Gaurav Kachhawa
CPO @ Gupshup.ai, Product & Growth Leader (Ex Adobe, Twitter, EA, Zynga)
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Seasoned product leader with 20+ yrs experience building large-scale consumer and SaaS products. Expertise with emerging Enterprise Gen AI automation stack leveraging Agentic AI workflows, LLMs, MCP, RAG and AI Evaluation frameworks. Track record of delivering product innovation, engagement and growth at companies such as Adobe, Twitter, EA and Zynga. Entrepreneurially spirited and founding product leader of two successful startups - Elance (went public as Upwork/UPWK) and GupShup.ai (conversational AI platform). Passion for nurturing talent, building and coaching high impact product teams. Angel investor and mentor. Skills/Interests: Gen AI Stack, Multi-modal LLMs, Product Market Discovery, Consumer & SaaS strategy, AI/Machine Learning, Growth, Gamification, UX, Data Science & Experimentation, Social Platforms, Marketplaces, Interactive/AR, Monetization Models, Freemium, Subscriptions, NLP, Search & Recommender Systems
Career Timeline
- GupshupCurrentSep 2021–Present· 5 yrs
- Chief Product OfficerCurrentSep 2021–Present
- StartupsCurrent2015–Present· 11 yrs 8 mos
- Product Advisor, Angel InvestorCurrent2015–Present
- 2018–Sep 2021· 3 yrs 8 mos
- Sr. Director, Product Management, Creative Cloud Experience & Engagement2018–Sep 2021
- 2016–2017· 1 yr
- Senior Director, Product Management2016–2017
- 2012–2016· 4 yrs
- Vice President, Product Management2012–2016
- 2010–2012· 2 yrs
- Director, Product2010–2012
- 2005–2010· 5 yrs
- VP of Product, Founding Product Leader2005–2010
- 1999–2005· 6 yrs
- Sr Director of Product, Founding Engineering Leader1999–2005
- 1998–1999· 1 yr
- Senior Consultant, Strategy1998–1999
- 1995–1998· 3 yrs
- Senior Software Engineer1995–1998
Education
MBA
Strategy, Venture Finance & Marketing
The Wharton School