We’re 5x

Tarush is one of the leading experts in leveraging data for exponential growth, with over ten years experience in the field.

After graduating with a degree in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2011, he became the first data engineer on the analytics team at Salesforce.com. Data was in its infancy, and the log metric framework which Tarush built was critical in allowing Salesforce to analyse data across customers and provide benchmarks across different industries and verticals

Most recently Tarush led Data for WeWork, one of the fastest growing companies in the world. WeWork leveraged data to be able to grow 10x in 3 years, supporting a footprint of 800+ offices in 120+ cities in 23+ countries with over 12,000 employees. Tarush scaled the data org from 2 to 100+ and their unique approach allowed them to stay lean while supporting every functional area of the business. In 2019 he moved to China to help establish WeWork’s Asia operations and focus on the hyper growing Chinese market.

Qi graduated from Emory University, majoring in Information System and Operations Management. Qi started her career as a business analyst at Hyatt, where she found her passion in the data and analytics world. Prior to joining 5x, She has worked at Hyatt, Bank of Canada, Uber Eats, WeWork, and Ant Group, in different fields of analytics, such as marketing, finance, operations, and product. She has also worked in different countries, such as the US, Singapore, Netherlands, and China to experience different cultures.

Qi enjoyed working at fast-growing unicorn tech companies and she met Tarush at WeWork Shanghai, where Qi was hired as the first senior data analyst outside of WeWork’s New York headquarters. She led the product analytics with 10x growth in users, and helped the China data team grow from 1 to 15 members in 2 years.

Raju has spent the last 10+ years in corporate trainings on latest technology of snowflake , dbt , SAAS , ETL tools and cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure )

Highly motivated Corporate trainer with experience in training Multiple MNCs , Startup companies across diverse industries. Proven success in leveraging educational theories and methodologies to design, develop, and deliver successful training programs

After graduating from JNTU University with a Bachelor’s degree in computer Engineering, Raju joined IBM and has worked for three years on database technologies post that Raju became freelance corporate trainer and have been giving trainings to multiple MNCs in India, US, UK and many countries .Highly effective Corporate trainer having extensive knowledge of a wide variety of SAAS tools , applications , databases and operating systems commonly used in businesses

Raju joins 5x as an Head of training

Arpan is a growth marketing expert with over 10 years of cumulative experience in selling ad-Tech products, new business development, and digital marketing.
With over 5 years of hands-on experience in the growth and performance marketing space with consumer brands like BookMyShow and Fittr, he brings the growth hacking mindset to the fore of 5x’s growth plans.

After graduating with a degree in MBA(Tech.) from NMIMS Mumbai in 2011, Arpan’s first stint at Media.net, the world’s largest contextual advertising company, saw him build a team of over 10 account managers and research analysts managing over $500k a month in revenue with a healthy revenue share of over 35% from the accounts.

In 2016, Arpan went on to work with BookMyShow, India’s largest ticketing platform selling over 100 million tickets a year. He set up the entire content marketing and social media team of 15 people and then went on to lead the whole digital marketing operation for BookMyShow managing over 25 people and achieving a 15% lift in ticket sales for category A movies.
Arpan managed many responsibilities like marketing strategy, operations, strategic data, and marketing alliances with movie production houses.

Evan has spent the last 10+ years leading product management teams to build and scale new B2B products, including SaaS and mobile applications, spanning endpoint management, security, productivity, privacy, and analytics.

After graduating from Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Evan joined AirWatch, a startup based in Atlanta, as an early product manager. Over the subsequent two years, Evan led the development of multiple new products and offerings and scaled them to millions of users. VMware acquired AirWatch in 2014 for $1.54 billion.

Evan joins 5x as an advisor of product management.

From Spain, Ester has experience with business, finance and operations management. She worked for 4 years at KPMG in Barcelona, one of the big four consulting firms.

She got involved in 2 startups across 2 continents.

In 2019, Ester went to live in Bali, Indonesia where she developed her passion about people and culture, their general well-being and creating value.

Leaning on her natural ability to care for others, she joined 5x to provide support and manage all 5xNetwork engineers.
She loves making sure that potential future 5x engineers resonate with 5x values and once on board, they have everything they need.

Her core value: make engineer’s lives better.

Syed joins us with more than 2 decades of fulfilling experience in the field of Training, Process Excellence, Innovation, Quality Control, Strategy Design, Continuous Improvement, Productivity, Organizational Excellence, Structured Problem Solving, and Lean Six Sigma.

At 5X he will oversee the Interviews, 5X Network, Training, and soon-to-be-launched Boot Camp business.

Syed has the experience of working with diverse industries like Manufacturing, Insurance, Telecom, and BPO in various leadership roles. His last corporate assignment was with Max Life insurance as Vice President – Head of Quality & Service Excellence for Corporate Functions and Proprietary Sales Channels. He has also worked with the Essar Group and Tata Group in the past. Since 2018 he has been running his own Management Consulting Firm in India.

His additional professional activities include Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certification, Postgraduate Diploma in Customer Relationship Management, Certified Business Excellence Assessor, Certified ISO Lead Auditor, High Impact Trainer, Syed is a Process Identification, Documentation, and Measurement System Specialist and has also created an easy to use tool kit for problem-solving.

As a Business Excellence & HR Excellence Assessor he is also on the panel of CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) and has assessed organizations like KFC, TCS, Tata Teleservices, Mahindra and Max Group Companies, etc.

Philip is a Finance Professional with 16 years of overall experience in business partnering, FPRA, financial controlling, working capital management, investment appraisals, accounting and process improvement.

Starting off as an entrepreneur in IT in 2000, he ran an IT product business and was able to secure a contract with one of the key players Pinnacle Micro. From there he moved to Financial Advisory services with specialization in risk mitigation and investment. The next stop was Anglo Platinum in the mining industry where he worked in the logistics field whilst studying.

After graduating with a degree in Financial Management from the University of Pretoria in 2005, Philip started working for Siemens as a Project Controller. Since then, Nokia acquired Siemens Telecoms and Philip enjoyed various different exciting roles in the company.

One of his roles was as a Senior Financial controller. It is a senior role in Nokia and has a strategic position – being the interface and driver/facilitator for many finance – CO/BG business topics. It provides strong support to the account director and Offer Controlling functions, during pre-sales phase and sales phase.

In this role he oversaw a small team of six colleagues and supported the key accounts to increase order intake, revenue and margin whilst ensuring compliance on internal controls.

Philip secured his associate status with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in 2022.