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Kartik Datwani

Product Manager

United States13 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led AI initiatives impacting millions globally.
  • Successfully launched multiple high-engagement products.
  • Achieved significant revenue growth through innovative strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Manager with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions and user experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementAi StrategyUser ExperienceUser EngagementOperations ManagementData AnalysisTeam Leadership

Other Skills

AICollaborationStrategyFluid FrameworkBusiness StrategyTeam ManagementEngineeringPower PlantsPower GenerationCADProject EngineeringSix SigmaProcess EngineeringManufacturingMicrosoft Office

About

With over a decade of experience in product management, I lead transformative AI initiatives as Principal Product Manager at Microsoft. Passionate about building user-centric solutions, I drive the strategy and execution of AI agents in Teams, impacting millions globally. Aligned with Microsoft's mission to empower every individual and organization, I bring a collaborative mindset and a focus on scaling innovative technologies, fostering inclusivity, and delivering measurable impact. At Microsoft, I spearheaded the launch of Copilot Agents in Teams, scaling to hundreds of thousands of monthly beta users. Working across multiple stakeholders, I directed the design of an AI-powered UX framework for Teams, influencing the experience of 320 million users. My contributions also include launching video filter platforms and enhancing retention metrics, showcasing a commitment to delivering seamless, impactful experiences.

Experience

13 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Microsoft

3 roles

Principal Product Manager - AI

Promoted

Apr 2021Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

  • Promoted to Principal Product Manager for leading the strategy and execution of AI agents in Teams meetings and calls
  • Directed the design of the AI agents UX framework in Teams, aligning across 4 CVPs – shaping the UX for 320 million users
  • Launched Copilot Agents in Teams meetings and calls – scaled to 400,000 monthly beta users
  • Launched the video filter platform in meetings – scaled to 1,000,000 monthly active users and 45% 30-day user retention
  • Promoted to Senior Product Manager 2 for launching Teams’ platform in various types of online meetings – grew monthly active users by ~20%
Product ManagementAIUser ExperienceCollaborationStrategyAI Strategy

Senior Product Manager

Promoted

Sep 2019Apr 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Founding team member and Product Manager for Microsoft Loop
  • Defined the value proposition of the Fluid Framework and led its productization into Microsoft Loop
  • Pioneered AI-driven action item generation in online meetings – monetized via new Teams license generating $100 million+ ARR
  • Prototyped integration patterns for developers to integrate Fluid with their own services
  • Promoted to Senior Product Manager for launching a live collaborative task list experiences across Outlook, Teams, Office.com and OneNote
Product ManagementAIFluid FrameworkCollaborationAI Strategy

Product Manager 2

Mar 2018Aug 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Growth Product Manager for Kaizala
  • Increased engagement via AI-powered ‘Medical Records’ and ‘Greetings’ app – achieved peak monthly active users by 15%
  • Proved product-market fit in a new market segment i.e. residential communities by achieving 90% 30-day user retention
  • Won 2 Microsoft Hackathons
  • Global Hackathon 2018 – won the Runners Up prize at India level – proposed new experiences for collaboration on Kaizala
  • India Hackathon 2019 – won the 1st prize – proposed Virtual Fitness Trainer using Computer Vision, AI and Azure
Product ManagementAIUser Engagement

Rivigo

Product Manager

Oct 2017Mar 2018 · 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Designed and managed products for the part-truck load business
  • ✦ Conceptualized and executed the product for shipment deliveries within slotted appointments
  • Achieved 3 sigma (more than 93.3%) delivery (last mile process) efficiency
  • ✦ Conceptualized the product for shipment pickups within slotted appointments
  • Targeted 3 sigma (more than 93.3%) pickup (first mile process) efficiency
Product ManagementOperations Management

Infurnia

Investor

Jan 2016Present · 10 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Invested a small amount in the deep tech startup

