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Kuldeep Shukla

Kuldeep Shukla

Business Head - Airline Loyalty & Ancillary Revenue
Gurgaon,Haryana

Summary

Professional Summary


Growth driven Airline Loyalty & Ancillary Revenue professional having MBA- Aviation Management with nearly 15 years of rich & qualitative experience in FFP Monetization, Airline Ancillary Revenue Optimization, Alliances & Partnerships and Marketing & Brand Communication.


Successful track record of working with various airline FFP's like Jet Privilege, Club Vistara, Big Loyalty & Flying Returns etc. and converting these FFPs in to ancillary revenue source for their respective airlines by increasing quality member base and creating tactical and strategic partnerships.


A tech enthusiast who is also a Co-Founder of few tech driven brands and Six Sigma Certified process driven person, who always strive for process improvements and enhancements by reducing repetitive human efforts through automation.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certificates

Work History

Business Head -Airline Loyalty & Ancillary Revenue

Vymanika Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
Gurgaon, Haryana
04.2018 - Current
  • Supporting Airline Clients in their Customer & Partner Acquisition efforts for their Loyalty Programs.
  • Supporting clients in development & execution of unique ancillary products for revenue optimization.
  • Achieved 5X member growth in financial year for one of reputed airline loyalty program.
  • Achieved revenue growth of 200% in financial year by increasing member engagement through relevant partnerships.
  • Working closely with clients and aligning efforts with their organizational objectives thus increasing revenue, profit and business growth by collaboratively developing integrated strategies.

General Manager - FFP & Ancillary Revenue

GSR Brandmidas
Chennai, Tamilnadu
06.2016 - 03.2018
  • Successfully lead the turnaround project of one of India's most powerful FFP ever for our Airline Client.
  • Increased profits for our client (Loyalty Company) by 400 % over 3 Year by Member and Partner acquisition efforts .
  • Over the period of our engagement with the loyalty program, membership base increased from 2 Mn. to 8.5 Mn. and the valuation of the same increased from USD 15 Mn. to USD 1.13 Bn
  • Recruited, mentored and supported high-performing members of sales and marketing teams.

Sr. Manager - FFP, Marketing & Ancillary Revenue

Tata SIA - Vistara Airlines
Gurgaon, Haryana
03.2015 - 04.2016
  • Spearheaded the product development of Club Vistara (FFP) programme.
  • Handled the Marketing & Brand communication function of the Airline.
  • Managed Ancillary Revenue team to optimize returns from Ancillary side of the business.
  • Managed Alliances & Partnerships for Loyalty Program.

Sr. Manager- Marketing & Ancillary Revenue

SpiceJet Ltd.
Gurgaon, Haryana
06.2007 - 03.2015
  • Spearheaded the Marketing & Brand communication team.
  • Ideation & Execution of marketing campaigns, Media Planning, Media Buying, Creative development, event management, In Shop- Out Shop branding, Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing,
  • Managing Ancillary Revenue maximization efforts of the Airline
  • Responsible for the P&L of the department. Ensuring timely delivery of projects within budget and scope.
  • Responsible for commissioning of market research to understand the consumer pulse better. Analysis of the research hypothesis through primary research & FGDs. Basis the research outcome, developing communication strategies.

Marketing Research Intern

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
New Delhi, Delhi
03.2006 - 08.2006

Conducted primary research on following projects:


  • Understanding the needs of travel agents & bridging the gap with LCC's
  • Are travel agents an effective channel of distribution for an upcoming International Airline ?

Team Lead - Credit Card Sale

Citi Bank
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
01.2005 - 06.2005
  • Managing Sales of Citi Bank Credit Card in Bhopal region

Sales Executive

Bharti Airtel
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
06.2004 - 12.2004
  • Managing sales of Landline & Broadband Internet Connections of Bharti Airtel

Co-Founder

Airportzo India Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi, Delhi
08.2018 - Current
  • Built this unique Airport Ancillary Marketplace from the scratch. Right from ideation to tech development to business strategy.
  • Successfully implemented this B2B as well as B2C platform across various airlines as well as Travel Portals.
  • Achieved breakeven and the turnover of Rs.100 Mn. in the first full financial year of operations.
  • Aligned organizational objectives with company mission, increasing revenue, profit and business growth by collaboratively developing integrated strategies.

Co-Founder

IDS Websoft
Gurgaon, Haryana
07.2014 - Current
  • Successfully developed many awesome mobile apps, Innovative projects and several customised softwares for our clients.
  • Our team has written more than 122,820 code line solutions written in various programming languages such as C#, Java, PHP, Python, Pig, Node JS.
  • Succesful Project Management of some very intricate projects by breaking down business requirements in to actionable points and then translating the same in to technical breifs for the development teams.

Education

MBA - Aviation Management

University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
Gurgaon
07.2005 - 05.2007

Bachelor of Science - Electronics Technology

Barkatullah University
Bhopal
07.2001 - 05.2004

Skills

    Business development and retention

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Certification

Certificate of Appreciation from Jet Privilege

Timeline

Co-Founder

Airportzo India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2018 - Current

Business Head -Airline Loyalty & Ancillary Revenue

Vymanika Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
04.2018 - Current

Certificate of Appreciation from Jet Privilege

01-2017

General Manager - FFP & Ancillary Revenue

GSR Brandmidas
06.2016 - 03.2018

Sr. Manager - FFP, Marketing & Ancillary Revenue

Tata SIA - Vistara Airlines
03.2015 - 04.2016

Co-Founder

IDS Websoft
07.2014 - Current

Six Sigma Certification - Green Belt

07-2013

CEO Award for Managing IPL Sponsorships

01-2013

Selected for CEO's Future Leadership Development Program

05-2012

Sr. Manager- Marketing & Ancillary Revenue

SpiceJet Ltd.
06.2007 - 03.2015

Marketing Research Intern

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
03.2006 - 08.2006

MBA - Aviation Management

University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
07.2005 - 05.2007

Team Lead - Credit Card Sale

Citi Bank
01.2005 - 06.2005

Sales Executive

Bharti Airtel
06.2004 - 12.2004

NCC 'C' Certificate - A Grade

03-2004

Bachelor of Science - Electronics Technology

Barkatullah University
07.2001 - 05.2004
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