Amb***ava

Business Relationship Management, Business Development, Account Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Founder & CEO at Zyvka

• Location: San Francisco Bay Area
• Duration: 2021-01 to Present
• Description: I founded Zyvka with a single, ambitious goal: to make hiring radically easier, more loved, and deeply human—with the power of AI at every step. Key Responsibilities & Achievements: 🚀 Launched Astra Agents: Built and scaled the industry’s first multilingual AI voice recruiters—handling 1,000+ conversations in parallel, engaging candidates 24/7, and reducing recruiter burnout. 🎙️ Voice AI Adoption: Led successful deployments with leading enterprises and staffing firms in the US, India, and UAE. 📦 Product Innovation: Expanded the Zyvka platform with Hiring BOX, Skill BOX, and Interview BOX—offering end-to-end AI solutions for hiring, skilling, and assessment. 🌍 Growth: 100+ enterprise clients served 400+ recruitment and skilling partners Multi-country presence: US, UAE, India ⏳ Results: Helped clients cut hiring times by 42% and bridge mission-critical skill gaps at scale. 🏆 Recognition: Top 50 Entrepreneur 2023, Top 75 Indian Founder, Best HR Tech Startup in 2024, 2025 by ET HR & Entrepreneur India My Leadership Focus: Building a platform that is as loved by users as it is powerful. Championing transparency, speed, and empathy in every hiring journey. Investing in a culture of learning, experimentation, and inclusion.

Board Member at The Recruiters Association (TRA)

• Location: San Francisco Bay Area
• Duration: 2020-03 to Present
• Description:

Graduate at Founder Institute

• Location: San Francisco Bay Area
• Duration: 2022-09 to 2023-01
• Description: I'm a proud graduate of the Founder Institute San Francisco Fall cohort program of 2022, representing Zyvka as founder and CEO. The program provided invaluable mentorship and resources that helped us grow and refine our startup. The program helped us refine our strategies, develop a clear roadmap, and establish valuable connections with fellow alumni. We learned invaluable lessons that have allowed us to take our startup to the next level. I'm grateful for the network and community the Founder Institute has provided, and excited to continue learning from and collaborating with fellow alumni.

Vice President of Sales at Wavely

• Location: San Francisco Bay Area
• Duration: 2020-03 to 2021-01
• Description: • Joined as 3rd employee for Wavely, helped set up end to end Sales / Account management process and team. Hired, trained and managed a team of Sales manager & Account/Customer success managers • Deployed new CRM tool for managing sales & account management funnel and operations • Acquired 300+ new B2B clients in FY 2020 including top brands names like Walmart, Wish.com, LG, SAP etc across different industries • Exceeded quarterly sales targets by 20% in FY' 20 • Reduced churn rate by 6% (MoM) • Managed Marketing team in interim from Jan'20-July'20. Acquired 40K+ users on platform through campaigns & content marketing strategies • Organized and executed 6 successful Webinars & 2 Fireside chats with industry leaders. • Designed & deployed monthly/quarterly OKRs (Objective Key Results) to track and measure Sales & Account Managers performance against organization's sales goals • Conducted detailed account reviews with Account management & Customer success teams, provided key feedback to product team for further development and improvements • Conducted market and competitive analysis, refine and update sales strategies / processes to achieve sales goals. • Targeted new markets and increased sales by 20% in new industry • Deployed new automated process for outreach via social media which helped increase sales pipeline by 40% • Closely liaised with CEO, Head of Product & Engineering on customer/market feedback and requirements, assisted in development of new and enhanced features for platform

Director Of Business Development at Wavely

• Location: San Francisco Bay Area
• Duration: 2019-08 to 2020-03
• Description: