Kuldeep Dhankar

Kuldeep Dhankar has a diverse work experience spanning across multiple industries. Kuldeep co-founded Last9 Inc in 2021 and currently serves as the Co-Founder. Prior to that, they held various roles at CleverTap from 2015 to 2020, including SVP of Enterprise Business, VP of Sales, and Head of Business and Customer Success. At CleverTap, Kuldeep was responsible for taking the company's analytics and customer engagement SaaS product to market, as well as building and managing the sales and customer success teams.

Before their time at CleverTap, Kuldeep worked at Microsoft as a Developer Experience Evangelist from 2014 to 2015, focusing on building the app ecosystem for Nokia platforms in India. Kuldeep also worked at Nokia from 2009 to 2014, where they held the positions of Partner Product Lifecycle Manager and Senior Product Manager. In these roles, they were responsible for managing partner relationships and delivering apps on various platforms.

Kuldeep's experience also includes co-founding Hardwarecity.in in 2008, an e-commerce store for IT hardware. Kuldeep co-founded D-edge in 2002, a data processing service firm, and IAmAModel.com in 1999, where they built the website from concept to deployment.

Additionally, Kuldeep worked as a Lead Consultant at Clusterkraft from 2006 to 2009, overseeing cluster development teams and conducting technical trainings. Overall, they have a strong background in sales, customer success, product management, and technology strategy.

Kuldeep Dhankar completed their high school education from People's Education Society School in Belapur from 1989 to 1995. Kuldeep then attended Apeejay School in Nerul for two years, from 1995 to 1997, to continue their high school studies. After completing high school, Kuldeep Dhankar enrolled at Mumbai University in Mumbai from 1997 to 2003, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.