Abhishek Krishna Iyer

Edtech | Toddle | ISB

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

Experience

  • Toddle - Your Teaching Partner ()
    • Sr. Director
      Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      Key projects - 1. Led implementation of a large school diocese - https://www.toddleapp.com/learn/case-study/how-cent-transitioned-18-schools-to-toddle-smoothly-and-sustainably/ 2. Migration from legacy systems - #3 of https://www.toddleapp.com/learn/case-study/how-we-set-up-a-school-in-4-weeks/

    • Director - School Success
      Dec 2023 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Leading Success Operations - Implementation, Data Services, Ticketing, Translations and Chat Support.

  • Head of Academy (Global Supply) at BrightCHAMPS
    Feb 2023 - Dec 2023 · 11 mos

    Build and manage a global teacher pool that imparts next-gen skills to kids across the world. Metrices and outcomes - 1. Teachers hired 2. Teachers retained 3. Teacher quality 4. Teacher payout optimization 5. Sales conversion rate 6. "Hot lead" improvement 7. Demo completion rate 8. Driving organic content through partners

  • Director - New Business at Teachmint
    Mar 2021 - Feb 2023 · 2 yrs

    Ran multiple 0-to-1 experiments and helped achieve scale. Some of my significant achievements here include - 1. Acquiring YouTube creators to ramp up product adoption 2. Scaling a 25-member All-India on-ground team as a GTM experiment for the B2B schools segment 3. Worked on the onboarding problem by leading a 30-member team 4. achieved GTM for the international market for our Creator LMS product (through acquiring and onboarding teachers, trainers and creators via LinkedIn, YouTube) 5. Currently working on cracking city markets for the school digitization product

  • Co-Founder at Grassroot Education / Verbalist
    Feb 2019 - Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Bootstrapped Grassroot Education, an IELTS Training organization from a seed capital of Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 60 lakhs in revenue with 20% Bottom Line in 24 months. 1. Expanded the company operations to 35+ cities in India and in Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Nepal 2. Changed the business strategy from “skim” to “penetration” to achieve a 100% revenue growth rate in March 2020 3. Scaled all functions of the company - Sales, Marketing, Recruitment, Teaching, Support, Academic Operations 4. Devised a sustainable and engaging sales funnel using a data-focussed approach 5. Employed Facebook and Instagram Ads to generate new leads at optimum “Cost-per-Lead” with innovative lead magnets 6. Utilized SaaS tools such as EverWebinar, GetResponse, Zoom to maintain high engagement with leads 7. Achieved a high 3% conversion rate through a “variable-only” pay model, refined sales pitches, constant data monitoring 8. Executed buzz marketing campaigns such as Learnathons, Admissions Days (Flash Sales) to enhance sales 9. Introduced automated Speaking tests to reduce manpower requirement by 50% and increased correction efficiency 10. Achieved strong customer success with 10% of the enrolled students achieving 7.5 and above (out of 9) 11. Handled Speaking Module for the company – conducted 250+ Live sessions with an average class attendance of 50 Highlights - • Achieved 25,000+ app downloads on the Grassroot Education Android App with rating of 4.6 • Obtained an Instagram Follower base of 9,000+ and YouTube subscriber base of 8,000+ • Authorized Channel Partner of IDP, the agency conducting the IELTS exam

  • Unacademy (1 yr)
    • Head - Partner Educators
      Nov 2018 - Mar 2019 · 5 mos

      i) Worked directly with the co-founder on strategy and execution of various revenue campaigns ii) Led a team of 4 high performing Business Development Executives to on-board top YouTubers into the Unacademy platform

    • Business Development Manager
      Apr 2018 - Oct 2018 · 7 mos

      i) Closed high profile Educators for Unacademy (who are currently major revenue generators) ii) Devised several non-monetary incentives to enhance Educator retention.