Summary
Rajendran Nair is a product leader with 8+ years of senior product and GTM experience who has repeatedly scaled SaaS offerings to acquisition and market leadership. He led Strikedeck from concept to Medallia acquisition, introduced the industry’s first self-service Customer Success product and AI-driven churn models, and later grew Medallia’s Employee Experience suite to tens of millions of annual experiences with a 60+ NPS. Rajendran combines product strategy, PLG and Generative AI/NLP expertise to launch new modules and lift trial-to-paid conversion rates—delivering outsized topline growth (50%+ at Medallia, 2.5x at Intrigo). He thrives at the intersection of customer insight and technical execution, building rapid time-to-value implementations and award-winning products. Based in Danville, CA, he mentors entrepreneurs on product strategy and is actively helping startups apply AI to transform user experiences.
8 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
B.Tech Electrical Engineering, B.Tech Electrical Engineering at Model Engineering College
Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram
MBA Marketing, MBA Marketing at Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
B.Tech Electrical Engineering, B.Tech Electrical Engineering at Cochin University of Science and Technology
English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil