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Provided short-term product consulting and mentorship to an AI startup's product and engineering team."},{"name":"Career Break","position":"Caregiving","location":"San Francisco Bay Area","startDate":"2025-06-01","endDate":"2025-09-01"},{"name":"Amazon","position":"General Manager / Senior Manager, Head of Product-Tech, Fire TV Apps Subscription Experience & Partner Monetization","location":"Sunnyvale, San Francisco Bay Area","url":"https://amazon.com","startDate":"2018-05-01","endDate":"2025-06-30","summary":"Led product and tech teams driving multi-billion-dollar Fire TV and Fire Tablets Appstore monetization strategy, managing up to 16 product managers and influencing 280+ engineers globally. Doubled new customer subscription conversion rates through Quick Subscribe flows for top 10 apps. Championed partner monetization initiatives that reduced time to market by 75% for enterprise partners. Promoted 4 Amazon leaders to Principal level and served as first Product Lead for International Machine Learning group in 2018."},{"name":"Online SaaS business in nutrition planning space","position":"Founder / Coder / Designer / Marketer","location":"Bengaluru, India","startDate":"2017-05-01","endDate":"2018-12-31","summary":"Founded and built a family-centric nutrition and meal planning app across mobile (Android & iOS) and web platforms. Handled all aspects including product design, engineering, and marketing."},{"name":"Flipkart","position":"Head of Product – Post Order Customer Experience","location":"Bengaluru, India","url":"https://flipkart.com","startDate":"2015-02-01","endDate":"2017-12-31","summary":"Built a team of 10 product managers and UX designers to drive the customer experience roadmap influencing 70+ engineers. Launched several firsts including ML-based social media listening platform, AI chat bots, and multi-channel customer journey optimization."},{"name":"Octro Inc.","position":"Director - Tech and Operations","location":"Delhi, India","url":"https://octro.com","startDate":"2013-11-01","endDate":"2014-12-31","summary":"Drove tech and operations for massive multiplayer games, with 3 titles reaching the top 10 grossing charts on both Android and iOS at peak. Played a key role in raising $15M from Sequoia Capital and scaled the company from 15 to 55 people."},{"name":"Hazel Media","position":"Founder / Business Development / Tech Lead / Enterprise Product Designer","location":"Delhi, India","url":"https://hazelmedia.in","startDate":"2010-07-01","endDate":"2013-12-31","summary":"Founded and launched 5 mobility and enterprise software products with a team of 9. Spearheaded a tri-party joint initiative with Research In Motion (BlackBerry) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for on-ground data collection across 800 rural locations."},{"name":"Spice Digital","position":"Product Head & General Manager - Mobile App Store","location":"Delhi, India","url":"https://digispice.com","startDate":"2008-08-01","endDate":"2010-12-31","summary":"Launched India's first telecom operator-led cross-platform mobile app store with active subscribers growing 300% in 6 months."},{"name":"Adobe Systems","position":"Member of Technical Staff","location":"Delhi, India","url":"https://adobe.com","startDate":"2005-06-01","endDate":"2007-12-31","summary":"Led the launch of 5 new feature releases for Adobe Stock Photos, tightening integration with Creative Suite. Recognized as best performer for 2 years."},{"name":"Goldman Sachs / Infosys","position":"Software Engineer","location":"Bengaluru, India","startDate":"2003-07-01","endDate":"2005-12-31","summary":"Held bottom-line responsibility for technical delivery of trading derivatives software. Recognized as Most Valuable Player in Q1 2004."}],"education":[{"institution":"Smith School of Business at Queen's University","studyType":"MBA in General Management","startDate":"2007-01-01","endDate":"2008-01-01"},{"institution":"Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University","studyType":"B.Tech in Information Technology"}],"skills":[{"name":"Digital Publishing"},{"name":"Customer Experience"},{"name":"Education tech"},{"name":"Technical Product Management"},{"name":"System Architecture"},{"name":"Problem Solving"},{"name":"Product Design"},{"name":"Product Strategy"},{"name":"Manager of Managers"},{"name":"Product Management"},{"name":"Enterprise Mobility"},{"name":"Mobile Applications"},{"name":"Cross-platform Development"},{"name":"Mobility Strategy"},{"name":"Mobile Devices"},{"name":"Strategy"},{"name":"Team Leadership"},{"name":"Monetization Strategy"},{"name":"Machine Learning"},{"name":"Android"},{"name":"iOS"},{"name":"E-commerce"},{"name":"Gaming"},{"name":"Enterprise Software"},{"name":"Startup Founding"},{"name":"Business Development"},{"name":"Technical Leadership"},{"name":"UX Design"},{"name":"App Store Strategy"},{"name":"Multiplayer Games"},{"name":"API Integrations"},{"name":"Cross-functional Collaboration"},{"name":"Data Analysis"},{"name":"Linux Kernel"},{"name":"Trading Software"},{"name":"Derivatives"},{"name":"Subscription Services"},{"name":"Backend Infrastructure"},{"name":"Data Pipelines"},{"name":"Chatbots"},{"name":"Startup Leadership"}]}