Piyush Mathur

About Piyush Mathur

Piyush is a passionate leader who co-founded SkillsBridge.AI to elevate people\'s skills in the era of GenAI, after a successful corporate career and strategic investments in two HR Tech startups.Piyush has a unique background having led both business and talent functions for top organizations like Johnson & Johnson and Nielsen. Starting his career with Nielsen, he quickly ascended to the global executive leadership team, collaborating with a top-rated CEO and prestigious PE board members. He managed Nielsen\'s business across 18 countries and contributed to global strategy, leading acquisitions and growth initiatives that tripled the company\'s value in under a decade.In 2015, Piyush was recruited to Nielsen\'s U.S. headquarters to build an internal data & analytics function, supporting a transformative cultural and employee engagement initiative for employees worldwide. Within a year, he developed a groundbreaking people analytics capability, dramatically improving employee engagement, skills planning, and talent acquisition aligned with corporate strategy.His success at Nielsen caught J&J\'s attention, leading to his 2017 recruitment to build a similar function for J&J\'s global employees. His efforts generated tens of millions in P&L impact by enhancing hiring, retention, and career development through contemporary skills identification. Additionally, he led talent management for corporate function employees and played a key role in the carve-out and public listing of J&J’s $15B consumer health business, Kenvue.In 2024, Piyush co-founded SkillsBridge.AI with two partners to pursue his passion for empowering people to upskill in the disruptive GenAI era. He believes that as machines get smarter, people need to become better through continuous learning.

Experience

1. CEO and Cofounder

   Skillsbridge.Ai

   Sep 2024 — Present · Princeton, NJ, US

   SkillsBridge.AI is a SaaS (Service as a Software) that addresses the root cause of skills shortage in organizations, by making it easy to discover, develop, and deploy skills internally.

Education

• Harvard University

  Management Program, Strategic Management Program

  2011 — 2011

• Pune University

  B.E, Mechanical

  1987 — 1991

• Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA), Savitribai Phule Pune University

  MBA, Management

  1992 — 1994

• Hogan Assessments

  Hogan Assessment Certification

• Korn Ferry

  Coaching for Excellence

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

  Nielsen Global Leadership Program, Organizational Leadership

  2009 — 2009

• Boston University

  Executive Compensation Program

Skills

• Management
• Management Consulting
• Advertising Research
• Research
• Team Leadership
• Quantitative Research
• Marketing Research
• Customer Insight
• Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
• Consumer Insight
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Market Research
• Fmcg
• Consumer Behaviour
• Business Development
• Sales
• Marketing Management
• Market Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Change Management
• Leadership
• Analysis
• Segmentation
• Team Management
• Brand Equity
• Strategy
• Consumer Behavior
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Competitive Analysis
• Market Intelligence
• Selling
• Competitive Intelligence
• Business Planning
• Crm