Kiran Johns is a growth and product-focused operator with 9 years of experience building product-led communities and scaling early-stage teams across India. Currently leading Growth and Operations at Valur after product roles at Hoppscotch and IBM Quantum, he blends product management, community growth, and data-driven experimentation to accelerate user adoption. His background in computer science and hands-on stints from full‑stack internships to APM roles give him a technical fluency that complements his founder-network work at Next Chapter. A lifelong physics and math enthusiast, he brings a curious, systems-oriented perspective to product problems and a knack for turning developer-first tooling into viral growth.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
12th Physics Chemistry Maths and Computer Science, 12th Physics Chemistry Maths and Computer Science at Father Joseph Memorial Higher Secondary School
10th, 10th at Co-operative Public School
Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science at Mar Athanasius College of Engineering
ChemQ is a project to identify the properties of an organic compound
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 4 months
propertiescompoundidentifyorganic
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