Mandar Deshpande

Co-Founder

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France0 mo experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Achieved €10M+ incremental revenue through innovative product strategies.
Built successful AI validation systems with high accuracy.
Created a civic exam prep platform with 7,000+ users.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Leader with expertise in AI, EdTech, and B2B analytics.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementAi Product StrategyProduct StrategyData-driven Decision Making

Other Skills

AI validationstructured datarules resolutionPythonn8ncost controltrust-by-designcivic exam prepAI Guidecontent pipelineprivacy-first operationssignup optimizationconversion improvementGDPR compliancecross-channel activation

About

Product leader focused on turning first-time use into repeat habit across web, mobile and AI products. Strongest work sits where growth depends on trust, privacy and clear UX. Core outcomes: €10M+ impact, signup completion 35% to 60%, account-creation abandonment down ~25%, €5M+ lifecycle uplift, and a consent platform with API error rate ~0.01% (down from ~40%+) with 100% coverage. Outside work, I’ve built products end-to-end: - 40sur40 is a free trilingual civic exam prep platform that reached 7,000+ organic users. - Agent Trust Gate is a rules-first AI validation system for structured data with 250K real products validated across 3 verticals, ~95% rules-resolved, EUR 3.69 total LLM cost. 10+ years building digital platforms across B2C, B2B and B2B2C. Led cross-functional international teams with a focus on experimentation, identity, consent and lifecycle activation. I care about governed AI, evaluation loops, error analysis, cost discipline and product decisions that stay useful under real-world constraints. I also write occasionally about shipping, trust, activation and AI product systems. Open to Senior, Lead, Staff and Principal PM roles in AI products where trust and UX are core to adoption.

Experience

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Current Experience

Agent trust gate

Founder and Product Builder

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos · Paris

Rules-first AI validation studio for structured data and high-risk workflows.
Built a rules-first AI validation studio for structured data with LLM sidecar and human-in-the-loop handling for ambiguous cases
Scaled to 250,692 real products across 3 verticals (GTIN/EAN, Amazon, Fashion) with ~95% rules resolution, 14,975 LLM calls, 495 HITL escalations, EUR 3.69 total Mistral billing
Ranked #2 most-voted in the Product Compass AI Solutions Gallery
Architected Python + n8n split after monolithic workflow crashed at 100K rows: Python handles heavy compute (rules engine + async Mistral Large), n8n handles lightweight orchestration (API, routing, verdicts, export)
Pressure-tested AI evaluation, cost control and trust-by-design patterns for high-risk workflows

AI validationstructured datarules resolutionPythonn8ncost control+3

40sur40.com

Founder and Product Builder

Dec 2025 – Present · 5 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France

Built a free trilingual civic exam prep platform helping people learn about French civic life and prepare for the civic exam
Reached 7,000+ organic users with no ads, no accounts and no data collection
Shipped an AI Guide grounded in official sources, with explicit refusal guardrails and 3-tier cost routing across Haiku, Sonnet and Sonnet + MCP
Built 869 practice questions, diagnostic flows, timed exam simulations and a testimonials page from unsolicited user feedback
Built and shipped a fully automated Instagram content pipeline with SOUL.md governance, 193 images across 8 content types, and a 60-day calendar running on GitHub Actions
Runs privacy-first with low-cost operations: total API spend under $7, hosting $0

civic exam prepAI Guidecontent pipelineprivacy-first operationsProduct ManagementProduct Strategy

Europcar mobility group

Product Manager

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France · Hybrid

Scope: Lead Account, Login, and Loyalty across web and apps in Europe, Asia, and Australia. Two squads (~16 ICs across FE/BE, Android/iOS, QA, Design) within a six‑squad tribe; influential authority across bookings, bundles, customer service, and success; partner with CMO/CPTO, country managers, CRM, and e‑commerce.
Conversion step‑change: lifted signup completion from ~35% to ~60% by removing a high‑friction step and stabilizing errors; abandonment down ~25 points across web and apps.
Growth acceleration: delivered 1000%+ engagement gains on account creation and activation through funnel fixes, onboarding simplification, and cross‑channel activation; ~80% of new accounts return to manage bookings.
Revenue impact: delivered €10M+ incremental revenue across mobile experiments, signup optimization, and loyalty integration; launched Batch push (late 2024) contributing €5M+ within ~11 months across EMEA/APAC.
Privacy‑by‑design consent platform: migrated Account to a GDPR‑compliant stack; built consent APIs and a datastore integrated with Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Results: 100% coverage across markets and channels; API error rate ~0.01% (down from ~40%+); zero duplication with a single source of truth; accurate, governed consents in SFMC; full GDPR compliance with auditable lineage; reduced operational burden and faster reviews.
Operating rigor: introduced KPI trees, experimentation scorecards, and funnel instrumentation; ran targeted A/Bs with ~80% win rate on primary goals; improved epic delivery from ~60% to ~85% within two quarters and sustained performance.

signup optimizationconversion improvementGDPR compliancecross-channel activationProduct ManagementAI Product Strategy

Alten

Product Owner

Feb 2022 – Dec 2022 · 10 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France

Scope: PO for web funnels on Adobe AEM; led multi-brand lead-gen and CMS roadmap with SEO, data, legal, and marketing partners.
Client: Groupe Renault
PO for Adobe AEM lead‑gen funnels across Renault, Dacia, and Alpine; consolidated market needs into one roadmap with clear governance and decision rights.
Orchestrated engineering, data, SEO, legal, and marketing to unblock dependencies and deliver enhancements to conversion journeys and content publishing.
Formalized GDPR controls and data flows and coordinated CMS → Salesforce integration steps to enable secure, auditable lead capture.

lead-gen funnelsAdobe AEMGDPR controlsmarket needs consolidationProduct ManagementProduct Strategy

Autobiz france

Product Owner

Oct 2021 – Jan 2022 · 3 mos · Courbevoie, Île-de-France, France

Scope: PO for B2B analytics tooling and APIs; shipped internal capabilities with lean specs and predictable delivery rituals.
Delivered new API capabilities and internal tooling end-to-end.
Led discovery workshops; authored PRDs, user stories, and technical documentation to keep execution tight and transparent.

API capabilitiesinternal toolinglean specsProduct ManagementProduct Strategy

Adomik

Proxy PO

Oct 2018 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France

B2B programmatic analytics & search; partnered with the CPO to align roadmap, QA and releases across three publisher products (Report, Benchmark, Deal).
Owned acceptance criteria and release readiness; collaborated with engineering on Elasticsearch-powered relevance, faceting and performance for reporting and deal workflows.
Shipped enhancements that reduced ad-ops effort/costs by ~30% for beta customers; enabled scalable configuration via custom fields, filters, and tailored dashboards.

programmatic analyticsreporting enhancementsElasticsearchProduct ManagementData-driven Decision Making

Career foundations – qa & product roles (reliance games, modulotech)

QA / Product Roles

Jan 2012 – Jan 2018 · 6 yrs · Global

Built the groundwork for a career in product management through diverse roles across mobile gaming, IoT, and agile delivery.
Reliance Games (Jun 2012–Sep 2014): QA and product validation for high-traffic mobile games, collaborating with design and engineering to refine player experience.
ModuloTech (Jul 2017–Sep 2018): Testing and validation of IoT products and mobile applications for client deployments; ensured functionality, usability, and cross-platform performance.
MBA project with Amadeus: Partnered directly with the product team to assess and improve internal tooling UX.
These experiences shaped a user-focused, data-informed product mindset and laid the foundation for leading complex, strategic digital products.