Sumit Gaikwad

Sumit Gaikwad currently serves as the Head of Sales Operations & Pricing at ValueFirst since May 2025, where responsibilities include CPaaS pricing and monetization strategy, commercial opportunity tracking, and end-to-end P&L management. Prior to this role, Sumit worked as a Senior Manager in Bids and Commercial Operations at Tata Communications, focusing on pricing strategy and profitability management from July 2021 to February 2025. Experience at Vodafone Idea Limited as a Finance Manager included similar responsibilities from August 2017 to July 2021. Early career roles included Deputy Manager Finance at AIRCEL LIMITED and Assistant Manager - Corporate Finance at TATA TELESERVICES LTD. A background in business analytics was established as a Manager at ValueFirst Digital Media Pvt. Ltd. Sumit's academic qualifications include an MBA in Finance from the Institute of Management Studies Dehradun and a B.B.A in Accounting and Finance from Amrapali Institute.