Please put your hands together for this monthās Community Member Spotlight @AravindGP! So how did it all begin? What brought this Sydney-basedĀ Community ChampionĀ to Smartsheet? Scroll down to hear his story.
Aravind is a Delivery Manager - Smartsheet at Atturra, a Smartsheet partner. While working at a previous company, a few of his clients recommended that they look into the partner program. As he tells it, from the moment he followed their advice and explored the platform, he was hooked!Ā
āDespite not having a technical backgroundāand after nearly a decade of selling custom software solutions in SingaporeāSmartsheet was a game-changer. For the first time, I could build solutions for clients without relying on a developer. It was both empowering and exciting. Smartsheet struck the perfect balance: Intuitive to use yet incredibly powerful.āĀ
Over the past six years, Aravind has worked with Smartsheet both as an end user and as an implementation specialist across a wide range of use casesāand has enjoyed every step. Currently, his favorite product feature isĀ formulasĀ because of the power they have in transforming data into actionable insights - especially when feeding into dashboards.Ā
āIāve worked with formulas so extensively over the years that my team started calling me āThe Formulator,āā he says. āItās become one of the areas Iām most confident in. Iāve found the more skilled you become with something, the more rewarding and fun it gets.ā
As Community Champion, Aravind says the Community has taught him just how deep and versatile the platform really is. He describes Smartsheet as an ocean - one where heās only scratched the surface.Ā
āThe Community has become my go-to space whenever I have downtime at work. I often browse theĀ UnansweredĀ section and try to help others by recreating their scenarios and finding solutions. This habit has exposed me to use cases I wouldnāt have encountered otherwise, and it's pushed me to think creatively and explore new ways to solve problems.ā
In the future, Aravind hopes to contribute to the Community platform and the community at large more strategically. He was recently invited to join theĀ Smartsheet Partner Product Advisory Council, and is excited about the opportunity to help shape the product roadmap. āIām passionate about making the platform even more accessible and impactful for users, and I hope to use this role to advocate for features and improvements that drive broader adoption and deliver real value across different industries,ā he says.
When heās not being The Formulator, there are three major things he loves to do:Ā
- Driving and taking long road trips - in just a few years, heās driven through five of the seven states in Australia
- Mobile gaming
- Spending time with his daughter, whether itās reading her stories or joining in on one of her many imaginative games
Thank you Aravind for all that you do!
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