About

Gaurav Rajan is a Group Product Manager at PayPay in Tokyo, Japan and the Co-Founder of SharingDard. He is a seasoned professional with almost 15 years of experience in product management, web analytics, and web research thought leadership. Gaurav has worked in key roles at ACH Management Consultants, Wipro Technology, Nortel Networks, Stel, Larsen & Toubro in India and Canada, and has been instrumental in launching several web portals and major releases. Gaurav is recognized as an authoritative voice on how marketers, executive teams, and industry leaders can leverage data to fundamentally reinvent their digital existence. He puts a common sense framework around the often frenetic world of web analytics and combines that with the philosophy that investing in talented analysts is the key to long-term success. Gaurav passionately advocates customer eccentricity and leveraging bleeding edge competitive intelligence techniques. Gaurav has received rave reviews for bringing his energetic, inspiring, and practical insights to companies like Unilever, Dell, Time Warner, Vanguard, Porsche, and IBM. He has delivered keynotes at a variety of global conferences, including MNNIT and IIM-Lucknow. Gaurav's specialties include web analytics and web research thought leadership, customer satisfaction, and VOC measurement and management, as well as driving efficiency and insights in large companies by strategic infusion of technology and business acumen. In his current role at PayPay, Gaurav is responsible for leading the product management team and driving the development of new products and features. He has a strong track record of success in product management, having launched several successful products and services throughout his career. Gaurav holds an MBA in Marketing and Systems/IT from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, and a B.Tech in Electronics from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology. He also has experience in mobile, parts-of-speech, NLP, and integration.