Ravi Kikan

United We Care

Leading, building and disrupting mental health innovation with Generative AI technology at United We Care.

Part of the founding team at United We Care, a startup powered by Generative AI deep tech and focussed at mental health and wellness. We have created the first digital human virtual global coach - Stella, who has a gold standard intent detection rate at 94.7% (F1 Score)

What global problem are we trying to solve ?

We shifting gears through Generative AI to ensure our tech powered products are made globally accessible, affordable and efficacy driven for mental health for billions around the world. Our products are aligned for healthcare systems, employers, clinics, clinicians and retail customers at large.

Am currently leading global GTM planning, content, digital, product marketing, corporate communications, business development, business structuring and execution for products/services currently focussed at North American and Global markets.

If you are an enterprise, payer/insurance or a healthcare system globally who is wanting to ensure that your workforce is mentally agile, productive or you are a healthcare system, clinic, individual clinican, therapist who wants to build a great practice via Clinical Copilot product - feel free to reach out to me at ravi@unitedwecare.com

Global Chief Marketing Officer

NASSCOM Insights

https://community.nasscom.in/advisory-board

Advisory Board Member

Centre for Incubation and Business Acceleration

Helping seed stage and early stage startups in growthhacking and mentoring entrepreneurs to get to the next level.

If you are a startup and wanting to accelerate your business at CIBA, Goa, please feel free to connect with me.

Mentor

MentorEdge ( A CIIE- IIM-A initiative)

>  Mentoring & helping seed and early stage startups across sectors
>  Helping in Ideation>Incubation>Implementation of new ventures
>  Jury panel member at The Power of Ideas 2018, 2012 and 2010 (http://www.ideas.economictimes.com)

ZingHR

I set up the complete marketing & growth function from ground zero. 

I also led the new CIP (Corporate Identity Program) for the new branding makeover for ZingHR for a more global outlook which was rolled out in October of 2021. Instrumental in also setting up the SMB market HRTech product branding and rollout. I also set up the channel sales program, network and allied teams across India, SEA and GCC.

As part of the leadership team, I spearhead New Growth Avenues, GTM Planning, Digital Sales, Marketing, PR, Corporate Communications, Product & Regional Launches & International Business Expansion.

Director - Marketing, Online Sales & Growth 

ZingHR is an HRTech venture accelerated at Microsoft, with more than 600+ employees, 900+ customers, 1.6 Million + Active Users across the globe.

ZingHR offers a complete automation of the end to end processes in HRTech through Artificial Intelligence, Machine and Deep Learning algorithms which helps to improve employee performance and drives a process efficiency in recruitment, offers ease of leave, attendance, payroll and claim management.

ZingHR is one of the few global ventures which offers almost all web/mobile based modules from Hire to Retire Solutions with state of the art tech supporting those applications. ZingHR has some 35+ amazing products focussed at the complete lifecycle of the employee from digital onboarding to their exit.

Head Of Marketing & Growth 

Amazon

Here is an extraordinary real life story of the unseen metaphysical close bond in the unknown universal cosmos including grandmas and grandpas bag of stories.

My new book - To The Trees With Love

If you have love for the unknown or you believe in the cosmic lineage of goodwill or simply if you have had that undying love for your family/grandparents this book might just be for you. Read this story out to kids, teenagers or share this with your friends, parents, family, grandparents or just best keep this with you as I have treasured this through all these years.

Pre order this book here https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0B4WNGHTN
My previous books on startups - https://www.amazon.in/Ravi-Kikan/e/B07JFZ29R8

Looking forward to your love, support, reviews and suggestions.

Startup Author - To The Trees With Love

Many ventures globally fail because they don't validate their startup business idea before launching. 

Don't Do This, Don't Let Anyone Do This.

How To Validate Your Startup Business Idea is a book for everyone like a budding entrepreneur, homemaker, student, corporate employee, professional who is planning to startup a new business venture.

The content in this book includes my learnings from working with many startups and experiences coming from many global investors, serial entrepreneurs and startup specialists. This also includes my first hand experience of interacting with one of the largest global startup community that I manage on LinkedIn - Startup Specialists Group, which has around 300,000 members. 

