Shubh Khandhadia

Experience

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  Self-employed

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

  Beckman Special Ed Basketball Camp

  • Organized and coached first ever event for special needs students; featured in OC Register/OC Sports Zone (local news)• Chartered Beckman High School club as a bi-annual 2-3-day camp with an average of 15 campers and 12 volunteers• Worked with special ed. teachers to design camp itinerary to foster an inclusive environment for all campers• Recognized as O.C. Male Athlete of Character and awarded for creating special education camp

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  Fenix Consulting Group

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Sales Representative

  • Carried out sales for DirectTV and AT&T services direct to consumers• Got experience in a highly competitive, performance-based environment• Learned advanced sales skills, leadership mentality, and self-development techniques

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  Cal Poly Slokapella

  Nov 2019 - Aug 2021

  Club President

  • Founded Cal Poly’s first ever South Asian acapella group with an executive board of 4 students and 11 members• Led marketing efforts, handled outreach for local performances, directed board meetings, and planned group events• Performed at cultural events on campus such as Indian Student Association’s Diwali Banquet

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  Cal Poly FinTech

  Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  Vice President Marketing

  • Implemented systems to drive website/social media interaction; grew social media following by 30%• Generated content and marketing strategies to raise club awareness and member involvement

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  Advanced Research Center, Inc.

  Aug 2020 - Sept 2020

  Software Engineer Intern

  • Collaborated with 4 developers to build company website which helped users decide which supplement fits their needs • Utilized front end frameworks such as React and developed programs in JavaScript, CSS, and HTML• Integrated databases through MySQL to record the product mix of supplements• Created UI prototypes for the website home page to get early feedback and gathered sample user data to redesign page

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  E. & J. Gallo Winery

  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  Business Systems Analyst

  • Contributed to every phase of product life cycle (problem analysis, meeting with users, requirements gathering and analysis, and working with developers to implement the solution)• Served as primary developer with 3 other full-time analysts to build an improved spirits management model in Anaplan• Designed model to receive demand signals from SAP IBP for 15 years in the future and articulates how to fulfill that demand with number of grapes, barrels, as well as vintage run-out dates.• The Anaplan proof of concept model offered more accurate predictions and saved countless hours by allowing for dynamic planning, removing the need for manual data entry on a consistent basis Show less

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  Cal Poly Career Services

  Sept 2021 - Jul 2023

  Career Service Ambassador

  • Deliver presentations on career-related topics to residence halls, student organizations, and other on-campus entities• Advise students during drop-in hours on resume, cover letter, MustangJOBS and other career-related topics

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  Venture.rent

  Oct 2021 - Nov 2023

  Founder & Product Manager

  • Launching website with 75 rental/tour operators and 370 product listings across 13 cities in California and presenting the business to over 500 people at the conclusion of three-month Cal Poly Summer Accelerator Program• Managing a team of 5 developers using a variety of agile development tools in Smartsheet (Scrum Board, Gantt Chart, Product Roadmap), holding semiweekly standups, and contributing to the development of product using Flutter, Django, AWS, and Firebase • Conducting over 200 customer interviews and over 50 interviews with outdoor rental shops to understand problem-solution fit, and gathering UX feedback from early users throughout development life cycle• Defining the product vision, creating product requirements documents and a prioritized MVP feature list, and designing the initial wireframe in Figma• Set key success metrics, testing product through google ads, and analyzing results for optimizing customer conversion cost Show less

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  Venture Rentals & Experiences

  Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

  Co-Founder

  • Building a B2C marketplace with the help of the Cal Poly Hatchery accelerator program by defining product vision and success criteria through documentation of product requirements, user stories, UI design mockups, and a prioritized MVP feature list for initial launch• Conduct customer development & customer research to determine problem-solution fit as well as problem-market fit• Developing the frontend and working in a team of four developers to create the platform using AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Django, and Flutter, along with a Figma wireframe. Show less

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  EY

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Technology Consultant
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  Stealth Startup

  Nov 2023 - May 2024

  Product Manager

  Delivering compelling presentations to prominent partners, articulating market demand, product functionality, design elements, and launch strategyDeveloping a product roadmap, prioritizing initiatives based on strategy alignment and it’s impact to customer and business objectives; creating technical specifications, functional requirements, and user storiesDirecting a cross-functional (engineering, design, marketing, and sales) team of 10 using agile methodologies, overseeing weekly sprint cycles and conducting user tests throughout developmentConducting in-depth interviews with over 30 customers, gathering valuable insights into pain points, requirements, and industry trends; created user personas, mapped the user journey, and developed pricing strategy from these insightsActively engaging with UX designers to incorporate user feedback into product development, resulting in enhanced user satisfaction and usability Show less

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  Microsoft

  May 2024 - now

  • Incoming Product Manager

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Product Manager

    May 2024 - Aug 2024