Dakshaat Mahesh Rajaani

Project Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Master of Engineering Management graduate from Duke University.
  • Expert in project management with a focus on AI solutions.
  • Strong background in strategy and operations within tech industries.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management professional with expertise in Cloud Computing and SaaS.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementAgile MethodologiesStrategy

Other Skills

JIRAUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)Reporting DashboardsAsanaUser Engagement AnalysisRevenue GenerationMarket ResearchSQL Data AnalysisDashboard CreationTeam CoordinationLeadershipData AnalysisFinancial AnalysisProduct DevelopmentSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

About

Digitization has always inspired me, so I took up Electronics & Communication Engineering in college. My interpersonal skills include adeptness in management, leadership, and teamwork. I am a recent Master of Engineering Management graduate at Duke University to make a career transition into Product Management or Strategy & Operations. My time at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) gave me an insight into the intersection of customer-facing and technology domains. Hence, I developed an interest in product management, and strategy as a career. I am equipped to solve real-world problems and can deal with difficult situations head-on. The typical way I unwind myself is a bit of leisure time with myself. Also, I trust my instincts, which helps me a lot.

Experience

6 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
5 mos
Current Experience

Capital one

Project Manager, Associate

Dec 2025Present · 5 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

  • Executing strategic responsibilities for the Managing Director at Capital One, enhancing executive support.
  • Collaborating with the Command Center team to drive key initiatives and streamline operations

Blend

Project Manager Program Management Office

Jul 2024May 2025 · 10 mos · New Jersey, United States · Remote

  • Managed 3 projects with budgets exceeding $5M, delivering AI solutions 15% ahead of schedule and under budget by optimizing workflows using JIRA
  • Increased project completion efficiency through Agile implementation, improving collaboration across teams in engineering, operations, and business units
  • Conducted and facilitated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for over 5 major initiatives, achieving a 98% pass rate and ensuring alignment with business requirements
  • Communicated updates and blockers to senior leadership via C-suite-ready project status reports and dashboards, ensuring timely delivery, transparency on risks and milestones
  • Implemented reporting dashboards to monitor ML model performance and mitigate 15+ project risks, reducing potential delays by 30% through effective cross-functional coordination
  • Coordinated sprint planning and backlog grooming across 3 cross-functional teams, improving sprint velocity by 25%
Project ManagementAgile MethodologiesJIRAUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)Reporting Dashboards

Kahana

Project Manager

Feb 2024Jul 2024 · 5 mos · Remote

  • Managed 7 projects around Kahana’s 7 Content Hubs using JIRA and Asana, generating $50K revenue in 2 months
  • Built 3 dashboards and models to analyze user engagement behavior and cost forecasts—contributing to strategic decisions and long-term planning
  • Drove 4 teams using JIRA to identify pain points, and ship features for hubs, projecting increased user adoption 20%
  • Liaised with 4 cross functional teams Sales, Marketing, CSM, to understand client objectives and develop tailored solutions
JIRAAsanaUser Engagement AnalysisRevenue GenerationProject Management

Dell technologies

Strategy MBA Intern - Office of the CTO

May 2023Aug 2023 · 3 mos · Austin, Texas, United States · Hybrid

  • Strategy Insights Intern at Dell’s Office of the CTO for the Product & Operations business unit
  • Researched market trends for Dell EMC Cloud Portfolio to improve product positioning, increasing accuracy by 20%
  • Analyzed customer requirements to uncover $200B market, proposing partnership strategies to address the demand gap
  • Conducted SQL data analysis to drive strategic GTM decisions, resulting in a 40% increase in operational efficiency
  • Created Dashboards using Excel with 10+ charts to view Dell Apex performance, optimizing Dell’s processes by 40%
  • Engaged with executives to recommend $100M AI investment for Apex by analyzing data, proposing a GTM strategy
Market ResearchSQL Data AnalysisDashboard CreationStrategy

Hewlett packard enterprise

3 roles

Project Manager Volunteer (Asia-Pacific)

Apr 2021May 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • As a project manager volunteer for the HPE Global Pride Employee Resource Group (ERG), My job is to manage operations and workshops, KPIs, promote awareness for the LGBTQ+ community, be the go-to person for employees who identify as LGBTQ+, and help create a more inclusive work environment.
Project ManagementTeam CoordinationLeadership

Strategy Consultant

Nov 2020May 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Undertook role of Subject Matter Expert for GreenLake Managed Services, an As-a-Service model, generating a customer satisfaction score of 5/5
  • Led market-based research initiatives on Cloud Service Landscape, gathering and interpreting data from various
  • sources to inform HPE GreenLake’s strategic decision-making, optimizing efficiency by 38%
  • Researched market trends and aspects of emerging technologies on 11+ topics, leveraging third party analysts and technical industry associations to develop recommendations
  • Effectively communicated insights to HPE business leaders through written documents, presentations, and meetings, facilitating discussions and driving consensus
  • Established and maintained relationships with internal HPE teams, including Finance, Marketing, and Engineering, to facilitate collaboration and information sharing
  • Spearheaded 11 cross-functional technology experts to grow GreenLake cloud’s contract value from $200K to $11.8M
  • Analyzed Cloud market trends, operational issues, ensuring product solutions met customer needs with a CSAT 5/5
  • Collaborated with 8+ senior stakeholders to develop strategic recommendations, identifying $700M cloud opportunity
  • Performed financial analyses using in Excel to extract insights and validate ideas, resulting in $127M revenue increase
  • Executed strategic initiatives, leading 5 cross-functional teams to show recommendations to clients' leadership teams
Market ResearchData AnalysisFinancial AnalysisStrategy

Intern

Jan 2020Jul 2020 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • The 6 month long internship honed my existing skills and taught an array of new ones. I gained an overview about the company’s portfolio and what the site in Bangalore — the main site in India — does to contribute to the revenue of the company and to the IT industry. I was given an overview about various technologies like Computer Networks, Windows, VMware, Cloud Technology, Linux , Product-Specific Hardware Training etc., and had undergone a rigorous project-based training on the VMware Technology Suite. I worked on a total of 3 projects with 2 of them being my major focal points during the internship and I was the leader in 1 of those projects.

Roots auto products private limited

Internship Trainee

Jun 2019Jun 2019 · 0 mo · Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

  • I learned how the company produced horns from scratch and prepared them for dispatch.The variations and various components of the horns were also taught and I got an idea of their modus operandi.

Mikrosen control devices pvt limited - india

Internship Trainee

Jun 2018Jun 2018 · 0 mo · Coimbatore Area, India

  • Acquired an in-plant training opportunity with them.Job involved learning about various sensors and their fabrication.

Aaruush, srm university

Program Event Coordinator

Mar 2017Sep 2017 · 6 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Self-employed

Student

Jun 2016May 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Education

Duke University

Master of Science - MS — Engineering Management

Aug 2022Dec 2023

SRM IST Chennai

Bachelor of Technology — Electronics and Communications Engineering

Jan 2016Jan 2020

GD Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Higher Secondary Education

Jan 2014Jan 2016

Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School

Secondary Education

Jan 2004Jan 2014

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