About

Saurabh Ratna is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 8 years of experience in the technology industry. He is currently the Engineering Lead at Raising Superstars, a company focused on developing innovative solutions for education. Saurabh is known for his ability to blend technology skills with extensive product experience, a marketing orientation, and analytical capabilities to evolve product strategy. Prior to his current role, Saurabh worked as an Engineering Manager at Ola, where he was responsible for leading a team of engineers to develop and maintain the company's mobile application. He also founded Planhop, a travel platform that he designed, implemented, and supported from initial concept to production. Saurabh's experience at Planhop allowed him to develop a deep understanding of customer needs through meetings, surveys, analytics, usability testing, and feedback loops. He also ran campaigns to survey users to gain perspective on their problems and mapped them to his solution. Saurabh used product analytics to add and modify features by defining and measuring metrics. He collaborated with marketing teams, design teams, and engineering teams to plan product release cycles by creating a roadmap. Saurabh also designed and developed Planhop's iOS App, which is available on the App Store. Saurabh holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology Silchar. His technical expertise includes senior software engineering, test, iOS, and web development. Saurabh's relevant experience in the industry spans over 8 years, during which he has demonstrated his ability to lead teams, develop innovative solutions, and evolve product strategies.