Rahul Pathak

Current

• CEO & Founder at LookStat

Past

• VP Product Management at Judy's Book
• Product Manager at Wells Fargo
• Co-founder at Quova

• Associate at Advent International
• Consultant at Monitor Company

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Education

• MIT
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Connections

223 connections

Industry

Internet

Rahul Pathak’s Summary

Love startups and really enjoying being part of the photography industry at this point in time. Trying to make life better for photographers and digital artists by providing analytics and workflow automation.

Rahul Pathak’s Specialties:

startups, product management, internet, social networks, community, microstock photography, RF photography

Rahul Pathak’s Experience

• CEO & Founder

  LookStat

  (Internet industry)

  December 2007 — Present (2 years )

  Microstock analytics, earnings tracking and portfolio automation

• VP Product Management

  Judy's Book

  (Internet industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

  Responsible for all aspects of product management and product strategy for the company. Worked with users and internal teams from Marketing, Design & Engineering, to determine requirements, develop site flow, understand schedules, define priorities and drive and plan releases and launches. Defined requirements for, managed development of and launched a variety of products and features, including: couponlooker.com, deals.judysbook.com, etc.

• Product Manager

  Wells Fargo

  (Public Company; Financial Services industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

  Defined and managed development of shared financial web services for a billion transaction/month middleware environment. Defined service requirements based on interviews with internal customers – Internet Banking, Phone Banking, Mortgage.

• Co-founder

  Quova

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  October 1999 — February 2002 (2 years 5 months)

  Founded Quova in October 1999 with four partners; held a variety of roles in Business Development, Product Management and Marketing. Identified online gaming as a key market. Worked with potential customers to define product features and specifications. Designed/executed Quova’s marketing/sales entry strategy for the segment.

• Associate

  Advent International

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  August 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 1 month)

  Focused on mid-market private equity transactions in the technology sector. Equity investment amounts ranged from $15- $50 million. Transactions structured using diverse financial instruments including equity, senior, and subordinated debt. Managed all aspects of the deal process – competitive analysis and modeling, due-diligence, structuring term sheets, assisting with negotiations, working with lenders and accountants, coordinating documentation and closing process, advising portfolio company management and exit strategy modeling and execution. Identified promising sectors and initiated relationships with over 50 potential portfolio companies in high-tech, industrial technology and technology services sectors. Internal sourcing results in valuations that are 25% - 100% more attractive for the firm than deals sourced through auctions/brokers,

• Consultant

  Monitor Company

  (Management Consulting industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years )

  Assisted with the development of management and business strategy for global clients. Developed sales force strategy for leading U.S. financial services firm. Evaluated industry trends and changing customer
  preferences to reposition client’s sales organization and product mix. Developed market and product strategies for European white goods conglomerate to bring innovative equipment testing technology to market. Identified end-user requirements, wrote business plan, assisted with corporate structuring and initial
  fund raising. Worked in Istanbul for three months as part of the project.

Rahul Pathak’s Education

• MIT

  BS , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , August 1994 — June 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  Lightweight Crew, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Tau Beta Pi

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BS , Electrical Engineering & Computer Science , 1994 — 1997

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