Many global experts, mentors, investors, entrepreneurs and startups have also contributed to this book and shared their point of view on How To Validate Your Startup Business Idea.

Here are the quick links for the book:

Amazon India:     https://amzn.to/2A7KwDn  
Amazon Global:  https://amzn.to/2yBrW4q

Would love to interact with anyone who has read the book to discuss their startup business idea validation. Its a small crisp book with practical tips so that no one gets bored :)

Startup Author - How To Validate Your Startup Business Idea 

Everyone has the ability to change their lives - at home, work or business.

The ability to change however requires a " whole amount of will, thoughts to unlearn and relearn and a growth mindset to get things done". Without a growth mindset you are most likely to be less progressive and enterprising in whatever you do.

Working with many successful leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals globally I have found that anyone's life can change the moment they start thinking that they have the ability to change it.

Successful and happy people get things done, they don't sit and brood , they just get up and start living and stop brooding.

Who is this book for ?

You should pick this book if you fall under any of these categories and who has been itching for long to create his or her own version of success in life, work or business -

Student
Teacher
Aspiring Entrepreneur
Founder
Professional 
Homemaker 
Entrepreneur
Startups
Small Business Owner

or anyone for that matter who is hell bent on changing their life with a progressive mindset and achieve their own versions of success through following a structured growth mindset development. 

This book - Don't sit and brood - Start living and Stop brooding - is for that hungry soul and mind who is not willing to give up, ever and always looking at the silver lining in the sky as the eternal pessimist.

Startup Author - Don't Sit and Brood - Stop Brooding, Start Living

Whether you are a startup, small business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur or a growth bound venture, this book will give you effective tips on how you can have a growth mindset and prepare for raising funds.

Why this book?

Keep in mind during any phase of business specially tough ones, nothing comes as close as taking some tips from seasoned investors, global experts, aspiring startups and serial entrepreneurs who have walked the path or are walking the path as we talk. This book will help you in this unknown journey.

Startup Author - How To Raise Funds Like A Rockstar : Self Help Easy Tips For Startups

I published my second book Bounce Back Now : How Can Startups, Small Business Owners & Aspiring Entrepreneurs Bounce Back & Grow In Tough Times like this pandemic Covid19

It has been trending as the top seller on Amazon.

This book might come handy for professionals, aspiring & existing entrepreneurs who are sailing in these unprecedented times and now looking to bounce back & grow.The suggestions in the book have been handpicked as “practical actionable tips” to help people bounce back and understand organic growth for self and business even during tough times like this pandemic.

This book also addresses a very pertinent cause close to my heart.

It is my endeavor to support startups & individuals who might be in a closed state of mind, pessimistic, depressed or might have failed in their previous efforts of whatever those might be. Having gone through the same time and again, I feel this is a key thing to be addressed. This is like the elephant in the house. The content in this book is also about hope which is beyond just business

Why this book ?

When you are struggling, the best thing you can do is to reach out to people who can share hope and can guide you to the right direction. Reaching out to people who already have experienced that state of mind or have had multiple experiences in the same domain can give you a great understanding on how unchartered territories would most likely be. This lays the foundation of a bounce back mindset both for growth & scaling up. 

This book addresses that.

Feel free to share & read.  Bounce Back Now is now available on 

Amazon India https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08C5ML12G 
Amazon Global  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C5ML12G

Startup Author - Bounce Back Now  - Awesome Self Help Tips For Aspiring Entrepreneurs  & Startups 

Plus Offices

I set up and was leading Plus Offices brand in India. 

We helped Startups, SMBs, Enterprises in providing them Customised Offices, Managed Offices and CoWorking facilities. The first facility at Sector 44 ha been working at 95% occupancy & then expanded to a massive new 250,000 sq ft facility at Sector 67, Gurugram. Over 150+ Growth Bound Startups & 1000+ coworkers were working from our both facilities.

The whole objective is to bring a great experience for the person who is working at our facility so that he or she is more productive. 

Some of the fastest growing ventures were working with us in our facilities.

Chief Operating Officer

Startup in Stealth Mode

Advising the startup in setting up their business operations, teams and organizational structure across India.

The startup is focussed at building traditional and alternate products/services in the education sector specifically in the K12 space.

