Nishank Vaish

Co-Founder

United States12 yrs 2 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led product management for DSM SaaS platform.
Successfully launched a food delivery app with high customer retention.
Expert in market research and product strategy.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce product management expert with strong entrepreneurial experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct Strategy

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCloud SecurityConfidential Computing ManagerConfidential-AICost-Benefit AnalysisCrypto PoliciesCustomer AcquisitionData SecurityData Security Manager SaaS (DSM SaaS)EntrepreneurshipIAMIncident ManagementJIRA

About

At the forefront of Fortanix's product management, my focus has been on steering our DSM SaaS platform to new heights through strategic pricing, packaging, and robust product roadmaps. Leading the charge in partner integrations, we've catalyzed revenue growth across diverse channels, all while ensuring seamless sales and partner enablement. My tenure at Fortanix, enhanced by prior entrepreneurial experience, has ingrained a deep-seated proficiency in market research and life cycle management. These competencies, coupled with a keen eye for emerging market trends and customer demands, have been instrumental in delivering cutting-edge solutions within the cloud security and data protection landscapes.

Experience

Fortanix

Principal Product Manager

Oct 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 5 mos · Santa Clara, California, United States · Remote

Own product management DSM SaaS platform features including IAM, logging, crypto policies, post quantum cryptography.
Responsible for Pricing and packaging
Develop product strategy and roadmap for partner integrations to facilitate revenue growth across multiple go-to-market channels
Develop product messaging for sales and partner enablement through training, trade shows, technical documents, webinars, newsletter, analyst briefing, blogs, and presentations
Conduct market research including competitive analysis, market trends, and customer demand to direct product life cycle management

Pricing StrategyProduct ManagementMarket ResearchProduct StrategyCloud SecurityData Security

Centurylink

Intern - Product Owner

May 2018 – Aug 2018 · 3 mos · Dublin, Ohio

Part of the operational transformation team.
Create and maintain product roadmap to drive & define the launch of new products across all go to market segments of enterprise & consumer
Gather key requirements from business & IT teams, create wireframes, prototype, use cases and user stories to build optimized digital collaboration products for customers and employees, saving $21.4 million on operational cost
Assist Chief Product Owner on refining the product backlog and sprint planning
Perform cost-benefit analysis and business impact analysis on the on-going projects

Product StrategyWireframingPrototypingCost-Benefit Analysis

Flavourzest

Co-Founder, CEO

Jan 2016 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore

FlavourZest was hyper local food ordering and delivery company
based out of Bangalore. We delivered branded gourmet food based
on the location of the user from cafés and bakery outlets through
our website and mobile app.
We provided end to end food delivery solution, right
from placing the order through our website or mobile
app by the customer to timely delivering it via our dedicated
logistics partners.
Responsibilities
Launched an on-demand restaurant food delivery mobile app & website startup, acquiring 1700 customers in the first 6 months with 30% re-ordering rate
Gained high proficiency in gathering crucial requirements, creating use cases, user stories, prototypes, and MVP throughout the product lifecycle
Effectively implemented A/B testing to improve UI/UX and KPIs, increasing the revenue by 15%
Negotiated partnership contracts with major restaurants, contributing 60% to the revenue
Developed automation features to improve the order processing time by 37%, optimizing the food delivery time to just 35 mins from placing the order (within 2.5 miles radius)
Orchestrated low budget marketing campaigns, resulting in 27% growth from Q1 through Q3
Provided training, education and support to 8 interns on sales and marketing.

Product StrategyEntrepreneurshipMarketingCustomer Acquisition

Ibm

Consultant

Jul 2013 – Jan 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

Gather core requirements of the ongoing sales, inventory, and financial management projects for a global industrial products client
Implemented a new Incident Management System which improved incident resolution time by 30%
Awarded “Star Employee” thrice, by the client.

Incident ManagementRequirement Gathering

Indian institute of science

Research Intern

May 2012 – Aug 2012 · 3 mos · Bangalore

Developed a prototype of self-charging electric vehicle system using piezoelectric
properties and electronic renewable energy harvester.
Co-authored and published a paper on the same in IEEE library in ICUE 2012
conference held in Stellenbosch, South Africa.