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I take on the hardest problems in the room.

Learn fast. Own the outcome end to end. Six years across BD, brand building, and ops. Now building with AI.

CLO Virtual Fashion Ex-Levi's · Uniqlo D2C Founder AI Builder
Ashwanth Kumar
2 monthsTo first deal
95%Research time cut
₹42LARR at peak
Business Development/ AI Workflow Automation/ GTM Strategy/ Founders Office/ Enterprise Sales/ Product Development/ Business Development/ AI Workflow Automation/ GTM Strategy/ Founders Office/ Enterprise Sales/ Product Development/

Where I've been and what I did.

2026 Present

Business Development Manager

CLO Virtual Fashion
B2B Sales GTM AI Automation

Driving GTM strategy across India and South Asia for CLO3D and CLO-SET. Built an active pipeline of 10 to 15 enterprise accounts and closed a first deal within two months of joining. Built AI-powered research workflows that cut brand research from weeks to a single day. Automated post-meeting reporting flows across Slack and Asana with zero human intervention.

2023 2025

Co-founder and BD Lead

Brun, Royal Classic Mills wearbrun.com ↗︎
Founder D2C P&L E-commerce

Built Brun from zero inside Royal Classic Mills. Owned the entire stack: e-commerce infrastructure, vendor partnerships, and full P&L. Scaled monthly revenue from Rs 50K to Rs 3.5L in 6 months with 3x ROAS at peak. In parallel, built a design vertical at RCM from scratch with zero design background, delivering 150+ artworks and 3D renders to brand clients in under 2 weeks per brief.

2022 2023

Senior Merchandiser

Levi Strauss and Co
Sourcing Supply Chain Vendor Management

Led end-to-end sourcing for Levi's India knits portfolio across men's and women's lines. Improved on-time supply from 83% to 95% through strategic supplier management. Restructured export and domestic supply chain operations, lifting on-time performance from 65% to 90% in 4 months through process redesign and enhanced fabric flow monitoring.

2019 2022

Merchandiser

Uniqlo India
Merchandising Procurement Quality Control

Managed procurement and production across 3 vendor relationships. Reduced defect rates by 40% and maintained 95% on-time delivery. First role out of college that taught me how global supply chains work at the execution level.

2015 2019

B.F.Tech, Apparel Manufacturing

NIFT Chennai
Education Student of the Year

Student of the Year. Meritorious Student award recipient. Cultural Secretary and President. 5 gold medals in athletics. The foundation for everything that came after.

Things I've built and owned.

Ashwanth Kumar

Six years across BD, brand building, and ops. Now building with AI.

I started in fashion merchandising at Levi's and Uniqlo, learning supply chains, vendor negotiations, and what happens when operations break.

Then I co-founded Brun, a D2C apparel brand under Royal Classic Mills, owning everything from e-commerce infrastructure to P&L. In parallel I built a design vertical at RCM from scratch with zero design background.

Three months ago I joined CLO Virtual Fashion as BD Manager for India and South Asia. Since then I've built AI-powered research workflows, automated reporting systems, and closed my first enterprise deal while most people were still onboarding.

I'm looking for a Founders Office, Chief of Staff, or AI Generalist role where speed of learning matters more than a linear pedigree.

Let's talk.