Pragna B Rao, CSPO®

Experience

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  Tequed Labs

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Artificial Intelligence Engineer

  Tequed Labs Pvt. Ltd. is a Research and Development startup and an educational institution based in Bangalore, India. Recognised by the Government of India, it focuses on providing quality education on the trending technologies in the field of Computer Science and Engineering, develops products which are of great need to society, assists MNCs technically, and is constantly involved in research about futuristic technologies. Invent | Innovate | Iterate

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  MyCaptain

  Mar 2020 - May 2020

  Product Management Intern

  MyCaptain (The Climber) is an NSRCEL & Indian Institute of Management Bangalore’s incubated EdTech Startup. MyCaptain is an online platform ( E-Learning) that helps you to take the first step in your field of passion with the help of young achievers, mentors, large city-wide youth fests, summits and, bootcamps. Product: E-learning web & mobile application • Conceptualised and implemented a word-of-mouth strategy to create an awareness of the company’s main product - ’My Captain’ • Collaborated cross functionally with company’s employees under the Product Management & UI/UX teams to understand the upcoming features of the product in order to enhance user experience, go-to-market strategy and launch plans for the same. • Identified prospective leads to successfully create marketing opportunities with institutions and converted into customers with a conversion rate of 40%. • Conducted market research to identify key consumer trends for product enhancements that resulted in improving customer engagement by 50%. • Represented My Captain on behalf of my college as a Youth Representative/Campus Ambassador and specifically worked on a community building in the city of Bangalore and promoted the product on various social media platforms leveraging digital marketing that increased the revenue by 30%. • Independently interacted, conducted 100+ user interviews to prioritize user pain-points and guided students across Bangalore, India to take up online courses with My Captain, increasing Daily Active Users and and Monthly Active Users by 40%. • Improved Play Store and IOS rating from 3.5 to 4.2 by conducting user surveys, understanding the pain points of the users, and recommending changes to the respective teams to devise and implement new features after analysing 150+ reviews and other competing ed-tech products in the market. Show less

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  Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Product Research Analyst

  Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad is considered as the top ( #1 )management institute and business school in India.Advisors: Dr. Rajesh Chandwani, Dr. Sudhanshu Maheshwari and Dr. Vimal Kumar M Consulting project aimed at assisting 2 South Asian crowdfunding organisations to help facilitate better product outcomes for their customers and improve fundraising initiatives for social and medical causes. • Involved in requirements gathering & collecting the details (personal, education, and social media) of campaigners/customers to perform intensive data analysis. Cut the projected time for data analysis from 20 days to 𝟏 week through efficient ways of - collecting the details of the campaigners, writing clean codes to crunch the data, and performing a thorough data remediation. • Spearheaded a team of 𝟒 and analyzed the data of 𝟐𝟎𝐊+ campaigners of Ketto and Milaap respectively. Used the outputs to recommend actionable strategies to combat constraints in user retention. • Researched market trends by examining customer behaviour and identifying potential donors for the organizations’ expansion, which led to an increase in the number of sign-ups as donors by 𝟐𝐱 that helped in increasing the funds for campaigns by 𝟒𝟎%• Developed analytical models to compare the success and failure rates of the campaigns. Presented comprehensive customer-facing reports highlighting the customers' pain points for product improvements and crafted product strategies, which received a positive response from the organizations as it helped in increasing customer engagement more than thrice in comparison to prior stats and decrease in drop-off rates on their respective web/mobile apps by ~𝟒𝟎-𝟓𝟎%• Nov’21 - Feb’22: assisted a PhD student & participated in the surveys conducted regarding his research in the field of organizational behavior Show less

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  WomenTech Network

  Jun 2020 - May 2023

  Represented India from 2020-2023• Fostered diversity, inclusion, leadership, and ingenuity to expand the WomenTech Network across 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 while being one of the top Global Ambassadors from India. • United 𝟏𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 women in Tech to celebrate their achievements, empower them through mentorship, paving the way for a brighter and more inclusive future for all the #𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡. Received “𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧”. Please Note: This mission was accomplished in the year 2020• Awarded “𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” and nominated for the Global Awards at WomenTech Global Conference 𝐅𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 in the category of “Global Ambassadors”. Show less

  • Public Relations Manager - APAC

    Aug 2021 - May 2023

  • Global Ambassador

    Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
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  Elevance Health

  Aug 2021 - Dec 2023

  Commercial Products & Systems Key Achievements:• Top performer FY 2021-23 #𝟏 • Sole recipient of Elevance's prestigious award - "Significantly Exceeds Expectations" in “All associates” category• Promoted twice within 18 months of joining the the company (<3% associates) • Consistent "Go Above" performer every financial quarter. Received 5 "Go Above" awards and 11 IMPACT recognitions from industry leaders and key business stakeholders for exemplary contributions to the project. Show less

  • Software Engineer

    Mar 2023 - Dec 2023

  • Associate Software Engineer

    Dec 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Graduate Software Engineer

    Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
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  SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

  Dec 2023 - now

  Business Research Analyst

  Advisors: Dr. Ashneet Kaur and Dr. Sudhanshu Maheshwari

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  Cube

  Feb 2024 - now

  Product Consultant
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  Wellness360

  Apr 2024 - now

  Technical Product Manager Intern