AI for Product Management

Mutual Fund Distributor

Bachelor of Engineering

Master of Science

Led North America Business Cost Reduction and Quality Improvement to improve profits by on average $5 million per year

Key Achievements:
- Extraordinary Performance Award (May’14 & Dec’14) – Delivered the highest amount of cost reduction projects in past 3 years
- Engineer of the Month (Nov’14) – Resolved last-minute issues in the Ford Mustang vehicle launch as a special assignment

Major Projects:
- Reduced cost by $1 million per year on the Ford Escape and Ford Edge SUV's by implementing a first-in-class technology
    o Led a cross-functional team of 7, including vendors, engineering, and finance
    o Spearheaded price negotiations with the vendors, implementation timeline with engineering, and ROI analysis with finance

- Enhanced customer satisfaction by 75% on the Ford Fiesta by implementing a customer feedback-driven design improvement
    o Analyzed the root cause for customer dissatisfaction and implement innovative counter measure
    o Managed lessons learnt and standardiz

Value Management | Product Management

Active Investments:
- Supply Note (https://www.supplynote.in/) - Supply Chain Solution for F&B Businesses

Angel Investor

Led a team to analyze variations in part assembly and implement counter measures to reduce variation

Key Achievements:
- Fast-Track promotion to ‘Team Lead Engineer’ for outstanding performance within 3 months as opposed to average 2 years

Major Projects:
- Improved efficiency by 13% on the number of design revisions and reduced 200 man-hours per project by implementing a new online repository

- Conceptualized and implemented a best practices repository to reduce the assembly issue resolution time from 35 days to 5 days

Design Variation Engineer

Led Product Strategy & Delivery for end-to-end Supply Chain, including Procurement Contracting, E-Commerce Marketplace, Order Management (OMS), Warehouse Management (WMS), and Logistics (TMS)

Key Products Delivered:
• PPE Marketplace (PPECovid19.com) - Marketplace for Buyers, Suppliers, Donors, and Government Authorities
• Logistics Portal & App
• Warehouse Management System (WMS)
• Unified Supply Chain Management Platform
• MVP - Procurement Contracting Analytics Platform
• POC - Forecasting Platform, Savings Management Platform

Associate Director - Products (Supply Chain & SaaS)

Consulting Engagements:
- Helped clients with their Strategy and Operations problems by analyzing the problem and processes, formulating and proposing solutions using Digital Strategies and delivering solutions to improve the business performance

Product Management:
- Reduced time for material code creation by 99%, by automating multiple processes and re-engineering the business process for part code creation
- Led the development of a POC for drivers and fleet owners for managing and optimizing electric vehicle fleet management
    - Developed a desktop and iOS application integrating multiple internal stakeholders and third-party service providers
- Conducted market/industry research, trend analysis, and as-is/to-be gap analysis to propose solutions and help clients become best in class/industry

Senior Consultant (Product Manager)

Led the engineering of automotive engine cooling components and delivery of product designs to the client (OEM)

Major Projects:
- Reduced the tooling cost by 30% by managing engineering to optimize product designs
    o Led a team of 9 including vendors and engineering to manage RFQ and negotiations

- Reduced the delivery delays to client from 15 days to 0 days by managing the development of 16 components with 5 suppliers

- Reducing the loss in data by 100% by developing a parts management and release system, integrating multiple functional groups

Product Engineer

Led a team of 6 product members to drive the Product Vision, Strategy & Delivery for multiple Ad Tech Platforms such as:
•   MOJO - Programmatic job ads trading and distribution platform (Joveo's flagship product)
•   MOJO Go - A simplified platform for recruiters
•   MOJO Insights - An analytics product for customers to view their performance across multiple parameters
•   MOJO Ad Exchange - A transparent job ad exchange powered by data-driven media buying

•   Led scaling the product team from 4 to 24 members and implemented processes for managing the 6x growth in product and 4x growth in engineering team sizes

Director - Products (Head Of Product - AdTech Trading Platform)

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Founder

As the Founder of Simplifin, my mission is to democratize smart investing. At Simplifin, we aim to bridge the gap for investors who cannot afford high-cost Portfolio Management Services (PMS) or Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) by providing them access to professional, curated investment solutions.

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