience at every stage of innovation/incubation process through multifarious projects in diverse domains.
In a team I can wear many hats and act as a harmonizing, visioning force amidst complexity, ambiguity and stress. I add unique blend of real-world experience and theory, entrepreneurial and creative zeal, detail design thinking &design doing skills, boardroom polish and consulting proficiency.
Through my career I have acquired distinctive experience of working with start-up’s, consulting and multinational organizations and with multinational & multidisciplinary teams. Contributed to more than 75 different project for local and international client markets including but not limited to: P&G, Sony Ericsson, Philips, GSK, Godrej, Orient electricals, Engrid Global, Clear2O, Borosil, Educational initiative, Bigtech Ltd.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
MBA
in
Design Strategy
2016,
California College of the Arts,
San Francisco, USA
MS (Eng)
in
Integrated Product Design
2009,
Delft University of Technology,
Delft, The Netherlands
MS (Eng)
in
Product Design & Management
2004,
The University of Liverpool,
Liverpool, UK
Bachelor
in
Mechanical Engineering
2002,
D.Y.Patil College of Engineering, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE BY YEAR
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EXPERIENCE BY PROCESS
over 75+ finished projects
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Testimonial
Having had Shrikrishna’s strategic input on multiple projects with tight deadlines I have counted on his expertise delivering high-end technical solutions and strategic results - with quick turn around. He is easily able to streamline advancing projects with smarts and on time.
Shrikrishna’s leadership style acts as a harmonizing and visioning force amidst ambiguity and stress. Combining brilliant technical/analytical talent with an even keel disposition, Shrikrishna is an inspiration and surefire asset.
Working with Shri was one of the most fulfilling experiences of my time at the DMBA at CCA. We were together on one team consulting for a startup, to test their business model. Shri was a leader in our team, he brought expertise from multiple fields and a longterm experience as consultant that helped us to structure and guide the scope of our project. Shri is really hard-working and goes above and beyond to exceed expectations. He is also extremely generous with his time and knowledge, always available to share his experience with his peers.
Shri and I worked on a small team for our final MBA-venture project: The Bra Factory; a novel concept of "mass customization of bras", where the Iteration-Monster-Problem of choosing and keeping inventory of bras were solved. Shri is an intelligent, dependable, responsible and caring team mate, who contributed in valuable ways both to our innovation process and final concept. Shri took a strong lead on the financial-, and operational modeling, and essentially single-handedly completed them for our team. I highly recommend Shri. He will be a valuable contribution to most teams, especially those in need of someone with his - not so common (!) - breadth of expertise: understanding the human-centric design thinking process and how it practically can be translated into physical products and services, in a viable business model.
I have known Shri over a period of 3 years during which, I found him to be pleasant, a team player and someone who was an absolute joy to work with.
Shri has excellent written and verbal communication skills, is extremely organised, can work independently and is able to follow through to ensure that the job gets done.
He is a take-charge person, is innovative and is able to present creative ideas effectively. While working with us, he successfully worked on several new initiatives, which benefitted the organisation immensely.
I wholeheartedly recommend Shri for any position that is filled with challenges.
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