Roofandfloor.com

Product Manager

Dec 2015Sep 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • ✦ Launched the Android App – iterated on the User Experience by analysing data and qualitative user feedback
  • Achieved 6,000 organic downloads, 50% conversion on sessions, 60% 30-day retention in the 1st quarter of launch
  • ✦ Increased revenue by INR ~20 Mn per year – improved product (mobile website) conversions by ~300%
  • Optimized the User Experience on Catalogue Pages and Product Display Pages (PHP and React.js)
  • Used Mixpanel, Google Analytics and Google Optimize to improve the conversion funnels through A/B testing
  • ✦ Increased product revenue by INR ~7 Mn per year – improved search success through the search bar by 33%
  • Implemented Levenshtein Distance calculation for search queries by users
  • Displayed popular results even before the user started typing in the search bar
  • ✦ Designed the Recommendation Algorithm and the Sorting Algorithm – mapped user preferences to projects
  • Designed a real-time clickstream analysis system to deduce users’ preferences – stored data in MongoDB and Redis
  • ✦ Generated INR ~0.3 Mn revenue - executed a new business model “Professional Home Buying Advisory”
  • Led a 3 - member team to handle business development, sales, operations and negotiations in a brokerage model
Product ManagementUser ExperienceData Analysis

Housing.com

Program Manager

Apr 2015Nov 2015 · 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Conceptualised and executed globally scalable product and operations strategy for 3 products at the iref.com
  • ✦ Ideated and executed IREF Price Index – a house price index for residential properties in micro-markets (~1000 localities)
  • Computed the statistical confidence intervals for mean of buy and rent realty prices using R
  • Forecasted next quarter house prices’ using ensemble of Holt-Winter’s method and multivariate regression
  • ✦ Designed product operations of IREF Pages – an information aggregator for real estate entities
  • Recruited and led a 30 member team to research realty entities – initiated partnership with realtybi.in for primary data
  • Reduced cost of product operations by INR ~7.2 Mn per year (63%) – implemented Lean and Value Stream Mapping
  • ✦ Ideated and executed IREF Reports – data analytics and research which assist in the home buying decision
  • Conceived the 1st revenue stream of IREF having a potential of INR ~775 Mn per year in a B2C subscription revenue model
  • Launched a prototype report on confidence intervals for mean gross rental yields of ~800 localities (find the report below)
  • Launched an internal report - modelled online popularity of ~100,000 real estate projects using multivariate regression
Product ManagementData Analysis

Ntpc ltd

Assistant Manager Operations

Aug 2011Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Vindhyanagar, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh

  • Led a 16 member team of sub-engineers each with 30+ years of work experience - planned and implemented efficient operations and re-commissioning for a 500MW thermal power plant
  • Optimised the supply of 4260MW power (3.27% of then India’s peak demand) from then India’s largest power project
  • ✦ Increased station revenue by INR ~350 Mn per year - improved the power supply tariff management systems
  • Conducted a work study to expedite communication through the Management Information System
  • Led a 4 member cross – functional team to modernize and standardize the Management Information System
  • ✦ Reduced loss in station revenue by INR ~180 Mn per year - standardized best operations practices
  • Documented a best practices system which provided expeditious operation instructions for exigencies
  • Created efficient equipment changeover schedules based on machine running hours
  • ✦ Reduced plant operating cost by INR ~140 Mn per year - lowered the plant’s auxiliary power consumption by 0.4%
  • Led a 5 member cross – functional team to identify the root-cause for over-usage of underperforming coal pulverisers
  • Selected vendors providing high quality parts compliant with the Original Equipment Manufacturers’ specifications
Operations ManagementTeam Leadership

Tu dresden

Summer Undergraduate Research Trainee

Jun 2010Jul 2010 · 1 mo · Dresden Area, Germany

  • ✦ Selected among top 5 students across India for a EUR 1320 sponsored internship by DAAD and IAESTE
  • ✦ Worked in a 3-member cross-cultural team to design the mechanical parts of a magnetic bearing test rig using CAD

Education

Indian School of Business

MBA — Finance and Operations Management

Jan 2014Jan 2015

Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

Bachelor of Technology — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2007Jan 2011

Amity International School, Saket

Jan 1994Jan 2007

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