Nitin K Shaji
Co-founder & CEO, Rootflo - Transforming BFSI one AI agent at a time | 2x AI founder | Ex-Truecaller, Ex-Xiaomi | Built AI products that’s serving over 300 million people in Bengaluru, India
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Building Rootflo currently, my second venture.
Co-founded MessAI in 2017, an AI-NLP SaaS platform, which got acquired by Truecaller in 2019, where we scaled our patented AI solution to over 300 million users worldwide.
Product & technology enthusiast with experience building & nurturing mobile products, games, and analytics platforms for internet businesses that cater to millions of users.
Work Experience
2023 — Now
Co-Founder & CEO at Rootflo
AI middleware for Finance | Helping enterprises convert 90% of their unstructured data to operational and revenue intelligence.
2022 — 2022
Tinkerer at Stealth Mode
2021 — 2022
Product Manager at Truecaller
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2019 — 2021
Product Owner at Truecaller
Bengaluru Area, India
Lead the product, analytics & operations verticals for the Insights team, with focus on providing a delightful and seamless SMS inbox experience for over 300 millions of users worldwide
2017 — 2019
Co-Founder - Product & Strategy at MessAI
Bengaluru Area, India
Co-founder at MessAI (acquired by Truecaller in 2019)
MessAI's NLP engine now powers the safest & fastest Smart SMS service in the world.
At MessAI, was in charge or product, strategy & analytics and helped build our complete NLP & analytics SaaS platform from the ground up.
We also leveraged the MessAI tech stack to build our own SMS Organizer app called Mho.
2017 — 2017
Product Analyst at PlaySimple Games
Bengaluru Area, India
Managed a popular word puzzle game raking in over $3.5 million annually and was actively involved in growing the P&L, planning features, analysing player behaviours and contributing to game design.
2015 — 2017
Business Analyst at Xiaomi Technology
Bengaluru Area, India
Played a crucial role in setting up the company's in-house analytics infrastructure in India, digital marketing & e-commerce sales reporting systems, automated market research, built price prediction models & more.
As one of the first analyst hired by the org, I worked hand in hand with the sales & marketing teams to make data driven decisions and interface directly with the MD.
Witnessed and played a small role in the growth of Xiaomi from 7th to No.1 smartphone company in India
2014 — 2014
Summer Trainee at Schneider Electric Industrial Services
Chennai Area, India
Underwent in-plant training at the factory, worked with the technical personnel and gained knowledge on control panels and SCADA integrated systems.
2013 — 2013
Summer Trainee at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Bengaluru Area, India
Underwent industrial training at Aircraft Division and learned about the technical aspects of the construction and the technology used in the HAWK jet trainer.
Education
2011 — 2015
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at National Institute of Technology Calicut
Skills
Data ScienceUser Interface DesignE-commerceEvent ManagementEvent ProductionEvent PlanningEvents CoordinationCorporate Social ResponsibilityProgrammingData AnalysisDigital MarketingProduct ManagementUser Experience (UX)Data AnalyticsBusiness Intelligence (BI)Business InsightsData VisualizationAgile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsMicrosoft OfficeTeamworkManagementMicrosoft ExcelTeam LeadershipGoogle AnalyticsSQLPower BIGoogle AdwordsPythonJavaC++LeadershipStrategyMatlabMicrosoft WordHTMLDatabasesTableauC (Programming Language)
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