About

Skandha Gopalan is a tech enthusiast with a passion for solving problems using technology. As a 2x founder of award-winning startups, he has a wealth of experience in building 0-1 products and scaling them organically for a global audience. Skandha's expertise lies in merging his technical and entrepreneurial skills with organizational vision to build functional products that generate revenue, drive growth, and solve user needs. Skandha has played multiple roles across product management, product marketing, strategy, customer development, content creation, technical sales, SEO, PLG, customer success, software development, and startups. He loves working with people and will go out of his way to help people in need. Skandha's personal passion includes finding the purpose of life, spirituality, reading books, and food. Currently, Skandha is the Co-Founder and Head of Product Growth at Samaaro, a powerful software platform designed to help organizations host scalable, secure, and effective virtual events for a global audience. Under his leadership, Samaaro has won several awards and accolades, including being awarded as one of the 30 Best Tech Startups in India by YourStory TechSparks 2020. In the past, Skandha co-founded esportsvilla and Tacnik, where he spearheaded business development and brought in suitable clients to work with and organize fabulous events for them and their clients. His clientele included the who's who of the events industry and many leading Fortune 500 companies. He conceptualized and brought to life a multi-award-winning AR product - Pro-Kabaddi League Photobooth that garnered media acclaim resulting in a revenue of over 6L along with multiple requests for IPL projects. Skandha holds a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Reva Institute of Technology and Management. He has relevant experience of 9.03 years and is skilled in product management, Spring, and software engineering.