Ravi is a seasoned product and technology leader with a founder mode mentality with 20 years of experience in creating and scaling innovative solutions across multiple verticals, such as healthcare, automotive, advertising, education and real estate. He has a strong track record of leveraging data, market insights and customer feedback to drive product development and strategy, as well as leading and mentoring diverse and high-performing teams of different sizes (1 - 1000) of designers, engineers, product specialists and data scientists.
Most recently, Ravi was the President and Co-Founder of Add Value Machine, an AI productivity company that is disrupting the industry by providing secure adoption of Generative AI solutions to drive organizational efficiency. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing the entire product and technology vision, roadmap and execution, as well as fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and excellence. He is passionate about solving complex and meaningful problems, delivering value to clients and partners, and advancing the field of AI and operational productivity.
Ravi previously served as CPTO of Blackstone-owned Collectibles Group, where he led platform consolidation, vendor streamlining and offshoring, driving eight-figure savings. As CPTO at Auction.com, he spearheaded a major divestiture and launched ‘Remote Bid,’ the first mobile real estate purchasing app, with billions in GMV impact. As Executive Director at Demco Software, he merged two companies, optimized margins and fueled growth with a data-driven PLG strategy. Earlier, at Tillster, he led global tech teams powering e-commerce solutions for brands like Burger King and Taco Bell. Ravi also founded NaviVision, a semantic search startup, which successfully exited to a PE backed company.
Ravi says his greatest joy is, "building a life with my wife and three kids, chasing the sun between California and Florida — always seeking warmth, in both weather and moments."