A public overview

Resume

Seattle, WA · aravindashwin@gmail.com · LinkedIn

Summary

Strategy, product, and transformation leader with 11+ years bridging business and technology across consulting, investing, and entrepreneurship. Leads enterprise AI and digital programs, designs operating models and go-to-market motions, and builds decision systems and prototypes hands-on. MBA, Cornell Tech.

Professional experience

McKinsey & CompanySeattle, WA

Associate2024 – Present

Advise senior executives at large organizations across technology, industrial, consumer, and financial-services sectors on digital and AI strategy, product and platform transformation, growth, and enterprise execution
Lead product and program delivery for enterprise AI, data, and workflow tools; coordinate client engineering teams, shape application and data design, and drive adoption across business functions
Translate strategic priorities into product and technology roadmaps, operating models, governance forums, OKRs, investment choices, and measurable value-capture plans
Shape growth and go-to-market strategies for AI and cloud offerings, including partner ecosystems, marketplace motions, sales-organization design, and commercial execution
Design and facilitate executive product-design and technology-organization workshops; build web applications, analytics products, dashboards, and prototypes that support decisions and implementation
Served on the project team for McKinsey’s published research on AI-driven R&D productivity and contributed content on board-level AI strategy to Rewired

Q Investments LPFort Worth, TX

Senior Enterprise Risk Analyst2018 – 2022

Led a cross-functional enterprise-risk team for a multi-strategy investment firm and its subsidiary bank, reporting to senior executives across trading, credit, tax, and real estate
Built lean governance and reporting systems for strategy P&L, hedging, pre- and post-trade activity, executive decision support, compliance, and organizational digitization across legacy Office/VBA, on-premise SQL, and proprietary platforms
Ran the repurchase-agreement desk and executed index, options, loan, structured-credit, high-yield, and investment-grade bond-basket trades; led valuation work for illiquid assets and external reporting
Built a proprietary analytics system used to construct and manage a $150M investment portfolio that outperformed nine benchmark funds

Apollo Tutors, LLCDallas, TX

Co-Founder & COO2013 – 2018

Founded and scaled a two-sided education marketplace to $30K in monthly recurring revenue across K–12 programs and 12 universities; owned product, operations, partnerships, growth, and service delivery
Designed and launched a platform for 1,000+ users that automated tutor matching and billing, reducing turnaround from 48 hours to 8
Recruited and managed 200+ tutors annually; doubled organic acquisition through a referral program while reducing customer-acquisition cost by 30%

Education

Johnson Cornell TechNew York, NY

Master of Business Administration (STEM Designation)2023

Fund Manager, Big Red Ventures · Cornell Tech Blockchain · Tech Policy Innovator award, Cornell Law School

Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX

Bachelor of Business Administration – Finance2015

Alternative Assets Specialization · DFW Student Senate Scholar · Cary M. Maguire Public Service Fellow

Skills

Strategy & GTM — Enterprise strategy, operating-model design, AI/cloud go-to-market, partnerships, business cases, value realization.

Product & programs — Product strategy, roadmaps, OKRs, cross-functional delivery, executive facilitation, transformation governance.

Technical — SQL, Python, JavaScript, data architecture, analytics, workflow automation, AI-enabled applications and prototypes.