Contact
www.linkedin.com/in/milind-
khandare (LinkedIn)
Top Skills
Strategy
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Engineering
Languages
Marathi (Native or Bilingual)
English (Native or Bilingual)
Hindi (Native or Bilingual)
Certifications
Managing Big Data with MySQL
Certificate in Design Thinking &
Innovation
Honors-Awards
Dean's List
Graduate Merit Scholarship
National Talent Scholar
Publications
Multi-Objective Design Optimization
for an Integrated Tractor Trailer
Vehicle
 
Milind Khandare
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Payments at Intuit
San Francisco Bay Area
Summary
Specialties: Marketing Strategy, Growth Strategy, Go-to-Market,
Technology Marketing, Digital Marketing, Small Medium Businesses,
SMB, FinTech, Payments, Consulting, Strategy Consulting,
Management Consulting, Strategy, Operations, Financial Modeling,
Design Thinking, Leadership, Advanced Analytics, Big Data, SQL,
Engineering, Automotive, Motorsports, Programming, Problem
solving
Experience
Intuit
2 years 8 months
Sr. Marketing Manager, Payments
December 2018 - Present 
Mountain View, CA, United States
Lead acquisition, retention, and new product launch strategy for Intuit's hyper-
growth Payments business
Sr. Marketing Manager, QuickBooks Capital
February 2018 - December 2018 (11 months)
Mountain View, California
•Led all Go-to-Market strategy and execution across customer journey for
QuickBooks Capital spanning multiple channels including In-product, Email,
Online ads, and Offline.
•Drove $200M in funded loans in a year since launch of direct product
•Leveraged heavy-duty analytics & creative excellence to continuously improve
marketing impact.
•Collaborated with segment leadership, product, design, data science, and
finance.
Marketing Manager, QuickBooks Capital
December 2016 - January 2018 (1 year 2 months)
Mountain View
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•Helped small businesses get access to vital credit with QuickBooks Capital
(startup within Intuit).
•Led Go-to-Market planning and execution across channels for the company’s
2 lending offerings- direct (brand new!) and marketplace.
•Led marketing for Direct product through pilot, launch, and growth phases.
•Won CMO's Marketing Star award for rapidly scaling business.

Strategy&, part of the PwC network

Senior Associate
2015 - 2016 (2 years)
Greater Chicago Area

Management Consultant with expertise in Operations and Marketing Strategy.

Major projects include-
•Operational Due Diligence for 2 Fortune 500 industrial companies to evaluate
potential merger. Created complex operational model to predict improvement
in utilization and efficiency for merged entity
•Customer Strategy Study involving leading companies and thought leaders
across the globe published on Strategy+Business
•Comprehensive Benchmarking and Cost Reduction for major North American
Truck OEM. Work resulted in over $100 million in savings opportunities being
identified

PwC
Senior Associate
2014 - 2014 (1 year)
Chicago

• Led key work stream for an industrial client on their high-profile global
strategic sourcing initiative; Identified $2.1 million in savings on parts
commodity on an annual spend of $11.4 million, exceeding savings target by
50% by verifying suppliers, leading negotiations

FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Engineer, Motorsports
2013 - 2013 (1 year)
Auburn Hills, Michigan

-Delivered enhanced performance for Chrysler Motorsports’ National Hot

Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock Drag Race car for 2014-15 season; Led
coordination of new NHRA car launch activities together with Team Drivers,
Mechanics, Wind Tunnel Test personnel and Motorsports division leadership

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Navistar Inc
Prod. Dev. Engr Team Lead (Aerodynamics)
2010 - 2013 (4 years)
Lisle, IL

-Promoted to the position of Team Lead within 6 months of joining due to

outstanding performance
-Led Aerodynamics (Fuel Economy) workstream of US DoE sponsored, $85
million ‘SuperTruck’ project; exceeded project target (50% improvement)
through technological innovation & cross-functional collaboration
-Mentored new hires and junior team members, guided interns on department
productivity projects
-Published and presented optimization research at Society of Automotive
Engineers World Congress (the premier auto industry event)
-Created an 'Automated Optimization' framework for external aerodynamics
simulations which replaced inefficient trial and error method

Education
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA) + Master of Engineering
Management (MEM), Marketing, Strategy, Operations, Design Thinking

Texas A&M University

MS, Mechanical Engineering

Savitribai Phule Pune University

BE, Mechanical Engineering

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