Prashanth Shankar

CEO

London, England, United Kingdom7 yrs 7 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Sole analyst driving analytics in AI startups.
  • Led experiments reducing acquisition costs by 20-30%.
  • Expert in building data workflows and analytics systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data and Product Analyst specializing in AI and SaaS industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data AnalyticsProduct AnalyticsMachine LearningMarketing StrategyGrowth StrategyProduct ManagementLeadershipData EngineeringData ScienceTeaching

Other Skills

A/B TestingAPI DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Amplitude AnalyticsAnalytical SkillsAnalyticsApplied MathematicsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Artificial Intelligence for BusinessBERTScoreBLEUBig Data AnalyticsBusiness InsightsCoaching

About

Iโ€™m a curious and impact-driven Product & Data Analyst who approaches problems with analytical rigour, applying statistical methods and advanced tools to uncover insights, test ideas, and drive product and business outcomes. I thrive in dynamic environments, having served as the sole analyst at two AI startups, where I built analytics systems to influence decisions across Product, Engineering, Ops, and Commercial. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ โ€ข Sole analyst at Papercup AI and Netradyne AI, leading analytics across functions โ€ข Worked on end-to-end data workflows using tools like BigQuery, dbt, Dagster, Metabase and Looker โ€ข Evaluated TTS ML models using BLEU, Levenshtein, and BERTScore for production deployment โ€ข Led experiments that cut acquisition costs by 20โ€“30% and increased conversions by 1โ€“2% โ€ข Defined and tracked core product and ops metrics across customer journeys ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž SQL, Python, A/B Testing, Data pipeline/ETL knowledge, BigQuery, dbt, Looker, Dagster, Mixpanel, Experiment Design, Product Analytics, Data Analytics, Statistics, Probability, Data Storytelling, Growth Strategy, ML Evaluation, Tableau, Amplitude, Metrics & KPI definition, R, Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder collaboration.

Experience

7 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 4 mos
Average Tenure
7 mos
Current Experience

Payrails

Senior Product Analyst

Nov 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 7 mos ยท Berlin, Germany

Papercup

Product Analyst

May 2024 โ€“ May 2025 ยท 1 yr ยท London Area, United Kingdom ยท Hybrid

  • ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: Sole analyst owning all analytics from collaborating with CEO, Product, Ops, and Engineering to managing pipelines using Dagster, Airflow, dbt, BigQuery, Metabase and Looker.
  • ๐Œ๐‹ ๐„๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Evaluated TTS and voice cloning models using BLEU, BERTScore, and Levenshtein metrics to guide model selection and deployment.
  • ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Implemented and tracked product metrics using Mixpanel, ensuring end-to-end visibility into user behaviour.
  • ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ: Ran A/B tests and statistical analyses, using cohort breakdowns and complexity scores to isolate causal drivers and confounding factors.
  • ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ & ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: Built systems to track cost, time, and quality (including anomaly detection), and partnered with customer teams to forecast profitability and delivery margins.
Quantitative AnalyticsLookerSQLStrategic Data AnalysisArtificial Intelligence for BusinessMixpanel+22

Insane marketers

Head of Analytics

May 2020 โ€“ Feb 2024 ยท 3 yrs 9 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ยท Hybrid

  • ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: First analyst; built the full analytics stack from scratch and hired, trained, and managed new analysts.
  • ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Tracking and analysing views, clicks, activation, and conversion for brands spending over half a million/month in ad spend. (Facebook and Google Ads)
  • ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ : Built acquisition funnels webinars, referrals, content loops, product integrations for online courses.
  • ๐‘๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Ran A/B and statistical tests at scale on landing pages, creatives and copy cutting CPA by 20โ€“30% and boosting conversions by 1โ€“2%.
Quantitative AnalyticsSQLSocial Media AdvertisingMicrosoft ExcelBusiness InsightsPresentation Skills+33

The vinche

Founder

Dec 2019 โ€“ May 2020 ยท 5 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ยท On-site

  • Founded a start-up blending productivity with property renting; quickly developed and launched MVP.
  • Ceased operations strategically due to COVID-19 impacts, post initial scaling efforts.Strategically ceased operations due to COVID-19.
StartupsCritical ThinkingBusiness InsightsPresentation SkillsProduct LaunchExperimental Design+7

Netradyne

Product Analyst

Nov 2018 โ€“ Dec 2019 ยท 1 yr 1 mo ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Collaborated with developers to integrate Mixpanel for comprehensive product analytics, providing crucial insights to guide product evolution and business decisions.
  • ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Streamlined reporting processes by automating routine reports with Python scripts, SQL, and Excel, enhancing efficiency and data accessibility.
  • ๐€๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Employed machine learning for anomaly detection and error identification, improving software reliability ahead of new feature releases.
  • ๐ƒ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Developed Tableau dashboards to monitor product feature performance, enabling real-time tracking and strategic adjustments.
Quantitative AnalyticsSQLArtificial Intelligence for BusinessMicrosoft ExcelCritical ThinkingMixpanel+38

Nudg labs

Data Analyst

Jul 2017 โ€“ Apr 2018 ยท 9 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • ๐€๐๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Designed APIs enabling developers to integrate data seamlessly into the application's front-end, enhancing user experience and functionality.
  • ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Collaborated closely with the founder on numerous experiments to validate business ideas, demonstrating agility and innovative thinking.
  • ๐Œ๐•๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Led the building and market testing of MVPs, assessing
  • market response and guiding product direction based on feedback.
StartupsMicrosoft ExcelCritical ThinkingAmplitude AnalyticsBusiness InsightsData Visualization+19

Gravite eduventure - india

Mathematics Physics Teacher

Aug 2015 โ€“ Jun 2017 ยท 1 yr 10 mos ยท Bengaluru, India ยท On-site

  • ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Taught physics and mathematics to students from class 8th to 12th, employing diverse teaching methodologies to cater to different learning styles.
  • ๐„๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Assisted students in preparing for board and competitive exams, developing customized strategies to enhance understanding and performance.
  • ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ: Collaborated with educational teams to identify and address the learning objectives of over 1000 students, tailoring strategies for effective knowledge transfer in physics and mathematics.
  • ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Designed and developed a variety of teaching materials, adapting them for multiple formats including in-person, virtual, and blended learning environments.
  • ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Transformed traditional educational resources into innovative self-learning tools and contributed to the development of a comprehensive educational content library, enhancing student engagement and independent study capabilities.
Applied MathematicsTeachingCritical ThinkingCoachingStatisticsExperience Design+3

Education

King's College London

Master's degree โ€” Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Sep 2022 โ€“ Sep 2023

GrowthXยฎ

Product โ€” Growth & Marketing

May 2020 โ€“ Jan 2021

Bangalore University

BE โ€” Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2011 โ€“ Jan 2015

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