May 2023 – May 2024 · 1 yr · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area · On-site

• Product Manager at UNC’s NLP research laboratory for advanced AI applications in edtech
• Lead product manager at the AI Management Lab, building Langchain based AI tutor bot that decreases support ticket turnaround time by 80%, saving $220K in SQL staff training costs
• Developed an LLM tutor bot that teaches students complicated concepts by analyzing student’s individual learning patterns and pace, resulting in a 45% increase in classroom engagement
• Designed a sentiment analysis bot that provided professors with actionable feedback on their class structure using opinion mining techniques, leading to 22% higher student satisfaction levels
• Became proficient in core product management skills including clear & concise communication, prioritization, product sense, execution mindset, strategic thinking and stakeholder management. Also had a chance get hands on experiences with training an open source AI model from scratch (Falcon 7/40B)

Jan 2023 – Sep 2023 · 8 mos · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area · On-site

• Managed sourcing, forecasting and deal flow for the Carolina Angel Network with an emphasis on B2B SaaS startups
• Create and maintained DCF financial models to assess the financial viability and potential returns of potential investments
• Increased deal flow by 25% by conducting market research, evaluating entrepreneur pitch decks and establishing revenue KPIs for B2B SaaS portcos
• Evaluated business plans and GTM strategies as part of the diligence process with an emphasis on cost structuring for technology infrastructure
• Working with early-stage founders to solve product, business and tech problems
• Product & business mentor for over 15 startups in incubation at $5M 1789 startup accelerator fund
• Became proficient in financial modeling, deal structuring, market research, data analytics and due diligence.

Oct 2019 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Sydney, NSW, Australia

• Founding product manager - Roadmapped, shipped first set of products that disrupted market monopoly, captured 65% of market share in just 2 years making Aerologix one of the most profitable startups in the cutting-edge drone tech sector.
• Led, and built the product and development teams; played key role in Series-A investments by scaling MAU by 10X and increasing sales conversion by 5X; hired and managed first batch of PMs
• Achieved month-on-month growth of 300% using cohort-based product marketing
• Defined product strategy and aligned C-Suite, board, and stakeholders towards new vision
• Built team-specific funnels catering to different needs resulting in 30% increase in operational throughput of jobs matching through the marketplace
• Became proficient in building and managing product teams, aligning product+tech+business strategy, raising venture capital, A/B testing, product analytics, deep ML, database design, building a strong work culture with an experimentation mindset.

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Developed Android and Web application and scaled to 12K+ monthly active users
• Product based on marketplace concept - comprising an admin dashboard and user application - worked heavily with Android Studio, React, Balsamiq, Airtable, Google Fit API and Firebase
• Included Firebase SDK in MVP since fitness tech was new to India and I decided to always put the user first; especially in an untested market with no available market research
• Bootstrapped and hired a 5 member strong team of frontend & backend Software Developers
• Secured first major sales contract with a large Indian IT services company just 4 months after the launch of the MVP
• Wound down business operations in Jan 2020 due to the collapse in the fitness market due to the Covid-19 pandemic
• Became proficient in every aspect of tech entrepreneurship - raising venture capital, B2B sales & marketing, hiring and management of a development team, business strategy, finance, java (kotlin), and ground-up or 0-1 product management

Feb 2017 – Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Product Management for some of the world's largest airlines. Worked on two of the company's most successful product verticles -> E-commerce and In-Flight Entertainment generating over $10M in product sales and subscriptions
• Drove sales through user analytics - Set up analytics suite, defined product metrics, and utilized data trends obtained from customer touch-points to predict customer behavior leading to a 35% increase in e-commerce platform sales.
• Created new product revenue streams - Conceptualized and pushed an experimental no-code product for serving advertisements to customers amounting to product sales of $700K and a boost of $250K in monthly recurring revenue
• Improved the product development process - Reduced issues by 15% per quality test cycle through product audits resulting in high-quality product requirement documents, user stories, edge case analysis and wireframes.
• Became proficient with data analytics, growth product management, UX design, market research, product strategy, developed a strong sense of user empathy and strong familiarity with mid-bottom of funnel growth

Nov 2016 – Feb 2017 · 3 mos

• Led all product delivery efforts for a client portfolio worth $55M+. Though the role was that of a project manager, it was a fantastic, hands-on introduction to product management since my responsibilities included writing PRDs, designing wireframes, performing market research and shipping products.
• Decreased the product rollout process by 10% through the innovation of a customizable code structure built for rapid deployments
• Identified anomalies in user behavior, performed user interviews and redesigned application layouts; leading to a 300% increase in user retention on the platform
• Performed end-end Product Requirement Gathering and Product Requirement Documentation (PRD) for the PCI-PA DSS payment certification of the AirFi platform
• Became proficient with product stack (JIRA, Confluence, Balsamiq), SDLC, and business cultural sensitivities across MENA, SEA and Western Europe