In pursuit of next inning

Logicserve Family

After 2 years and 8 months of a wonderful professional stint at Logicserve (LS) I am now moving to Komli, albeit with nervousness and excitement. Good time passes swiftly, a cliche which does hold true. My time at LS was nothing less than a great experience. Today on my last day, I can't stop expressing my gratitude and feelings for LS, the people and the learning I have gained here. The journey has been full of highs and lows creating memories for my lifetime. 

I came across LS thanks to my batch mate Prajakta Mahajan. She happens to be a relative to our CEO Prasad Shejale who through her reference came to MET for campus placements. It was recession time and I wasn't getting through anywhere so applied for this opening with high hopes, with no clue about the business of LS and profile on offer. I was shortlisted, called for an interview at Mahape office. I didn't know such a place existed close to Mumbai. Prasad sir conducted my interview and I felt it did not go that well. So, when our then VP - Sales and Marketing Anshuman Misra called me asking, "When can you join Rohan?" I was totally flabbergasted. It was a difficult time for me from both personal and professional perspective so getting through was so much relief. I took the offer without any hesitation and joined on 3rd August 2009.

Pushkar, Me and Pratik during initial LS days

I was allocated to Broadplace PPC team which managed PPC campaigns for UK based clients. Sheetal Patil was my team lead and I had heard about her being very strict and a tyrant. I was a good lad I guess, coz she did not bother me much. I learned as much as I can and got to work on live accounts soon, still unaware as to what was I actually doing. 2 months into the job I was fed up of not knowing the exact nature of work and feedback from superiors. I decided to speak to Anshuman sir about it. We did speak, and he said, "Feedback will find a way to you, so never ask for it". Pratik and Pushkar also joined LS at around that time and I had actually started learning since then. 

Offsite at Palas Resort - 2009

Pratik introduced me to the business of LS - Digital marketing and I realized how cool it was. Since then, it was never looking back. I knew I was in the right vertical and made up my mind to make up my career in it. This renewed interest probably showed up in my work and thus I was nominated for Best Emerging Employee award, which I won, having spent just over 3 months in LS. Pratik, Pushkar and I used to discuss about our accounts, what new we learned and tried, which news and companies to follow and so on. Very soon we found our way in apt sub-departments. By February 2010 I was offered the profile of Team Lead which was a pleasant surprise. Our then COO Hemant Manglani and George sir were responsible for this.

My SEM team at LS with James

Diwali celebrations at LS

I took over a team of 6 and by the time I moved on to other department, our team was 12 member strong with a good mix of SEM Specialists and Executives. Together we managed high number of accounts and moved ahead from strength to strength. The tussle between Comms team and our team was again a good learning experience, as eventually we understood their side of story and so did they. Weekly review meetings with Anshuman sir and Prasad sir were the best reason to be in constant touch with senior management to discuss matters of concern, progress and more learning. It was a great sense of achievement when our team crossed the milestone of managing over 50K GBP worth fees every month.  

Offsite at Zoia resort - 2010

After spending close to 2 years in SEM department I was feeling a bit bored because of the routine. I wanted something new to do, to learn. During our offisite I became aware about the plans of Web Properties team headed by Vikram Chande for 2011. I was genuinely interested to be a part of it and I approached Anshuman sir who was by then Senior VP - Operations and Sales. He was happy about my decision but asked to create a resource to replace myself before heading to Web Properties. I had a good successor in Cyrus, so I could switch very soon. And thus I joined the best team at LS in 2011 - Web Properties.

Chilling out at Dapoli with Web Properties team

It was a lonely period when I joined Web Properties. Pratik and Pushkar, my best buddies, had recently left their LS jobs. Thanks to Sushant, I did not feel lonely for long. I was accepted as a part of the team very soon. Web Properties was the best department to learn and execute ideas. Interaction with Vikram and Prasad sir was so damm interesting that I was sure I was doing something really happening. Here again the team grew from just 3 to 11 when I decided to hang my boots in LS. I am proud to be a part of this team which is so very close to me. Our entire pack is full of interesting lads who are good at work as well. More than that, the kind of fun we all do is most amazing. The best part though is other departments envy us, which is so damm exciting!

25th Birthday celebrated at LS

Personally I achieved a lot in LS, right from iPod touch, mobile phones, microwave to buying my first car and 1 BHK flat. I have met some people who are friends for a lifetime, like Abirami, Rewati, Sushant, Ajeet, Pooja, Sandeep Dhar and a few more. This is apart from all the learning and industry experience which I've gained. Knowing and working closely with people like Prasad sir, Rohit sir, Ajay, Anshuman sir, Vikram, George sir, Sam, Vidya and Ashish has been superb. I can't neatly express my gratitude to LS for all this. I turned 25 here in LS and it was the best birthday for me in a long time.

Everything except my exit from LS has been the best. I expected my exit to be better than it was. I have no regrets though, as I understand the circumstances in which that decision was taken. As a professional venture, LS was my first love and thus it will always be special to me. The decision to leave LS was not an easy one but I knew time had come. Just want to appreciate everyone's effort in making my experience at LS worthwhile. And I sincerely express the fact that I have not done anything which could harm LS in any way from rivals. All ideas and secrets are safe with me, so please do not worry. I expected a bit of trust though from LS about it, but as I said, no regrets! I will always be among those who are eagerly awaiting continued success for LS and in all probabilities I would love to have a second innings at LS for a much broader role in future. In order to shape up my Digital marketing career I am moving into Komli to learn new things and work in newer markets. It would be great to utilize all the knowledge I gain over the period for LS. For now though, I am moving on to my next innings. I hope it is atleast as successful as my first innings. I am sure of your best wishes for the same :) Thank you all my LS family, will miss you!

Celebrating Facebook success of Couponraja