{"id":19903,"date":"2021-08-16T17:48:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T00:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/?p=19903"},"modified":"2023-02-24T08:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:35:44","slug":"data-engineering-for-your-startup-vinita-rathis-advice-founder-of-systango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/data-engineering-for-your-startup-vinita-rathis-advice-founder-of-systango\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Engineering for Your Startup: Vinita Rathi\u2019s Advice, Founder of Systango"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Originally brought up in India, <\/span>Vinita Rathi<\/span><\/a> later moved to London and began working at Goldman Sachs. For five years – with initially, no financial knowledge – she worked her way up in the fast paced environment, eventually becoming VP of the interest rate product teams. When her time with Goldman Sachs came to an end, she then started her own company <\/span>Systango<\/span><\/a>, an end-to-end IT service provider called Systango, which now has 300+ employees and works with names such as Grindr, Dialpad, ResearchNow, Deloitte, Oracle and Porsche.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Not only does Rathi have 5.5 years in a tier 1 investment bank specializing in trading technology and 14+ years as a CEO of Systango, she is also the founder of <\/span>Studio Fintech<\/span><\/a>, a company that specializes in dealing with Fintech and blockchain ventures with a focus on blockchain-centric projects. <\/span>Studio Fintech<\/span><\/a> is arm of Systango focussing specifically on Fintech and blockchain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, Rathi is the founder of <\/span>WomenHackForNonProfits<\/span><\/a> currently made up of 1200 women in tech who are building open source projects for non-profits and individuals with a cause. She is also the founding director of <\/span>Women Who Code (London Chapter)<\/span><\/a>, aimed to inspire women to excel in technology careers. To top it all off she is a <\/span>Google Women Techmakers<\/span><\/a> Lead, focusing on helping bolster the cause of feminism in Tech.<\/span><\/p>\n

All of the above when put together indicate she has been playing this game for a long time.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cYou start looking for analytics when you are solving a specific user behaviour problem. Thinking about it as part of product build enables you to solve the initial teething problems faster, quicker and efficiently.\u201d - @VinitaKRathi <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n

During the early years, Rathi\u2019s experiences at Goldman Sachs and now, working with a wide range of entrepreneurs under Systango and more, have given her some valuable insights about the role data science plays in building <\/span>product strategy<\/span><\/a> and how startups and scaleups can leverage it not only for increasing the efficiency of their businesses but also deciding the future course. Here are just a few of the takeaways Vinita will be speaking about.<\/span><\/p>\n