Kalyan G.

VP, Product & Technology | Founder & Startup Advisor | Ex-Apple, Ex-Yahoo! | Customer Experience, Enterprise Platforms, Data/ML, Growth

Role
Startup Advisor Mentor at Foundation Capital
Location
Sunnyvale, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Kalyan G.

Product and technology executive with 20+ years leading enterprise-scale platforms and customer experiences across consumer tech and financial services. Proven ability to unify fragmented product lines into seamless user journeys that drive acquisition, retention, and lifetime value. Expert in transforming technical foundations (UX, AI, Data/ML, Safety) into revenue drivers—reducing friction while maintaining trust. Global leader of 300+ person organizations and $120M+ budgets, partnering deeply with Product, Design, and Executive stakeholders to translate strategy into measurable business outcomes.

Experience

  1. Startup Advisor Mentor

    Foundation Capital

    Aug 2024 — Present

    Advising Seed-to-Series A founders on Platform Strategy and Product Scaling. Helping technical teams transition from MVP to enterprise-ready architectures.Coaching on organizational design, metric/OKR discipline, and platform-first decisions to improve execution velocity and product quality.

Education

  • Bapatla Engineering College, Nagarjuna University

    BS, Computer Science

  • New Mexico State University

    MS, Computer Science

  • Stanford University Graduate School of Business

    Executive Leadership

Skills

  • Engineering Management
  • Problem Solving
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Problem Analysis
  • Technical Analysis
  • Technical Leadership
  • Technical Architecture
  • Technical Design
  • Javascript
  • Css
  • Mobile Devices
  • Apache
  • Node.js
  • Software Engineering
  • Unix
  • Html
  • Mobile Applications
  • Risk Analysis
  • Software Development
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Scrum
  • Collaboration Solutions
  • Scalability
  • Scalable Web Applications
  • Scalable Architecture
  • Web Architecture
  • Web Development
  • Web Applications

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Kalyan G. — Startup Advisor Mentor at Foundation Capital in Sunnyvale, CA, US | Unifers