Vinay Pahlajani
Group Product Manager at Adobe
46 years old
India
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
Product leader, Serial entrepreneur, IIT alum, with over 15 years of experience in cross-functional business environments.
Group Product Manager @ Adobe, Founder & CEO @ letscatchup.net , Co-founder @ hexolabs.com, Founding head @ punflay.com. Worked as product & business strategy consultant for clients in Asia, Australia and USA.
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Conferred as “Star Entrepreneur" of the year 2011, at the Indira Gandhi Innovation Summit in India.
Finalist of “Business world young entrepreneur awards" in 2010.
Winner of "mBillionth South Asia Award 2010"
Led the product team @hexolabs to win several other awards in entertainment and social innovation, including NASSCOM AppFame and MIT tech Review.
Please check my Linkedin Profile for more details.
https://sg.linkedin.com/in/vinay01
Group Product Manager @ Adobe, Founder & CEO @ letscatchup.net , Co-founder @ hexolabs.com, Founding head @ punflay.com. Worked as product & business strategy consultant for clients in Asia, Australia and USA.
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Conferred as “Star Entrepreneur" of the year 2011, at the Indira Gandhi Innovation Summit in India.
Finalist of “Business world young entrepreneur awards" in 2010.
Winner of "mBillionth South Asia Award 2010"
Led the product team @hexolabs to win several other awards in entertainment and social innovation, including NASSCOM AppFame and MIT tech Review.
Please check my Linkedin Profile for more details.
https://sg.linkedin.com/in/vinay01
Group Product Manager
Adobe
Since July 2016
- Heading the product management for Graphic Design & Layout at Adobe.
- Responsible for product roadmaps and strategy of flagship products - Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.
- Leading a team of product managers to drive and deliver better customer experience, core innovation and growth for the flagships.
Founder & CEO
LetsCatchup ( Acquired by GetLinks Inc)
November 2013
to July 2016
Singapore
- Founded India's first social hiring and career discovery platform for young graduates. Got acquired by Getlinks Inc in July 2016.
- Led strategic partnerships with over over 50 educational institutes in India, reaching over 100,000 young graduates.
Founding Head
Punflay
October 2009
to 2013
- Founding head of a silicon valley gaming company, reaching over 10 Million users around the globe.
- Led a team of designers, engineers and project managers to publish over 50 games and applications.
Chief Consultant
Mlab Emantras
January 2007
to 2013
- Product & Strategy Consulting, Product Management, Led initiatives in mobile edutainment for touch screen devices, gesture based technology and augmented reality platforms.
Co-Founder
Hexolabs
January 2007
to 2012
- Co-founded Hexolabs, a mobile 'value added services' (VAS) company in India, which served the feature phone market in over 13 countries.
- Launched the first ever multi-lingual, multi-player speech recognition mobile game in India. Won the mBillionth South Asia award for the most entertaining application for the same.
Design Manager
Lednium Pty. Ltd.
October 2005
to 2006
- Started and established the product design department for Lednium in Melbourne and Chennai, with a focus on application development for LED Lighting products.
