Contact Info
Web: ravi-mehta.com
Substack: https://blog.ravi-mehta.com/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ravimehta
Twitter: twitter.com/ravi_mehta
Email: ravi@ravi-mehta.com
Mobile: 617-272-5813
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Short Bio
Ravi is a senior product executive with experience leading product organizations for globally recognized brands like Tripadvisor, Facebook, and Tinder. Over his career, Ravi has scaled well-known products that have impacted millions of people and scaled teams to meet the challenge. Ravi is a well respected thought leader and his frameworks on product strategy & product leadership have been adopted by thousands of professionals across the industry. Previously, he was Chief Product Officer @ Tinder, Product Director @ Facebook, VP of Consumer Product at TripAdvisor, and Executive-in-Residence @ Reforge. He is an active investor and advisor, primarily focused on consumer tech companies
Long Bio
Ravi is a senior product executive with experience leading product organizations for globally recognized brands like Tripadvisor, Facebook, and Tinder. Over his career, Ravi has scaled well-known products that have impacted millions of people and scaled teams to meet the challenge.
Most recently, he was Founder & CEO of Outpace where he launched a first-of-its-kind AI professional coach using the latest advances in generative AI technology. Previously, he was an Executive-in-Residence at Reforge where he helped create and lead programs on Product Leadership and Product Strategy.
Prior to Reforge, Ravi was Chief Product Officer at Tinder where he led the product strategy for the world’s #1 monetizing app. In that role, he defined a Gen Z-centric strategy for the next generation of Tinder. Prior to Tinder, Ravi was at Facebook where he led a team focused on understanding how Gen Z uses social media and increasing Gen Z engagement with Facebook properties.
Prior to Facebook, Ravi led Consumer Product for TripAdvisor where he led product for the company's primary business pillars (Hotels, Restaurants, and Attractions), led the core user experience teams, and led the International Market Development & Localization teams.
Earlier in his career, Ravi led product for Viximo (a social gaming startup acquired by Tapjoy), founded a VC-backed fintech startup, was one of the first members of the Xbox team where he helped define the content and platform strategy for Xbox Live, and founded a successful game company in high school.
Ravi is an active investor and advisor, primarily focused on consumer tech companies. Ravi holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BS in Computer Systems Engineering from Boston University.