Who am I ?
Experience Summary:
Product Management Leader with over a decade of experience. I have conceptualized, built and shipped foundational and evolutionary versions of Machine Learning powered products.
My career has consciously circled around bringing the power of Data Science to a range of Domains including Sports , Enterprise SaaS & Investment Banking.
Identifying Machine Learning interventions and potential solutions for optimizations is what I strive for in any product portfolio I touch.
In addition to Machine Learning focused product development, I also work to establish a vision for the direction of product growth. Active democratization and feedback from stakeholders is at the core of how I try to operate the product development activities like Roadmap Creation, Business Reviews, Sprint Management, UX Research and Analyst Relations
Major categories of Machine Learning interventions I have built revolve around the following techniques: Linear Optimization, Text Analytics using Natural Language Processing, Topic Modeling, Customer Experience Analytics, Pricing Optimization, Natural Language Generation, Textual Similarity & Sentiment Prediction.
Functional Skills
Product Management - ML focus
Strategy & Roadmaps
C-Suite Stakeholder Management
Requirement Gathering
UI/UX Design
A/B Testing
Engineering/DS Team Management
Technical Skills
Generative AI & Foundational Models / LLM
NLP (Natural Language Processing)
Conversational Reporting Analytics
Next Best Action Models / Recommendation Models
Reinforcement Learning
Deep Learning (XNN)
Supervised, Unsupervised ML
Python / PySpark / R
Neo4J, SQL , Hadoop
Oct 2022 - Present
Alation - Senior Product Manager - Machine Learning & Analytics
Building the next gen ML powered offerings for Alation Data Catalog
Responsible for end to end development. From product discovery, to implementation and rollout
Resposible for complete product analytics product ops from strategy, roadmap democratization to stakeholder alignment and innovation initiatives
Also responsible for multiple C-Suite level initiative focussed on improving the telemetry stack
Oct 2020 - Sept 2022
Acquia - Product Manager - Machine Learning
Primarily role was to identify , expand & deliver new ML powered use cases for customers
Rolled out 4 new & upgraded 9 existing Machine Learning Modules that plug into 50+ use cases
Responsible for conceptualisation & execution of overall roadmap and strategy for all ML Initiatives
Also responsible for product ops tasks associated with ML including running customer advisory boards, roadmap democratization, stakeholder management, analyst interactions and build/buy decision making.
May 2015 - Sept 2020
Boston Analytics - Senior Product Manager - Data Science & ML
Built the core Kognetics M&A Recommendation platform from PoC to MVP to a $3M+ ARR Product for the Investment Banking industry.
This reduced customer's toil & cost to a 10th of the original for the manual process of deal sourcing
I wore many hats in this role: from Product Manager, Sales, ML Engineer, Engineering Manager to UI/UX Designer and almost everything in between. Built the core ML Engine and NLP Pipelines from scratch
As the product matured, I was also responsible for running stakeholder alignment initiatives, competitive intelligence, innovation & discovery sessions with customers and building maintaining the KPI dashboards
Feb 2013 - Apr 2020
UnitedLex o/o Microsoft - Associate - Pricing Analytics
Worked for Microsoft Global R&D - Was primarily responsible for preparing Pricing Analytics Models to reduce money left on table during negotiations on large accounts ($2 M+ ARR)
Built models for post investment monetisation strategy in the Wearable and Virtual Reality products classes
Resume
Seasoned Product Management Leader with over a Decade (12+ Years) of experience :
Focus on Building ML Powered Products & Features
End to End Product Management experience in B2B SDLC
