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(408) 802-9179 118 Kellogg Ave
strikha@gmail.com Palo Alto, Ca 94301
L e a d e r i n D a t a T e c h n o l o g y & P r o d u c t s
Angel Investor  Capital Asset Development
Extremely competent, well-organized and professional with a consistent track record of
surpassing standards and goals at PayPal for 14 years. Renowned leader has a proven record of
success creating innovative solutions and leading important programs to develop and
implement data products and systems such as PayPal’s Merchant Reporting and Insights
capabilities, Data API’s, Global Data Technology Solutions and Data Warehousing Systems.
Devoted expert is keen to provide a dynamic working environment; effectively contributes
towards organizational success, leads cross-functional technology teams from all over the world
with positive determination, professionally deals with increased challenges and responsibilities,
and performs extremely well under pressure.
 Task & Detail-Oriented Team Builder  Strategic Planning & Follow-thru
 Team Management & Leadership  Product & Software Project Management
 Resourceful & Creative Problem Solver  Strong Interpersonal & Analytical Abilities
C a r e e r H i s t o r y
Green Brick Enterprises 2016 - Present
Partner
 Managed Capital Asset Holdings and Development across the Mid-West & Pacific Regions.
Kellogg Partners 2016 - Present
Partner
 Provided Early Round Capital to Startups across various segments of High Tech.
PayPal 2002 – 2016
Head of Product, Merchant Reporting and Insights (2015 – 2016)
Director Data Management, Commerce Insights and Enterprise Data Store (2014 – 2015)
Director Regional Solutions, PayPal Europe (2011 – 2013)
Chief of Staff, PayPal India Private Limited (2007 – 2011)
Manager, Reporting and Analytics Team (2002 – 2007)
Mountain View, Chennai, Luxembourg, San Jose
 Managed and supervised the Reporting and Data Product team in Merchant Engagement;
facilitated the delivery of Custom Reporting framework, Industry Standard reporting and the
first set of Data APIs.
 Orchestrated the implementation of PayPal's first Enterprise Data store providing
segmentation capabilities, a top technology initiative experiencing burdensome execution
for many years.
 Facilitated commerce insights program providing business growth opportunities, later on
becoming one of PayPal top strategic initiatives in 2016.
 Directed the backend, front end, and product teams of the global release of data products
that yielded rich insights to account managed merchants and enhanced SOC, conversion
and facilitated better comprehension of consumer behavior.
 Managed the PayPal Data Warehouse Team through integration of eBay after acquisition;
assumed general management responsibilities and served as a leader in the development
organization in Chennai, India.

2.  Part of the leadership team that managed to significantly expand technology resourcing
capabilities in India from inception to over 1500 people.
 Established regional data technology practices across the world; in Luxembourg developed
global data solutions serving Europe, North America and APAC.
 Devised innovative analytical solutions, business unit specific, that expedited the growth of
PayPal's profitability in region; enabled the forecasting of revenue growth, improved
targeting options, customer support and financial risk.
 Spearheaded a strategic program and played integral role in the development of PayPal
first data warehouse and Teradata implementation across key functional areas such as
Finance and Marketing.
Bluelight.com 2000 - 2002
Senior Database Engineer
Oracle 1998 - 2000
Database Developer
T e c h n i c a l S k i l l s
Databases  SaaS  Business Intelligence  Agile Methodologies
SQL  Data Mining  Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)  Data Warehousing
Database Marketing  Big Data Systems  Business Insights  Product Exposure across Full Stack
N o t a b l e H i g h l i g h t s
Investor in Startups
Partner in Commercial and Residential Real Estate Holding/ Development
Early Stage Investment across High-Tech
Ankeena, Acquired by Juniper Networks
APIGEE 2015 IPO/Acquisition by Google
CloudVolume, Acquired by VMWare
Violin Memory 2015 IPO
References Gladly Provided Upon Request