About Me
Product Manager (GenAI) | MBA | B. Eng.
Value-driven product manager with 8+ years of experience working in fast-paced cross-functional agile teams to plan, build, launch, and manage SaaS solutions. Experienced in the AI industry with a strong foundation in user interactions with GenAI assistants & Intent-based Bots. Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across business verticals. Proficient in planning & process optimization leveraging tools such as Jira, Aha!, Miro, Azure Studio & others.
Experience
Product Manager
TELUS Health
2022-Present
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Spearheading GenAI strategy development to enhance innovation and competitive positioning
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Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and implement GenAI-based solutions that drive business value
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Fostering team alignment to streamline the go-to-market (GTM) strategy for GenAI initiatives
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Championing the adoption of GenAI within internal teams and through our product offerings, both internally and in the marketplace
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Crafting and executing a dynamic roadmap within an agile team for GenAI product development and deployment
Product Manager
Cerence Inc.
2021-2022
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Strategize, plan, and prioritize new user stories in Cerence Assistant, an AI Voice Solution, to build a robust product lifecycle
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Manage backlogs, roadmap, and product strategy for Cerence Assistant by performing cross-functional alignment between key framework, platform & apps teams to sustain rapid enhancement of the product
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Supported sales in acquiring customers by managing a fast-evolving pipeline of feature requests and integration of new applications within Cerence Assistant
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Optimize sales pitches and demos to maintain high customer growth
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Monitor market and competitor trends including analyzing customer feedback
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Drove marketing (documentation, videos) efforts alongside UX and marketing teams
Product Manager
YellowAnt Inc.
2017-2019
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Led product design (features, UX/UI and architecture) and releases with the YellowAnt technology team
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Managed accounts for major clients
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Analyzed and drove marketing and sales pipelines for YellowAnt in its early stages and achieved consistent quarterly customer growth
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Created Investor and VC pitches that helped YellowAnt
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Represented YellowAnt as a new category of AI-based platforms at startup expos and events
Software Engineer
Cicso Systems
2014-2016
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Played a key role in the Cisco ACI automation team in major releases - developed and executed automated test suites
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Won a recognition award for delivering resourcefully on a major customer release
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Identified root-causes of the slow testing lifecycle and automated 5 major features to bring down testing runtime by 25-50% and speeding release cycles
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Led and set up 2 new lab setups for Cisco ACI
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Trained and mentored newcomers in understanding automation frameworks and product architecture
Education
Masters of Business Adminstration
2019-2021
Bachelor of Technology
2010-2014
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Dual Concentration in Strategy and Marketing
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VP – Health and Wellness Committee
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VP – Business Technology Club
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Entrance Scholarship of $24,000
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Concentration in Information Technology
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Various clubs and activities