# Saikiran Chandha **Brand & Design Manager** — San Francisco, CA, United States > Brand and product operator with 11+ years building visual identities, UX systems, and go-to-market strategies for fintech, AI, and consumer platforms. Career Archetype: **Junction Navigator** (HE-DG) — One of the first Junction Navigators on Saywise ## Links - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/saikiranchandha ## Experience ### Co-founder, Director & Head of Business and Operations, Intelense & TryAnomaly (2025-03 – present) Remote · Led design and brand building for 3 SaaS products, translating complex workflows into delivery roadmaps and client-facing documentation. Bridged enterprise client needs with technical teams to scope features and prioritize usability improvements. Managed GTM strategy, launched 3 products, and secured $1M in deals from enterprises including Tata Group, Aditya Birla, and PepsiCo. ### Co-founder & CEO, Blursday (2023-03 – 2025-01) Remote · Built a branding automation tool backed by Accelerating Asia Ventures that enabled non-designers to produce brand-consistent visual assets at scale. Designed core product concept and onboarding workflows to improve customer activation and retention. Led design, content, and branding decisions while fundraising for the pre-seed round and managing investor reporting. ### Engineering Leadership Advisory Council Member, California State University, Chico (2022-07 – present) Support the Continuing Education Leadership program, faculty, and program managers, offer strategic direction and guidance in delivering relevant offerings, and strengthen the fundamental mission of the CSU, Chico Engineering Leadership Program. ### Executive Board Member, Fast Company (2022-05 – present) ### Contributor, Entrepreneur Media (2022-01 – present) https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/saikiran-chandha ### Forbes Council & Contributor, Forbes Business Council (2021-11 – present) https://profiles.forbes.com/members/business/profile/Saikiran-Chandha-CEO-Typeset/7525fadc-5890-4a2d-9886-8340dafb5c5b ### Founder, CEO, SciSpace (2021-09 – present) San Francisco Bay Area · Building AI assitant for Research aka ChatGPT for Research ### Brand Manager, Walrus (pivoted to Defy) (2021-07 – 2022-05) Remote · Owned design, content, and brand communications through the company pivot from Walrus to Defy, a YC-backed fintech and crypto platform. Led cross-functional alignment with product, compliance, and growth teams on visual positioning and messaging. Built campaign planning workflows and synthesized user behavior data into communication frameworks and brand guidelines. ### Lead Growth & Content, Basis (2020-05 – 2021-07) Remote · Built GTM plans for Basis and Basis First products, including health insurance and debit card offerings. Designed content strategy and organic traffic framework, creating a structured communication blueprint. Collaborated with Product and Design to align content and UX messaging with product releases while conducting market research to inform positioning. ### Branding & Content, CRED (2019-04 – 2020-02) Remote · Built the branding system foundation, establishing visual guidelines and tone of voice for the financial platform. Coordinated with Product and Design on in-app content and microcopy. Grew LinkedIn audience from 0 to 20K organically in one month through strategic content design and led PR communications positioning CRED as innovative and design-forward. ### Marketing, Content & User Operations, Unacademy (2017-05 – 2019-04) Remote · Drove 30M+ cumulative Facebook video views and 1.4M monthly post engagements through structured content and design. Scaled Instagram to 212K+ followers at 1K new followers per day using funnel-based targeting. Designed audience segmentation and lifecycle-aligned email campaigns. Automated educator feedback workflows to a 24-hour response pipeline and translated user behavior into product improvements. ### Fellow, Kairos Society (2015-06 – 2017-03) ### ReMo, Mozilla (2014-08 – 2022-03) ### Hackcelerator'15, AngelHack (2014-07 – 2014-12) San Francisco Bay Area · Founded Typeset and competed against 30 teams worldwide and won AngelHack Global Demo Day. ### Analyst, Goldman Sachs (2014-06 – 2015-02) Remote · Owned the Agent Bank Account Opening process for global Prime Brokerage clients. Analyzed and structured client onboarding workflows across 32 global markets. Coordinated with legal, compliance, and external banking partners while operating within high-governance reporting and risk frameworks. ### Software Engineer, Cerner Corporation (2013-12 – 2015-02) ### Independent Consultant, iRunway, UnitedLex, Sagacious Research (2013-05 – 2015-05) Bengaluru Area, India ## Education ### Stanford Ignite in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2015-01 – 2015-01) Stanford Ignite is the flagship entrepreneurship program offered by Stanford GSB. It focuses on business modelling, finance, strategy, marketing and negotiations. The program is taught by prominent Stanford GSB faculty and utilizes a combination of lectures, case evaluations, small group discussions, workshops, panels, and team ventures. I received a full fellowship as a participant in the program. ### Graduate Student in Software Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology- Vellore (2009-01 – 2014-01) Masters in Software Engineering. ## Projects ### TryAnomaly Agentic AI platform for competitive marketing intelligence · Founded an agentic AI platform that provides competitive marketing intelligence. Incubated through IIM-B NSRCEL accelerator and selected as part of Razorpay Rize program. ### Nosh AI cooking robot project · Mentored an AI cooking robot project, creating standardized branding guidelines for marketing activities and building the Android/iOS mobile UI workflow. ### nGrow.ai GTM engine for US-based clients · Built a GTM engine for US-based clients, redesigned the website and landing pages, and developed marketing materials. Increased website growth by 30% MoM on average. ### Gauss Money Growth and SEO scaling for US market · Built a GTM pipeline and scaled SEO for a US-based market. Introduced TikTok and Reddit as content discovery platforms to expand reach. ### Tools Products Content and retention optimization for EU users · Worked on content across platforms for EU-based users and supported new business projects. Reduced TikTok ad CPI to $1 and improved retention by 12%. ## Skills Entrepreneurship, Product Design, User Experience, Business Model Innovation, Business Development, C, C++, Programming, Java, JavaScript, Academic Publishing, Open Access, Visual Identity, Brand Building, GTM Strategy, Project Leadership, Cross-functional Leadership, Market Research, Customer Insights, Design Systems, Brand Guidelines, Social Media Marketing, Audience Segmentation, Campaign Management, Email Marketing, SEO, Product Positioning, Messaging, Copywriting, Fintech, EdTech, AI, SaaS, Mobile Design, Web Design, Fundraising, Board Management, Investor Relations, Process Optimization, Client Onboarding ## Credentials - **Global Demo Day Winner** — AngelHack (issued 2015-01) - **Winner** — AngelHack Global Demo Day, San Francisco. (issued 2014-05) - **TOI 40 Under $0** --- Source: https://saywise.com/member7620 (last modified 2026-10-06T08:53:19.247Z)