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About me
Product Management @ FedEx | MBA | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Ex: PwC
Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison
2021 - 2023Master of Business Administration - MBA Tech strategy and product managementActivities and Societies: Co president of Entrepreneurship Club, Student Brand Ambassador Capstone projects: 1) Product management (Worked as a product manager for Amazon to build pilot software for a new retail shopping experience. Interviewed customers, gathered requirements, wrote user stories, prioritized features, and planned sprints). 2) Consulting Practicum (Go to market strategy for new product line for GE Healthcare)

Manipal Institute of Technology
2011 - 2015Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Electrical and Electronics EngineeringActivities and Societies: Manipal University Technology Business Incubator, Literary and Debating Club, Rotaract Club

Stanford Continuing Studies
2023 - 2023Certificate course - BUS 261 Product Management in the AI era
Experience

PwC
Feb 2016 - Nov 2018• Led agile team of 5 resources on program management project for UBS bank. Saved $10 Mn by optimizing resource allocation. Conducted utilization analysis, forecasted financials, tracked project progress, followed up with managers and presented recommendations and dashboards in Excel Pivots and Tableau to leadership.• Increased efficiency by 6% across financial consulting projects. Successfully recommended in-house development of a new product after extensive customer interviews, analysis of synergies in current projects and identification of value proposition.• Gathered requirements through interviews and prepared product documentation (Business Requirement Document, Functional Specification document, and Software Requirement Specification) for a Risk Management Software for a bank. Show less
Analyst - Advanced Risk Consulting and Analytics
Jun 2017 - Nov 2018Associate Analyst - Advanced Risk Consulting and Analytics
Feb 2016 - Jun 2017

LogintoHealth
Dec 2018 - May 2020Product Manager• Led the development of a telehealth product through the stages of idea generation, screening, concept development, business strategy development, product development, pilot testing and commercialization.• Identified target user personas through user studies and prioritized user stories from backlog for development during sprints.• Evaluated partnerships for API integrations based on cost, performance, API documentation and alignment of strategic goals.• Improved Net Promoter Scores by 6% by collaborating closely with marketing and sales teams to segment customers and streamline marketing expenditure to improve customer lifetime value. Show less

CoreLogic
May 2020 - Aug 2021Product Manager• Spearheaded the end-to-end development lifecycle of an application to minimize sourcing costs and risks with vendor relationships annually worth $200 Mn. The application allowed restricted members to dynamically update vendor compliance database and inform key stakeholders through automated messaging and dashboards.• Collaborated cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders - CoreLogic’s Executives, legal, financial, and sourcing teams - and strategic IT vendors across the US and Europe to build the product vision and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)• Gathered user requirements, wrote user stories and acceptance criteria, planned sprints, groomed backlog, and prepared short-and-long term product roadmap. Helped drive key decisions on architecture and tech stack through analysis of nonfunctional requirements and extensive consultations with key stakeholders. Show less

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Aug 2022 - May 2023Teaching AssistantTA for “Fundamentals of Management and Marketing”

FedEx Corporation
Nov 2023 - nowProduct Management AdvisorThe Global Air Freight team is the quintessence example of intrapreneurship. We are moving fast and shaking things up with an aim to extend FedEx's leadership in parcel to air freight - all while focusing on the Purple promise of delivering exceptional customer service to our customers! At FedEx, I have:• Led the commercial launch of a new global air freight product. Worked cross functionally with legal, sales, pricing, go-to-market, and product development teams. Conveyed the product vision, collaborated with the regional teams, prepared and reviewed go to market and sales enablement materials - podcast, flyers, newsletters, service guide agreement, updates on fedex.com - to ensure a smooth launch.• Performed competitive analysis and analyzed product specific data to solidify key product positioning features and validate product forecasts. Presented recommendation to leadership and established stakeholder buy in on key aspects.• Performed complex queries, analyzed extensive product data, finalized reporting metrics and presented dashboards and key insights to executives. The insights helped build consensus to fast-track pending product enhancements.• Currently building data driven business plans and driving key cross functional projects on value added services for global air freight offerings. Show less
Licenses & Certifications
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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Cert Prep: 2 Azure Architecture and Security
LinkedInJan 2023 - View certificate

SQL-MySQL for Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
UdemyApr 2020 - View certificate

Machine Learning Foundations for Product Managers
Duke UniversityAug 2023 
PRINCE2® 2017 Foundation & Practitioner
AXELOS Global Best PracticeDec 2019- View certificate

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum AllianceJan 2023 - View certificate

Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies
Duke University | CourseraNov 2019 - View certificate

Introduction to Probability and Data
Duke University | CourseraMay 2020 - View certificate

Digital product management : Modern Fundamentals
University of VirginiaApr 2020 - View certificate

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Cert Prep: 1 Cloud Concepts
LinkedInJan 2023
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