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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

  • Spearheading GenAI strategy development to enhance innovation and competitive positioning

  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and implement GenAI-based solutions that drive business value

  • Fostering team alignment to streamline the go-to-market (GTM) strategy for GenAI initiatives

  • Championing the adoption of GenAI within internal teams and through our product offerings, both internally and in the marketplace

  • Crafting and executing a dynamic roadmap within an agile team for GenAI product development and deployment

Product Manager

Cerence Inc.

2021-2022

  • Strategize, plan, and prioritize new user stories in Cerence Assistant, an AI Voice Solution, to build a robust product lifecycle

  • 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

  • Supported sales in acquiring customers by managing a fast-evolving pipeline of feature requests and integration of new applications within Cerence Assistant

  • Optimize sales pitches and demos to maintain high customer growth

  • Monitor market and competitor trends including analyzing customer feedback

  • Drove marketing (documentation, videos) efforts alongside UX and marketing teams

Product Manager

YellowAnt Inc.

2017-2019

  • Led product design (features, UX/UI and architecture) and releases with the YellowAnt technology team

  • Managed accounts for major clients

  • Analyzed and drove marketing and sales pipelines for YellowAnt in its early stages and achieved consistent quarterly customer growth

  • Created Investor and VC pitches that helped YellowAnt

  • Represented YellowAnt as a new category of AI-based platforms at startup expos and events

Software Engineer

Cicso Systems

2014-2016

  • Played a key role in the Cisco ACI automation team in major releases - developed and executed automated test suites

  • Won a recognition award for delivering resourcefully on a major customer release

  • 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

  • Led and set up 2 new lab setups for Cisco ACI

  • Trained and mentored newcomers in understanding automation frameworks and product architecture

Education

Masters of Business Adminstration

2019-2021

Bachelor of Technology

2010-2014

  • Dual Concentration in Strategy and Marketing

  • VP – Health and Wellness Committee

  • VP – Business Technology Club

  • Entrance Scholarship of $24,000

  • Concentration in Information Technology

  • Various clubs and activities

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