More about Dhruv Dewan
Dhruv is a co-founder at Thrive, a direct ordering solution empowering restaurants to reduce their dependence on Swiggy & Zomato. Thrive's original and ongoing mission has been to help restaurants survive and thrive. Thrive launched in August, 2020 and currently works restaurants in over 60 cities in India. Apart from Thrive, Dhruv is also the co-founder of Hashtag Loyalty, a Customer retention platform that empowers leading Restaurants and retailers for the last 5 years.
Past @EY
An IT Risk consultant with 2.5 years of experience in information technology risk consulting with key focus around technology governance, risk, security and compliance.
Past @EY
An IT Risk consultant with 2.5 years of experience in information technology risk consulting with key focus around technology governance, risk, security and compliance.
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