Umakant Yadav
Head of Growth Marketing & Product-Led Growth
uky171991@gmail.com
9453619260
Palo Alto, CA
linkedin.com/in/emilythorne-growth
PROFILE STATEMENT
Data-driven growth leader with 7+ years accelerating customer acquisition, multi-channel funnels, and viral product-led expansion loops for Series A through Series C startups. Scaled enterprise ARR from $2M to $25M.
EXPERIENCE
PulseWave AI Solutions
- Engineered paid acquisition and SEO organic flywheels driving 320% year-over-year qualified pipeline growth.
- Decreased Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) by 34% while increasing free-to-paid conversion rate from 3.8% to 7.2%.
- Managed $3.6M annual performance marketing budget across Google, LinkedIn, and programmatic channels.
NotionWave Workspace
- Ran 150+ A/B conversion experiments on landing pages and checkout flows, lifting conversion by 42%.
- Partnered with product engineering to build viral referral invitations generating 240,000 organic signups.
CORE SKILLS
Product-Led Growth (PLG)
Funnel Analytics (Mixpanel/Amplitude)
Paid Acquisition (SEM/Paid Social)
A/B Testing
SEO Strategy
SQL & Telemetry
EDUCATION
B.S. in Management Science & Engineering
UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
2018