About Me
Accomplished Product Leader with over 20 years of industry experience. Proven ability to understand customer needs and priorities, converting ideas into successful products.
Experience
April 2021 - May 2022
Head of Product, Ampity Infotech
Led remote cross-functional teams to enhance and maintain a SaaS platform for sports management. Developed and managed product roadmaps, backlogs, sprint and release plans, user stories and acceptance criteria. Successfully delivered a complex feature enhancement stuck for over a year and worked with new Agile teams to deliver it within 2.5 months.
Dec 2020 - Aug 2021
Product & Technology Head, AntarAkt / Anupam Kher Foundation
Led the Business and Product strategy, as well as execution, for an ed-tech startup dedicated to holistic personal development through online courses and workshops. During the second COVID-19 wave in India, I collaborated with the Anupam Kher Foundation to manage the donation of critical equipment to various hospitals, institutions, and individuals in need.
May 2015 - Jan 2020
Head of Product, Hobnob Technologies
Owned the entire product life cycles, from concept-to-launch and beyond, for 3 successful SaaS products in the event-tech space. Enabled sales, marketing and customer success teams to acquire, onboard and manage key strategic accounts like HPE, VMware, Unilever, Siemens, Tata Group, Carrier etc. Increased end-user engagement levels by clocking >80% app adoption rates, and 10M+ engagement touch-points. Led GDPR compliance and ISO 27001:2013 certification initiatives, first in the industry to achieve the feat.
Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
Digital Strategy Director, Shobiz Experiential Communications
Incubated and developed new digital product ideas in the experiential space, leading to creation of a new event-tech start-up. Led the digital strategy business unit in discovery and analysis of customer insights and developing relevant lead generation strategies and user engagement solutions. Generated new business by getting clients like Dassault Systemes, Capgemini and Epson into the company portfolio.
Jan 2010 - Dec 2013
Entrepreneur / Co-founder, Fruits Creative Solutions
Co-founded a supplement education venture for 8-17 year old students. Successfully established a network of 10 educational hubs across 2 states and worked with over 5,000 students through on-ground curated programs.
Nov 2011 - May 2012
Freelance Product Manager
Headed MVP dev cycles for a US telco’s online PBX solution, from requirements gathering to creating wireframes and use cases, and to building and managing cross-functional teams.
July 2006 - Jan 2010
Manager – Engineering, GlobalLogic Inc.
Enabled M&A activities by identifying and automating business processes and workflows across all acquired companies. Led successful SAP ERP implementation at all company units and locations within a year of project initiation. Fast-tracked Agile implementation within the company by leading pilot projects.
May 2001 - May 2006
Application Systems Analyst, Progressive Insurance Co.
Led prioritization and resolution of production issues in collaboration with business and development teams. Lead implementer for product & feature rollouts to various states.
Education
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Scrum Product Owner
Professional Scrum Master
Google Analytics
1999 - 2001
Master of Science - Information Systems Management
University of Akron, Ohio, USA
1995 - 1998
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Delhi, India
Skills
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Product Management
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Project Management
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Agile and Scrum
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Business & Requirements Analysis
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Roadmap, Backlog, Sprint & Release Planning
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User Experience and Design
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SaaS Products and Platforms
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Communication and Presentation
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Influencing, Negotiation and Prioritization
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Stakeholder Management
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Team Building, Leadership and Mentoring
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Thrives in dynamic environments
Tools and Technologies
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Jira, Trello, Confluence, Coda, Slack
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Balsamiq, Invision
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Looker BI, Google Analytics
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Knowledge of SQL, Relational Databases
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MS Office, Google Workspace
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Zapier, Stripe, SendGrid, Zoho Bookings
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AWS and Cloud Technologies
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Web and Mobile Technologies
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