Aparna Somaiah

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 1 mo experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

15+ years of experience in AI product leadership.
Expert in building intelligent systems and developer platforms.
Proven track record in driving product strategy and transformation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Leader specializing in AI and Cloud Computing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementAi Product StrategyEntrepreneurshipProduct DevelopmentBusiness Strategy

Other Skills

prompt engineeringtool orchestrationModel Context Protocol (MCP)LLM-powered workflowsAI-assisted support automationproduct strategyoperationalizing product-market fitstrategic guidancehands-on executionapplication framework strategycross-functional leadershipinfrastructure modernizationdeveloper feedback loopsmulti-cloud storage strategycross-functional alignment

About

Product leader specializing in zero-to-one AI products and platform infrastructure at scale. 15+ years at Cloudflare, Airbnb, VMware, and Bosch building intelligent systems, infrastructure, and developer platforms. Current focus @ Cloudflare: Leading AI agent experiences and support transformation. Building agentic workflows using LLMs, prompt engineering, tool orchestration, and mcps to power customer-facing and internal operations.

Experience

16 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

5 yrs

Average Tenure

1 yr 1 mo

Current Experience

Cloudflare

Principal Product Manager

Dec 2025 – Present · 5 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Driving AI product strategy and transformation across Cloudflare's support and platform experiences. Leading discovery, strategy, and execution for AI-powered products that enhance both customer-facing and internal workflows.
Focus areas: Agentic AI systems, prompt engineering, tool orchestration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), LLM-powered workflows, AI-assisted support automation

AI product strategyprompt engineeringtool orchestrationModel Context Protocol (MCP)LLM-powered workflowsAI-assisted support automation+2

Self-employed

Fractional Product Lead

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote

Partnering with pre-seed and seed-stage AI/SaaS startups to define product strategy and operationalize product-market fit through strategic guidance and hands-on execution.

product strategyoperationalizing product-market fitstrategic guidancehands-on executionProduct ManagementEntrepreneurship

Airbnb

Lead Product Manager

Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Led application framework (Web, iOS, Android) platform strategy for 600+ engineers. Partnered with cross-functional leadership to define multi-year roadmap, reducing build/test cycles by 90% and improving platform CSAT through infrastructure modernization and developer feedback loops.

application framework strategycross-functional leadershipinfrastructure modernizationdeveloper feedback loopsProduct ManagementProduct Development

Vmware

Product Line Manager <- Senior Product Manager <- Product Manager

Jan 2016 – Jan 2022 · 6 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Led multi-cloud storage strategy (AWS, Azure, GCP) with cross-functional alignment across infrastructure and executive teams. Owned "Sizing-as-a-Service" platform driving ~33% of global pipeline. Built cloud infrastructure components and assessment workflows enabling enterprise adoption at scale.

multi-cloud storage strategycross-functional alignmentcloud infrastructure componentsenterprise adoption workflowsProduct ManagementBusiness Strategy

Robert bosch

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2008 – Jan 2014 · 6 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Led test execution and debugging for 40+ global OEMs (Ferrari, FIAT, BMW), developing systems thinking and quality assurance expertise in high-stakes automotive environments.

test executiondebuggingsystems thinkingquality assurance