Prashant Thakkar

Prashant Thakkar

Software Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Product Evangelist | Fintech & Digital Payments | Helping Fintechs to drive Growth in Digital Payments

  • Education

    • Maharaja Sayaji Rao University

      2004 - 2007
      Bachelor's degree Statistics

      Activities and Societies: Graphic Designing & VFX Graduated with Honors in Statistics.

    • Sardar Patel University

      2007 - 2010
      MCA Computer

      Activities and Societies: IEEE, Interiors & Graphics designing

  • Experience

    • Kush Technologies

      Feb 2011 - Apr 2011
      Software Engineer
    • Xerces Technologies

      May 2011 - Jun 2014
      Business Analyst
    • Allianz

      Jul 2014 - Mar 2016
      Sr. Product Analyst

      Won a global hackathon Citi Mobile Hackathon, where mobile applications for banking and finance domains are showcased on a global platform. Winner of - Most Transformative Customer Servicing Solution: "Mobile Banking for Visually Impaired"

    • Konverv

      Apr 2015 - Aug 2017
      Co-Founder - Product Officer

      - Co-founded and scaled a SaaS startup, offering school-parent communication via mobile apps increasing the school engagement by 25%.- Raised seed funding growing the company to its first 100 clients (Education).- Leveraged data analytics insights to identify user behavior trends and performance bottlenecks, enhancing user experience to drive revenue, market share, and profit; achieved 10% revenue growth.

    • Globant

      Sept 2017 - May 2021
      Sr. Product Consultant

      - Incepted and launched a prepaid virtual card resulting in 12% new user signups - Mentored teams for Accessibility level ‘AA’ resulting in growth of usability and customer reach.- Implemented PSD2 open banking initiative, enabling third-party access to customer information via APIs for onboarding journeys.

    • Wells Fargo

      May 2021 - now
      Sr. Digital Product Manager Consultant

      - Improved customer experience by 20% through NPS feedback, Google Analytics- Orchestrated end-to-end product development, driving product planning, conducting reviews (demo),product and feature releases, and retrospective meetings improving the sprint velocity by 18%.- Led initiatives of micro frontend architecture, impacting the product increment and scalability

    • Wells Fargo

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      Sr. Digital Product Manager Consultant
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Opex

      Six Sigma
    • SAFe POPM

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
      Nov 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

      Scrum Alliance
      Oct 2019
    • Advanced Gen AI for Product development

      Google Cloud Skills Boost
      Aug 2024
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Prashant Thakkar
      Winner of Best innovative concept in field of Motor Insurance ’15 Allianz Aug 2015 Winner of Best innovative concept in field of Motor Insurance (’15)
    • Awarded to Prashant Thakkar
      Winner of Citi Mobile Challenge Citi Bank Apr 2015 Citi Mobile Challenge is a global hackathon where mobile applications for banking and finance domains are showcased on a global platform. Winner of - Most Transformative Customer Servicing Solution: "Mobile Banking for Visually Impaired"
    • Awarded to Prashant Thakkar
      Best innovative concept idea - TechFest '15 Allianz Sep 2014 Awarded the best concept design of an Insurance based mobile game.