About

Chaitanya Krishna is a highly skilled engineer-MBA with over 5 years of experience in product management and technology. He has a passion for product development and has worked with highly funded content platform startups, including those backed by Sequoia, Accel, and Blume. Chaitanya has a unique ability to bridge the gap between strategy and execution, making him an asset to any cross-functional team. He has worked closely with developers, designers, content writers, journalists, and business development professionals. He has also led small teams in the past, bringing out the best in his team members. Currently, Chaitanya is a Product Manager at blinkit, an Accel and Blume funded startup founded by ex-TFS founder Aprameya Radhakrishna. He works directly with the founders to increase user engagement and retention through changes in the feed and the product. He also leads a content team of three and collaborates closely with engineering, product, content, and business development teams. Prior to blinkit, Chaitanya worked as a Product Manager at Loco, India's largest interactive gameshow app (now part of Pocket Aces). Here, he created and shipped two engagement features from scratch, managed all aspects of these features, and worked closely with a team of ten developers and three designers to ship and run multiple features within the app. He also worked closely with the Loco founders to execute the product roadmap. Chaitanya holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM and a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from NIT Surathkal. His technical skills include product management, and he has relevant experience of 5.27 years.