Karan Thapar

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led observability for GCP managed databases at Google.
Scaled actionable messages in Outlook at Microsoft.
Developed fingerprint detection algorithm for Aadhar initiative.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in Cloud Computing and Finance.

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Skills

Core Skills

ObservabilityCloud ComputingWorkflow ManagementUser Experience (ux)Web ApplicationsInvestment BankingDatabase Systems

Other Skills

AlgorithmsAnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Behavioral HealthC++Cross-platform DevelopmentCustomer OnboardingFinancial ModelingGame TheoryGraph TheoryHadoopLinear AlgebraLogistic RegressionMarketing StrategyMatlab

About

Karan is currently working as a Product Manager at Google. At Google, Karan leads Observability for all GCP managed databases. His areas of expertise include database performance management, cloud monitoring, AI powered troubleshooting, and predictive analytics. Prior to joining Google, Karan worked as a Product Manager at Microsoft. At Microsoft, he was responsible for scaling Actionable Messages in Microsoft Outlook to enable enterprise workers to complete workflows from within emails, and thereby safeguard their productivity by eliminating context-switching. Before joining Microsoft, Karan was a Product Manager at Goldman Sachs. Karan received his MBA from IIM Bangalore, where he published two newspaper articles on Affordable Healthcare in Rural India and proposed the blueprint of this scheme to the Prime Minister’s Office, Delhi. Karan graduated from IIIT Hyderabad with Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering. At IIIT Hyderabad, he developed a fingerprint detection algorithm, that later went on to become a part of Aadhar Card initiative sponsored by the Government of India.

Experience

Google

Product Manager

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Product lead for Database Observability for all GCP managed databases. Scaled the adoption of flagship Observability products (Query Insights and System Insights) to 500K+ unique users. Designed the Observability platform to power Gen AI and ML based troubleshooting experiences.

Cross-platform DevelopmentObservabilityCloud ComputingAnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Microsoft

Product Manager

Feb 2020 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Product lead for Actionable Messages in Outlook and Teams. Spearheaded intergrations with multiple partners such as ServiceNow, Workday, Atlassian, Asana, and Zoho.

Workflow ManagementUser Experience (UX)Strategic PartnershipsProduct Adoption

Goldman sachs

2 roles

Product Manager

May 2016 – Feb 2020 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Product Manager for Investing Banking Division's web applications and platforms. Developed tailored solutions and analytical presentations for 10+ client deals.

Web ApplicationsAnalyticsInvestment BankingCustomer Onboarding

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

Apr 2015 – Jun 2015 · 2 mos · Bangalore, India

Member of the Investment Banking Strats Group at Goldman Sachs, Bangalore.
1. Successfully analyzed how investors of a target company respond when the company is involved in M&A deals or spin-offs using logistic regression models in R. Identified the biggest sellers and potential new investors for investor targeting post deal.
2. Modeled the capital requirements of GS on month-on-month basis by assessing the risk of daily transactions as per Volcker guidelines. Implemented an early warning system to flag potential deviations.
Awarded a full time offer to join the bank for exemplary performance during the summer internship.

Unitedhealth group

Research Engineer

Jun 2013 – May 2014 · 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Member of the R&D Team in the Technology Division.
1. Sole candidate to get selected as Project Lead for Insurance Portfolio. Worked directly with VP, Technology.
2. Accomplished $11 million savings by engineering scalable solution for the US client hospitals using Hadoop ecosystem.
3. Exceeded targets by 150% by designing an in-memory database system to handle 5 million client queries per hour.