Smithesh Palparthy

Smithesh Palparthy has a diverse work experience, beginning with a role as a Customer Service Associate, Email & Voice at Amazon in 2015. In the same year, they became Head of Marketing & Co-founder at Greycells Technologies, where they provided services from branding to digital marketing, app design and development. In 2016, they took on the role of Head - Digital Marketing/ Business Development at Zenith Plus, where they managed the product "The Indian Talks" from inception. In 2017, they became Communications & Community Manager at CIE@IIIT-H, where they managed a community of 60 incubated start-ups, seed fund program, Avishkar Acceleration Programme, Disha program, Utsah Meetup, and in-house events. In 2018, they became Marketing & Operations Manager at Craftnotion, where they managed operations and community. Currently, they are Social Media & Community Manager at OnBlick Inc, where they help employers understand specialized Foreign Labor requirements, set right Wage Practices and appropriate Wage Level determination.

Smithesh Palparthy completed their Engineer's Degree in Information Technology from Osmania University between 2011 and 2015. Prior to that, they attended St. Marys College between 2009 and 2011, where they earned their Intermediate in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. Smithesh completed their High School from Gowtham Model School from 2005 to 2008. Smithesh also holds a Certification in Digital Marketing from Digital Marketing School (DMS). Additionally, they have obtained a number of certifications from various institutions such as NextLeap, Microsoft, LinkedIn, HarvardX, Udemy, and Coursera. These certifications include Associate Product Manager Fellowship, Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI, B2B Marketing on LinkedIn, Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Growth Hacking Foundations, Marketing Tools: Digital Marketing, Marketing Tools: Social Media, Marketing in a Digital World, Marketing on LinkedIn, Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC), Telling a Story to Build a Community, Conversational Marketing Certified, Spreadsheets For Business, Scrum Master/Agile Scrum Training, Google Analytics, Digital Marketing, Google AdWords, Instagram Marketing, and Twitter Marketing.