Board Advisor

Panaesha Capital Pte. LTD.

Panaesha Capital is a Singapore based Fintech company which will be launching some very interesting products and services in the Fintech, Crypto, Blockchain & White Label solutions space. In the near future some great innovative products would also be rolled out. Currently the company has offices in 7 countries.

I had been advising the management on the set up and growth strategy from ground zero.

Board Advisor & COO

I have a passion for advising progressive founders, leaders, entrepreneurs, startups and aspiring entrepreneurs by infusing speed to scale their business. 

I have over 24 years of experience across the tech, deep tech, AI and non tech industries, and I've led functions as a CXO, including marketing, business growth, finance, fund raising, product management, design, sales, business development, cx, operations and technology led growth. I've helped dozens of companies and founders achieve their business goals across India, APAC/SEA, UAE, EU and US Markets. 

I'm also the author of 6 books and I'm always happy to connect with founders, entrepreneurs, leaders, startups and aspiring ones to share my knowledge. I have also been a 4X entrepreneur myself and that has given me impetus to unlearn - relearn and bring hustle to the table.

If you're someone who is planning to startup or are looking to scale your business or build large scale global communities, I encourage you to connect with me. I'd love to learn more about your business/vision and see how I can help you grow and scale up. Just leave a message in my inbox.

Here are some of my accomplishments:

-  Helped grow businesses from $0 to $10 million in top line in just one year
-  Led teams from an IC role to 1000+ employees across multiple locations
-  Launched several successful products and services across the globe
-  Built cross functional and startup teams in record time
-  Built and moderating the largest community of startups with 1 million + members

I'm passionate about:

-  Mentoring teams to collaborate and hit the goals
-  Sharing my knowledge and experience
-  Solving complex challenges and problems
-  Design and implement contemporary projects at scale 
-  Community building and scaling 

I'm always up for a great conversation, so don't hesitate to reach out to me. You can follow me here on LinkedIn or email me on kikanbooks@gmail.com.

You can also follow me on X  @  https://twitter.com/ravikikan

India Factoring and Finance Solutions Private Limited (A Member of the FIMBank Group)

Senior Vice President

Head HR - 2015 till now
Head HR and Admin - 2018 till now
Head HR Marketing and Admin - 2021 till now 

Expertise in HR Strategy and Execution Change Management  
Diversity and Inclusion 
Partnering with Business in achieving best outcomes for both organizations and people      
Partnering Talent Management Performance Improvement Stakeholder Management Learning and Development Employer Branding Employee Experience Digital culture .Develop programs aimed at building talent pipeline, which includes succession planning, talent development, and periodical talent review processes. Evaluate employee performance along with organizing training sessions for skills enhancement. Function as a key member of the senior leadership team, responsible for determining and resolving HR-related issues swiftly. Recognize for driving HR digitization, ensuring progress on diversity efforts, controlling employer branding, resolving disciplinary issues, and handling employee disputes. Shoulder additional responsibility of aligning with global teams on need basis for devising HR policies, talent management programs and employee experience strategies.

Vice President and Head of Human Resources 

Multiple 

Gauri is an engineer turned HR Professional with double masters in  Human Resources and Psychology. With her early education in vernacular medium in a small village and an introverted disposition, communication wasn’t her forte’ then but today she is an international speaker and trainer.

Despite her uncertainties she explored possibilities and that is how she landed up as Vice President -HR for subsidiary of a European bank. She now takes great pride in pushing people to explore their yet unknown but limitless unknown possibilities. She inspires them to use their learnings from the past to trigger their future progress and achieve life's goals with adaptability and self leadership

Professional Speaker 

Guiding students of top B schools and Engineering institutes  including IIMs, IMT, NMIMS, IBS etc. 

Guiding leaders on team management, business acumen, attrition management, creating a great  culture, psychological safety 
Guiding students on career progression, interview preparation, possibility mindset 
Guiding working professionals on getting the best of their career

Guest Speaker

Link Intime India Pvt. Ltd.

