I founded Vizitor in June 2018 and it now offers eight core features: Digital check‑ins, Branding, Security, Digital NDA, Badge printing, Visitor log analysis, Pre invites, and Host notifications.
Partiko achieved more than 10,000 app downloads and set a revenue target of $1 million per month.
I spoke at ApacheCON Europe 2016; the talk is available at https://feathercast.apache.org/2017/01/05/apachecon-seville-2016-ofbiz-modern-ui-awesomeness-gaurav-saini/.
I am an Indian founder and technologist based in Chandigarh. My journey started at 18 as a developer, progressed through open‑source contributions, Google Summer of Code, and an apprenticeship at Facebook headquarters, and later evolved into building products, authoring a book, and founding several companies.
- Early career: developer at 18 → selected for Google Summer of Code at 21 (travelled to San Francisco) → visited Facebook headquarters in 2014.
I shifted from pure engineering to product and company building because I wanted to turn code into paying customers and solve real‑world workflow problems.
I founded Vizitor after noticing the stark contrast between Facebook’s seamless visitor experience and the manual, insecure check‑in processes common in Indian offices.
I maintain the product‑studio model at Viithiisys to provide a stable platform for delivering software to multiple clients while experimenting with AI‑driven workflow solutions.
Viithiisys became a 30 person product studio, where we have spent more than a decade building software for startups and enterprises.
At 21, I got selected for Google Summer of Code and travelled to San Francisco for the GSoC Summit.
At 24, I authored a book on hybrid mobile development with Ionic, published by Packt.
I served as CTO at Fitelo for 3 years.
- Authored a hybrid mobile development book (Ionic, Packt) at 24; became an Apache Committer and spoke at ApacheCon Europe.
- Founded Viithiisys, scaling it to a 30‑person product studio delivering SaaS, custom software, and AI‑driven workflow automation.
- Created Vizitor to modernise visitor‑management in Indian offices.
- Held leadership roles: co‑founder of Famstar, CTO at Fitelo for 3 years, founder of Pickleball Qube.
- Current focus: building products, studio operations, SaaS growth, workplace security, AI, and sharing founder experiences.