Prashanth

About Prashanth

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches.” –- A Powerful quote by Napoleon Hill, and one to live by 13 years of business leadership, leading Sales, Revenue, Growth & End-to-end P&L management for high growth start up\'s and large MNCs across Q commerce, marketplaces, Hospitality and Consumer electronics. Proven track record in zero-to-one scaling, optimizing unit economics, and implementing rigorous revenue governance across diverse business models. Skilled in developing repeatable, data-driven growth systems encompassing cohort-basedretention, CAC payback strategies, and margin-enhancing conversion improvements. Adept at cross-functional leadership with a strong operational focus and sharp commercial insight-> As Head -Revenue & Growth for a popular Q-commerce app (one which you most probably use daily) scaled business from inception to 150 CR+ GMV/month across 32 cities - building fascinating user journeys from acquisition to retention to increase traffic by 20% and CVR by 100 basis points -> As National Business head of a Edtech Major - have handled teams of 200+ with Sales, Marketing and CX rolling up into me - played a pivotal role in the successful turn around of the company from bleeding 150 CR per month to Ebitda + in 8 months, with 15% YOY revenue growth hitting 1200 CR-> As National head for Supply & network planning & Region Head south - Led the pivot of a large hospitality brand during the covid crisis to ensure the ship doesnt sink ( Painted the town \"Red\" working for India\'s youngest Billionare)-> Started my journey in leading large P&L\'s in Consumer electronics brands (India,Japan,Taiwan) building Offline, Ecommerce, Retail, Modern trade and Distribution channels with their struggles of channel economicsMy expertise is in driving growth - relentlessly, sustainably with balanced P&L metrics.Currently building QC Fashion - Delivered in 60 mins!Scaled business from zero to ₹5 Cr monthly GMV ( OPD) with 2M+ MAU at 22% gross marginImproved blended CAC from to through new user acquisition, achieving 35% D-30 retentionHave run good number of Meta,Google, YT, influencer campaigns, society activations for cluster level marketing and retargeting, all of this maintaining healthy P&L metricsLove building & consulting D2C start ups - making their funnel metrics work across DAU,CAC, LTV, ARPU, GM, EBITDA - to name a few

Experience

1. Head - Revenue & Growth

   ZILO

   Apr 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Building ZILO – a Fashion Quick Commerce marketplace reimagining how fashion meets speed, style, and personalization.The idea is to blend trend-first discovery with instant delivery, helping users find curated, personalized looks that match today’s fashion moments and satisfy immediate need states.\"Work Party in 2 hours, ZILO tells you what to wear\"—delivered within minutes, not days.This is a branded play - the top 200 brands in India are with ZILO delivering across Mumbai, I handle the entire P&L (Revenue, Margins, Tacos. all of that),writing the growth story & building the customer acquisition and retention flywheel

Education

• Great Lakes Institute of Management

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing and Analytics

  2014 — 2015

• Amrita school of Engineering, Bangalore

  Bachelor's Degree, Electronics and Instrumentation

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Team Management
• Responsive Web Design
• Mobile Application Development Platforms
• Sales Operations
• Business Analysis
• Enterprise Mobility
• Product Marketing
• Channel Account Management
• Management
• Product Management
• Customer Relations
• Brand Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Market Research
• Analytics
• Project Management