Shameek Chakravarty

Product Management Consultant at Continuous Technologies

Shameek Chakravarty's work experience is as follows:

1. Farmizen (2017 - Present): Founded and currently serves as the CEO of Farmizen, a farm-to-fork marketplace that connects organic farmers with consumers. Started as a platform for contract farming but transitioned to a marketplace model during COVID-19.

2. Artinem (2015 - Present): Investor/advisor role.

3. Trimian (acquired by Nerdwallet) (2015 - 2016): Founding team member of Trimian, which built community networks and companion apps. One of the apps gained viral popularity during the 2016 US Presidential Elections.

4. Piki Poll (2015 - 2016): Investor/advisor role in a market survey app that ultimately had to be shut down.

5. Yahoo! (2013 - 2015): Director of Product Management for the Small Business Platform at Yahoo!. Developed products such as Yahoo Live Web Insights, Yahoo Commerce Central, and marketing apps for small businesses.

6. Wishberg - One Wishlist for Life! (acquired by FreeCharge) (2011 - 2014): Board of Advisors member for Wishberg, a platform where users could create and manage their wishlist. Wishberg was ranked among the top 10 early-stage startups in India.

7. Lexity (Acquired by Yahoo) (2012 - 2013): Head of Products at Lexity Labs, overseeing Lexity Commerce Central, a PaaS cloud platform for e-commerce. Launched in January 2013 with apps for various platforms.

8. Ohana Media (2008 - 2012): Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Ohana Media, a profitable bootstrapped startup in the online advertising space. Developed OhanaQB, a demand-side platform for mid-sized companies.

9. Startup Leadership Program (2010 - 2012): Regional Director and Fellow at the Hyderabad chapter of the Startup Leadership Program, a training program for startup CEOs.

10. Rediff.com (2007 - 2008): Worked as an Associate Director, managing a startup unit within the organization. Led a team across sales, product management, operations, and creative.

Note: The end dates for some roles are not provided.

Shameek Chakravarty began their education at Calcutta Boys School, where they attended from 1984 to 1997. Following this, they enrolled at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, where they pursued a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from 1997 to 2001. After completing their undergraduate studies, Shameek went on to attend the Indian School of Business from 2005 to 2006. At this institution, they obtained two degrees: a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a specialization in Marketing, as well as a general MBA degree in the field of General Management.

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  • Product Management Consultant

    June, 2022 - present