•	Excelled at change management, employee engagement and communication with multiple initiatives  like o Town Hall, Open House, Skip Level Meetings, one to one meetings and many more
•	Formulated KRA based objective performance appraisal process.
•	Managed the entire recruitment process for sourcing the best talent involving sourcing, screening, short-listing, selection etc.
•	Created learning culture.Conducted induction, awareness sessions on HR policies and procedures, identified and evaluated learning partners.
•	Provided guidance to employees to meet their performance as per the goals set for the predefined period through coaching and mentoring

Head HR (AVP HR)

PT. Multi Indocitra, Tbk.

•	Set-up HR Department from the scratch. Developed HR policies, created efficient  processes for  manpower planning, recruitment, induction, payroll management, orientation and development through career progression & succession planning.
•	Administered payroll, training, development and engagement of staff.
•	Led, mentored & monitored the performance of the team members to ensure efficiency in process operations and meeting of individual & group targets.

Manager HR & General Administration

Multiple Service Organizations

HR Operations, events, training, teaching

Multiple roles -HR Operations /trainer/faculty

SVP and Head HR/2X TEDx Speaker/ Economic Times Young HR Leader/HR 100 under 40/Author/National President- Future of Work/#possibilitariangauri

Gauri is an engineer turned HR Professional with double Masters in  Human Resources and Psychology. With her early education in the vernacular medium in a small village and an introverted disposition, communication, and confidence weren’t her forte’ then but today she is a well-respected HR professional,  TEDx speaker,  author and has won multiple awards including Economic Times  Young HR Professional, HR 100 under 40, Top 200 Global voices in Leadership, Top 10 Global women in HR, Most followed HR Professional on social media, Linkedin person of the year, Top 10 must have connections on Linkedin, to name a few. 

Possibilitarian is the word that defines her well. She believes " Be limitless, Be a possibilitarian"

She carries 16+ years of experience in crafting and aligning HR strategy with business goals. She supports businesses in setting the right culture, driving performance, reinventing employee experience and improving capabilities. She carries a wealth of experience with both start-ups and well-established organizations. She loves high energy and a growth-focused environment.

She takes great pride in pushing people to explore their yet unknown but limitless unknown possibilities. She inspires them to use their learnings from the past to trigger their future progress and achieve life's goals. She has a track record of consistent success in leading organizational change talent management D&I talent acquisitions along with building executive teams aligned to deliver business objectives. 

Recognized for developing and implementing advanced systems and techniques aimed at automating and digitalizing HR processes, leading to improving efficiency and saving time/cost. With strong business acumen and skills in understanding and dealing with complex business situations, serves as a consultant to all levels of management. 

She mentors students and young professionals and is associated as a mentor with various institutions including IIT Bombay.  She is a passionate speaker and has graced multiple national and global forums as a keynote speaker and panellist.  She was the Lead Membership of the Professional Speakers Association of India, Mumbai chapter (PSAI).

She is on the advisory panel of various institutes and NGOs. She loves writing and her work has been published in leading publications including TOI, Economic Times, people matters, human capital etc. She is passionate about women empowerment and is leading a Leanin circle called Leaders Lifting Leaders. 

Passion with Compassion is her mantra.

She is reachable at gauri_dwivedi@rediffmail.com

Gauri Das

Today’s workforce is rewriting the rules and leaders  that listen will lead in true  senses.

It was wonderful sharing my thoughts on this topic at HR FEDERATION OF INDIA (HRFI) seminar held recently.

Here are the key takeaways :

1. Clarity and purpose matter. Employees are looking for meaning in their work, not just roles and responsibilities.

2. Growth is non-negotiable. Continuous learning, cross-functional exposure, and future-ready skills are now baseline expectations.

3. Respect and autonomy drive retention. People stay where they feel trusted, heard, and treated with dignity.

4. Managers need a reset. Coaching skills, emotional intelligence, and fairness matter more than hierarchy or control.

5. Flexibility is now a value system. Organisations that balance performance with humanity will attract and keep top talent.

6. Culture is becoming the real differentiator. Policies can be copied; culture cannot.

The future belongs to workplaces that can blend accountability with empathy, and ambition with wellbeing. 

Employees are ready for this shift. Employers who recognise this early will lead the next decade of progress.

What do you think?

Thank you Ankita Rudra RAOSAHEB KANGANE fir the opportunity 

#possibilitariangauri

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