Calvin Castelino

Senior Product Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India16 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Proven ability in driving product success end-to-end.
Expertise in developing strategies for business transformation.
Strong background in stakeholder management and project execution.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Manager with expertise in digital strategy and business transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementDigital StrategyCorporate Finance

Other Skills

AI ProductAPI IntegrationAnalysisArtificial Intelligence (AI)BudgetsBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyBusiness ValuationCost AccountingDCFDue DiligenceEnterprise ValuationEquity ResearchEquity Valuation

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Experienced Product Manager well versed in owning the product life cycle end-to-end, from product discovery to release activities that drive product success. Proven ability in developing insightful strategies for business transformation projects, stakeholder management and effective project execution in the lending and financial services space. Self-motivated to drive excellence and possess robust multi-tasking, meticulous planning and analytical skills. Experience encompasses building impactful digital products, scaling platforms, encouraging automation for higher efficiencies, training and up-skilling of the team. Contributed towards organizations growth through implementing effective OKRs and measurable outcomes. Skills: Product Management, Product Development, Product Launch, Product Design, Business Process Improvement, Process Optimization, Digital Strategy, Data Analysis, SQL, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Requirements Gathering, Team Management and Training.

Experience

Flexiloans

3 roles

Senior Product Manager

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Leading the Co-Lending product vertical for major initiatives aimed at creating highly scalable solutions like API Integration Framework, Co-Lending Partner Self- Serve Portal, Platform Integrations, Customer Digital Assets, Disbursement Management, Escrow Management and Collections Capability.
Spearheaded the development of Loan Origination System and integration of Loan Management System resulting in faster processing of loan applications and disbursements.
Owning the product roadmap for Co-Lending CLM1 and CLM2. Managing the execution of working capital loan journey via our Co-Lending platform (Bifrost). Driving the Co-Lending vertical to profitability through impact analysis and costing plan.
Driving Functional understanding, system implementation, Policy Framework, Credit Rule Engine, Business Rule Engine, UAT testing and signoff.
Developed and executed strategic approaches for user testing, product backlog, sprint grooming and planning.
Played a key role in building and implementing dashboards for tracking and monitoring crucial business and product performance metrics.
Loan Marketplace Platform – Envisaging the product roadmap for Marketplace platform to provide credit access for MSME leveraging AA and OCEN rails.
Managing new and emerging product teams, UI-UX, Project Management, Product Testing and Business Solutions and defining the KRAs and KPIs for the teams.

Small Business LendingProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentProduct Lifecycle ManagementDigital Strategy

Product Manager

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Mar 2023 · 11 mos

Small Business LendingProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentProduct Lifecycle ManagementDigital Strategy

Associate Product Manager

Sep 2018 – Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Small Business LendingProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentProduct Lifecycle ManagementDigital Strategy

Terafina

2 roles

Product Management Consultant

Nov 2017 – Aug 2018 · 9 mos

Product ManagementProduct Lifecycle ManagementDigital Strategy

Sr. Business Analyst - Financial Services / FinTech

Aug 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

Omni-Channel Sales Solutions for the Banking, Credit Union, and Consumer Lending Market.
Terafina has created a digital front office that seamlessly integrates all channels and products into a single, omni-channel platform. Our solutions power sales and service to sales in the branch, call center and direct to consumer via mobile/online for deposits, real-estate loans, and consumer credit.

Product ManagementProduct Lifecycle ManagementDigital Strategy

University of illinois at chicago

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Competitive Strategy

Aug 2015 – Jun 2016 · 10 mos · Greater Chicago Area

Capsim Coach for a capstone project in (Management 495) to assist students in synthesizing and applying knowledge gained in Competitive Strategy. Multidisciplinary analysis of organizational strategy and policy using case method and business simulation.
Assisted students in their capstone project for different product segments of the market by providing assistance in building their business model from the R&D Stage to the Commercialization phase. Conducted Capsim Business Simulation training in the lab by coaching 5 batches that totals to 300 students.

Takeda pharmaceuticals

R&D Finance Intern

May 2015 – Aug 2015 · 3 mos · Greater Chicago Area

Financial Systems: SAP and TM1 (IBM Cognos) : Gained exposure to financial systems through executing cost center projects for clinical trial planning and budgeting by supporting Clinical TAU Finance Managers.
Clinical Study Cost Analysis : Variance analysis for Therapeutic Area Unit budget planning and reporting purposes.
Valuation of compound assets: Valuation of Bio-Tech P&L model for investment planning purposes.
R&D Portfolio Finance & Analytics: Impairment testing of IPR&D products.

Corporate Finance

Inconvenient valuation advisors and appraisers

Valuation Consultant

May 2012 – Jul 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Strategic Value Analysis : Assisted the firm in identifying market strategies to target new clients in the Indian industry for valuation projects.
Project Valuation: Assisted in execution of valuations for internal purposes, fairness opinion, deal making and FEMA. Prepared analyses of historical and pro forma financial information for business and assets in order to assess trends and fluctuations that may impact cash flow requirements and deal valuations.

Corporate Finance

Deloitte touche tohmatsu india private limited

Assistant Manager - Financial Advisory (Valuations)

Oct 2008 – Apr 2012 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Business and Equity Share Valuation -
Assessed major players in sectors for valuation analysis of equity shares leading them to make decisions on acquisitions, sell-off, fundraising and financial reporting purposes.
Merger Valuation -
Recommendation of the fair equity share exchange ratio for the proposed merger of companies based on the Net Asset Value of shares.
Intangible Asset Valuation / Purchase Price Allocation -
Assisted the acquirer in purchase price allocation of the purchase consideration paid for acquisition of the equity shares of the target under US GAAP and IFRS.
Internal Fair Value Specialist -
Fair check of valuations performed by audit clients and external fair valuers.

Corporate Finance