Hi, my name is Utkarsh
Introduction
Fun fact: in a past life, I built carbontracker.in, a live dashboard tracking India's renewable energy transition.
Hi, my name is Utkarsh.
I founded and bootstrapped GameAway, one of India's top Cloud Gaming platforms, and have several years of experience leading and being a part of top-tier software engineering teams.
I've got a Computer Science degree from UC Berkeley, have experience working for tech firms in the Bay Area and Tel Aviv, and a love for working on challenging problems, both technical and not.
When it comes to my work, I'm a perfectioninst with a strong entrepreneurial mindset, and aim to deliver the maximum value with the minimum amount of resources.
My Current Projects
GameAway
Oct 2022 - Present
Founded GameAway, one of India's top Cloud Gaming and Cloud PC platforms. Grew it into a profitable business from nothing, using AWS and third-party tools. GameAway has over 50,000 registered users from all over the world, and over 6,000 unique visitors per month.
My proudest achievement with GameAway is that we've managed to build a self-sustaining platform that can compete with highly-funded competitors, and the process of doing so has taught me how to scale a business while keeping it profitable, how to choose which technical features deliver maximum value to customers, and how to handle everything from marketing, to design, to administrative tasks like accounting and regulatory compliance.
ThoughtLeaders.io
Jan 2021 - Present
Technical lead at ThoughtLeaders.io, Tel Aviv-based content intelligence platform. I lead a small team remotely, and work closely with the Product team and CEO to rapidly iterate on and deliver impactful features that keep the company growing and profitable.
It's at ThoughtLeaders that I learnt how to manage a team, play to their strengths, and how to unlock the potential of my direct reports without micromanaging.
My Completed Projects (recent to old)
Brookings Institution India Center
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
Briefly dabbled in academia - worked in the energy vertical, tracking India's renewable energy transition. It's here that I created carbontracker.in, and also where I first became a published author.
It's also here that I discovered I prefer fast-paced environments without bureaucracy, and work that creates immediate monetary value.
AutoGrid
Aug 2014 - Aug 2018
Worked as Senior Software Engineer at AutoGrid, a clean-tech firm in the Bay Area. It's at AutoGrid where I learned how to code and not be a student.
Sustainability has always been a passion of mine, and it was also nice to work on technology that helped reduce the world's carbon footprint. It's also what led me to take up the Brookings job.
UC Berkeley
Aug 2010 - May 2014
Got a degree in Computer Science with a minor in Political Economy. Met people from all over the world, lived at the famous I House, and generally had a good time.
My other hobbies
Travel
Cats
Reading
Contact Me
I'd love to get in contact with you, so please feel free to reach me on any of these platforms.
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