Apr 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Responsible for developer ease of use, Amazon Titan Models and many new features on Amazon Bedrock.

Nov 2021 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Responsible for product strategy, feature growth and revenue growth for Amazon Rekognition - a computer-vision managed service with pre-trained and customizable vision models to extract insights from images and videos. Led a cross-functional effort across data operations, science and engineering teams to launch 3+ model iterations for image within a 12-month period. These iterations resulted in significant improvements in model accuracy and enhanced the existing feature set, establishing a strong competitive differentiation.
• Other responsibilities include:
• Collaborate closely with customers and stakeholders to gather feedback, understand pain points, identify customer needs and prioritize product enhancements to address customer requirements effectively.
• Work closely with the engineering team to translate product requirements into technical specifications and guide the development process, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of new features and improvements.
• Drive go-to-market strategies, including pricing, positioning, and marketing initiatives, to increase product adoption, expand the customer base, and drive revenue growth.
• Collaborate with sales and business development teams to support customer engagements, provide product expertise, and enable successful customer onboarding and adoption.

Jun 2017 – Nov 2021 · 4 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Launched several voice-first, zero-to-one productivity experiences on Alexa such as Notes (ability to save and retrieve voice notes using natural language queries), Timed-Actions (ability to schedule music playback and smart-home controls for specific durations) and Email Notifications (ability to schedule notifications for important emails). Defined initial MVP launch and grew these programs through consistent feature improvements and growth experiments (75+ A/B test experiments in 1 year). Led teams across engineering, UX research and design, and science.
• Founding member of Women of Alexa diversity group. Led small-group mentoring sessions and facilitated roundtable discussions with senior leaders to provide guidance, mentorship, and professional development opportunities for women across the organization.

Jun 2016 – Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Seattle

• Evaluated a new meal kit opportunity in consumer retail by working with stakeholders across Fresh, Prime Now, and Retail teams. Prioritized product features for a three-year staged launch, including detailed unit cost analysis and revenue projections
• Developed the pilot launch strategy in partnership with Amazon Logistics and Prime Marketing teams

Dec 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 mo · India

• Traveled 5000 miles across rural India by train to understand rural development needs, visited facilities and understood development models of Aravind Eye Care, Grameen Vikas, Barefoot College and Goonj amongst others

Jun 2012 – Jun 2015 · 3 yrs · Greater Jaipur Area

• A retail company that redesigned the experience of buying handmade artisanal products in India through a consumer-centric approach to product development and marketing
• Responsibilities - Business Development, Product Design, Marketing, Consumer Research, Operations
• Developed a product portfolio of nearly 100 different SKUs, through ethnographic research on urban women shoppers and collaboration with a team of 15 artisans
• Launched an in-house brand “Arome” for handmade personal care products, after prototyping and testing various formulations and packaging options with customers to identify key product attributes; successfully brought new and unique designs to a commodity product
• Established Advaya and Arome as brands for artisanal home décor products and customized gift buying using an omni-channel mix of trade-shows, product catalogs and online marketplace partnerships

Jul 2010 – Jul 2012 · 2 yrs · Greater Delhi Area

• Worked on spend profiling, cost reduction, supplier consolidation for Oil & Gas Services, Ocean Freight and Industrial goods companies.
• Delivered $7MM savings on $110MM spend for oil well exploration services by implementing discounting strategies for service bundling and committed annual spend for a Fortune 100 US energy company
• Decreased costs by 20% on annual ocean freight logistics spend by consolidating suppliers across 5 business units in France, Japan & USA for a chemical manufacturer in New York
• Analyzed €1BB in operational expenses across 25 business units to identify centralized ordering and payment scheduling as “high impact” saving areas for a manufacturing company in London

Feb 2009 – Jul 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Worked with several early stage startups and entrepreneurs to help them pitch their business plan at the online roundtables