Tejas Thvar

Tejas Thvar

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    AI/ML Product at Yahoo | UC Berkeley M.E.T.

  • Education

    • UC Berkeley Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program

      2019 - 2022
      B.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and B.S. Business Administration Honors
    • UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)

      2019 - 2022

      Activities and Societies: Industrial Relations Officer at Eta Kappa Nu, Kairos Fellow, Founding member Traders at Berkeley, EECS Honors Program

    • University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

      2019 - 2022

      Activities and Societies: Vice President of Quantitative Strategies at Capital Investments at Berkeley, Berkeley Investment Group

    • Mountain View High School

      2015 - 2019
  • Experience

    • LOVO AI

      Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
      Software Engineering Intern

      LOVO AI is a Berkeley Skydeck/Kakao-backed startup working on AI-powered natural voice synthesis. I built infrastructure to speed up data verification and training data generation.

    • Tolstoy

      Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
      Software Engineering Intern

      Tolstoy AI is a startup making natural language processing technology accessible to a wider audience. I ideated and developed a generalized no-code text classifier. (Y Combinator Work at a Startup)

    • VMware

      May 2021 - Aug 2021
      Product Development Intern

      VMware's End User Computing R&D team works on developing enterprise security and AI capabilities. I researched, defined, and developed new features for the Workspace ONE Platform.

    • Berkeley RISE Lab

      Sept 2021 - May 2022
      Undergraduate Researcher

      Real-time, Intelligent, Secure, Explainable systems research. I worked with PhD Alvin Wan under Professor Joseph Gonzalez on improved lane detection for autonomous vehicles.

    • Battery Ventures

      Sept 2021 - Apr 2022
      Analyst Extern

      Battery Ventures is a global, multi-stage, software investment firm. I sourced and led deal due-diligence for investments in early/growth stage B2B SaaS, with a focus on fintech and AI.

    • Verkada

      Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
      Associate Product Manager

      Verkada is a Sequoia/Felicis-backed enterprise physical security startup. I researched and defined features for their License Plate Recognition product (image processing, computer vision).

    • Yahoo

      Aug 2022 - now

      Product Manager on Yahoo Mail Intelligence team (AI/ML Platform). Researching, building, and scaling deep learning and generative AI platform capabilities supporting >200M Mail users with smarter features. Product Manager on Yahoo Mail Intelligence (AI/ML platform) and Inbox Commerce (mail-native shopping) teams. Graduate of Yahoo's APM Program.

      • Product Manager

        Aug 2023 - now
      • Associate Product Manager

        Aug 2022 - Aug 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • AI Product Management Specialization (Jon Reifschneider)

      Duke University
      Nov 2022
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    • Product Faculty's AI Product Management Certification (Miqdad Jaffer, OpenAI)

      Product Faculty
      Dec 2024
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    • AI Product Management Bootcamp (Marily Nika, Google)

      AI Product Academy
      Oct 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Machine Learning Engineering for Production (MLOps) Specialization (Prof. Andrew Ng)

      DeepLearning.AI
      Jan 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Product Management Leadership Coaching (Ken Sandy)

      Yahoo APM Program
      Jan 2024
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Tejas Thvar
      EECS Honors Program Berkeley EECS May 2022
    • Awarded to Tejas Thvar
      Engage Investment Competition, 3rd Place Engage Investment Conference Apr 2021 Presented long thesis on Upstart ($UPST) at largest collegiate investment conference.
    • Awarded to Tejas Thvar
      Point72 Case Competition Finalist Point72 Mar 2020 Presented short thesis on Five Below ($FIVE) at Point 72 New York office.
    • Awarded to Tejas Thvar
      Dean's Honor's List - Jan 2020 The Dean’s Honors List recognizes outstanding academic achievement each fall and spring.
    • Awarded to Tejas Thvar
      Cal Alumni Association Leadership Award Cal Alumni Association Aug 2019 Demonstrated innovative leadership impacting my community.
    • Awarded to Tejas Thvar
      Rambus Scholar Rambus Incorporated May 2019 Creatively used technology for social impact in healthcare.
    • Awarded to Tejas Thvar
      National Merit Scholar National Merit Scholarship Corporation Apr 2019
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Founder/President

      Issued by Education for All, Inc on Aug 2016
      Education for All, IncAssociated with Tejas Thvar
    • Tutor

      Issued by Mountain View High School on Aug 2016
      Mountain View High SchoolAssociated with Tejas Thvar
    • Founding Member

      Issued by Traders at Berkeley on Mar 2020
      Traders at BerkeleyAssociated with Tejas Thvar
    • Speaker

      Issued by Yahoo on Mar 2025
      YahooAssociated with Tejas Thvar