Akshay Shinde

Co-Founder

Dubai, United Arab Emirates14 yrs experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Over 13 years of experience in product management.
  • Led successful product initiatives in Edtech and FinTech.
  • Expert in building innovative solutions and strategic partnerships.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert with a strong focus on Edtech and FinTech sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementEdtechEntrepreneurshipFintechEngineering Leadership

Other Skills

Market ResearchConflict ResolutionCoachingStrategic VisionCommunicationProduct InnovationTechnical Product ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Market EntryStrategyResearch and Development (R&D)ManagementProduct DesignStartupsProject Management

About

With over 13 years of experience leading B2C and B2B startups, I bring a unique combination of technical expertise, user-focused design passion, and a hands-on leadership style. I excel in dynamic environments, seamlessly transitioning from high-level strategy to detailed execution, consistently driving innovation and operational efficiency.

Experience

14 yrs
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
1 yr 7 mos
Current Experience

Fuze

Principal Product Manager

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Remote

Edukoya

Head of Product

Jan 2024Oct 2024 · 9 mos · London · Remote

  • Building GenAI enabled product lines in edtech.
Market ResearchConflict ResolutionCoachingEdtechStrategic VisionCommunication+5

Equilib inc

Founder

Mar 2022Jan 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos · India · Remote

  • Developed the initial business plan and secured seed funding for a SAAS startup aimed at incentivizing employees by creating an automated and immediate performance feedback loop
  • Launched EquiT, a blockchain based product for gamifying ESOPS and variable pay
  • Pitched to and secured 4 early adopter startups, gathering feedback for product refinement
  • Pivoted to Mycelium after initial market testing; an LLM-powered Slack + Notion + Jira where users chat and AI creates tasks and documents in the background
Market ResearchStrategyResearch and Development (R&D)ManagementProduct DesignCoaching+17

Segmind

Investor and Advisor

Jun 2021Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

Whitehat jr

AVP, Product Management: Student Learning and Engagement

Apr 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · Remote

  • Led the student experience at a leading online learning platform, managing a team of 4 PMs and 30 engineers, delivering an 80% increase in renewal revenue and achieving an NPS of 70.
  • Led the implementation of an in-house gamified classroom platform serving 25k daily active users, boosting sales conversion by 10% and class completion rate by 9%
  • Led initiatives like student community, platform gamification, and post-class activities, increasing time spent on the platform by 50%
Market ResearchStrategyGamificationResearch and Development (R&D)Conflict ResolutionManagement+16

Career break

Travel

May 2019Apr 2020 · 11 mos · Backpacked around the globe to learn about human behavior

Simpl

Lead Product Manager, Founding Engineer

Apr 2015May 2019 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Conceptualized and scaled India’s largest “buy now pay later” payments network, achieving 10,000+ merchant integrations with access to $10 billion in transaction volume
  • Managed tech sales and account relationships with merchant partners
  • Led the development of a utility bill payment app from the ground up, resulting in a 15% jump in total payment value
  • Designed the fastest and easiest integration in the market for a seamless developer experience
  • Established strategic partnerships with banks, payment gateways, PoS companies launching unique product offerings
  • Built a robust payment network handling millions of transactions with 99.99% uptime
Market ResearchStrategyResearch and Development (R&D)Conflict ResolutionFinTechManagement+18

Genii - building beautiful

Head of Product & Engineering

May 2012Apr 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai · On-site

  • A product consultancy for early stage startups. Acquired by Practo (a healthcare unicorn in India)
  • Progressed from a junior engineer to the Head of Product and Engineering leading a team of 20
  • Collaborated with numerous early-stage startups across diverse domains such as finance, e-commerce, travel, and social media, to successfully develop 15+ 0-1 products.
  • Built prepaid card platform used by Axis Bank, RBL and numerous other banks
Market ResearchStrategyResearch and Development (R&D)Full-Stack DevelopmentConflict ResolutionManagement+12

Education

University of Mumbai

Bacholer of Engineering — Computer Engineering

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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