Summary
Neelesh Bagga is a product and strategy leader with 13 years of experience combining hands-on engineering roots at Goldman Sachs with MBA-trained strategic rigor from MIT Sloan. He has launched FinTech and consumer-facing products, built MIT's Orbit ed‑tech platform, advised Fortune 500 clients at Bain on growth and GenAI strategy, and led product for a Bain‑incubated GenAI startup that onboarded its first enterprise customers. Comfortable moving between code, research, and C‑suite advisory, he focuses on commercializing AI products and scaling operating models across Consumer, Retail, Healthcare and Technology. Now based in Amsterdam, he brings a blend of venture-building hunger, data-driven product instincts, and a track record of turning complex financial and enterprise problems into scalable digital solutions.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Carmel Junior College, Jamshedpur, India
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management
B.S. Magna Cum Laude in Computer Science ; Minors in Operations Research and Business, B.S. Magna Cum Laude in Computer Science ; Minors in Operations Research and Business at Cornell University
English, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali