Kriti has been working as the Co-founder and CPO of Hippo Innovations since the year 2013.

She has spearheaded the role of product development department at Hippo Innovations (formerly Manusis Technologies), an e-Commerce solution provider company. She has been instrumental in directing the overall product by establishing organizational policies and processes, devising a strategy for developing products and positioning it in the market.

Kriti started her professional life initially as a graphic designer where she worked with the product team in US to analyze requirements, design mock up screens, create animated demos and develop marketing material. She then joined Hippo Innovations (formerly Manusis Technologies) in the year 2008, where she worked as the Senior Graphic Designer and worked with the clients to analyze requirements, design screens for products, create animated demos and interact with the development team to optimize the design. Finally, she found her the product development team as a Co-founder and CPO at Hippo Innovations (formerly Manusis Technologies).

Kriti has a rich and diverse experience of nearly a decade spanning across fashion, designing, animation, and technology sectors. She holds a Masters degree in Management Science, with Textile and Clothing as her subject of specialization. She is passionate about creating a world class organization where employees are happy and engaged and strive towards excellence. She is a working mother and a stickler for processes and planning things out with a well-defined laid out plan. In her free time, she loves to cook and spend meaningful time with her children.

Deepak is the founder & CEO of KarmaCircles, a peer-to-peer knowledge sharing platform. Prior to that, he was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Packback where he built their product strategy, online marketing strategy and engineering team. Prior to that, he was the Chief Product Officer of IndiaHomes where he built & led product management, marketing and engineering teams. Before that, he was Director of Product Management at Coupons.com (COUP) where he created & grew several multi-million dollar products. He has also been a senior executive at Microsoft & Nokia.

Deepak is a serial entrepreneur and has been with three successful startups across stages (0-1 million, 1-10 million and 10-100 million). He has experience across domains (email, content, coupons, retail, e-commerce, real estate, maps, traffic & education), across product types (consumer, enterprise, mobile, social and platform), across functions (engineering, product management & marketing) and across levels (individual contributor, manager, director, VP and CXO).

Deepak is a mentor at 500 Startups and an angel investor in few startups (Sverve, Packback, Wishberry, TheStylisted). He is also an advisor to Khosla Impact Fund & Impact Engine accelerator and advises several companies on strategy, product, marketing and technology.

Over the last three years, Deepak has reviewed more than 800 business plans and has advised more than 200 startups (TheCatch, Brave Champs, TrackNProtect, Cuponomia, Tushky, etc) in various areas. He has also judged several business plan competitions in University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Deepak is a computer science graduate from IIT, Delhi, India and holds an MBA from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. He is a Mensa member and has patents for 4 of his inventions (3 issued, 1 pending).