About
About Kunal Waghmare.
Eighteen-plus years across global B2B and D2C — including direct work for airline flag carriers, global FMCG brands, luxury watchmakers, India's largest baby & kids platform, and an industrial-automation rebrand. Three products: Vyndeal (live), Quiamo (live), Justepics (upcoming, in build).
Operating profile
Operating profile
I run marketing operating systems for B2B and D2C teams between Series A and ₹500-crore revenue. The work is calibrated for companies whose growth has stalled because they don't yet have a marketing function that operates like an engineering function — measurable, weekly, accountable.
The current role is CMO at the Indian arm of one of the world's largest reed-sensor and switching-component manufacturers, where I run a five-vertical operating model targeting Top-200 Indian OEMs. Concurrent fractional and advisory engagements run alongside.
Career arc
Career arc
I started in software testing — first at an Israeli enterprise application-platform vendor (Pune and Israel offices), then a two-year on-site tenure at the Phoenix, AZ deployment of the world's largest business-machines-to-enterprise-software giant on an American Express Cards programme. The Fortune 500 enterprise discipline learned there remains the calibration baseline for everything since.
The transition to marketing happened at India's largest baby & kids products e-commerce platform — on the founding team — where I set up content, photography, the vendor B2B network and the retail-plus-online concept. From there: India's pioneering food-delivery startup (head of content marketing, including the migration onto Europe's largest food-tech group's platform after acquisition), a Pune-based equity-research-driven PMS firm (5,000+ leads, ₹3+ crore revenue contribution), three years at a Switzerland-based global loyalty redemption SaaS (running marketing for the UAE's national flag carrier, Qatar's Doha-based five-star international airline, Finland's flag carrier, Malaysia's national flag carrier, Thailand's national flag carrier, plus FMCG and luxury brand work), then Corporate Communications & Marketing Head at a Pune-based industrial automation OEM (₹48 crore lead pipeline, 300 → 15,000 LinkedIn followers, complete rebrand).
Languages and certifications
Languages and certifications
Six working languages: English (default), Hindi, Marathi, French (Diploma, Ranade Institute, Pune University), German and Spanish. Certified in Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google 360, Design Thinking, CALART UX/UI, Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
Products
Products
Vyndeal — sales pipeline and GST-compliant quoting SaaS for Indian B2B teams. Live, with paying customers.
Quiamo — full-service digital execution agency. Plugs into consulting engagements as the execution arm.
Justepics — luxury photography and visual-art marketplace with provenance-first positioning. In build.
Personal
Personal
Based at Padmavati Hills, Pune. Hobbyist photographer (Fujifilm), guitarist, reader. Long-standing interest in quantum physics and computing. Painting and reading round out the off-screen hours.
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