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Akanksha Kumar

San Francisco Bay Area

Summary

Dynamic Full-Stack Product Manager with extensive experience in backend and frontend development, product strategy, and go-to-market execution. Proven track record of scaling startups, optimizing growth, and leading cross-functional teams. Skilled in AI/ML technologies through the Berkeley AI Engineering program, and passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technology for real-world impact. Adept at problem-solving, analytics, and driving user engagement through data-driven decisions.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder

Humanness
San Francisco Bay Area
12.2020 - Current
  • Launched two succesful products Parent Genie (B2C - AI-powered Tutor Recommender Platform) and Parent Network (B2B - Hub for Parents in a community)
  • Parent Genie - Scaled Parent Genie, leveraging AI to deliver thousands of personalized tutor recommendations.
  • Developed and launched the Parent Genie website, growing the business from $0 to $30,000 in ARR.
  • Onboarded over 500 providers and more than 1,000 customers, enhancing the tutoring marketplace experience.
  • Parent Network - Led end-to-end product development, including coding, launch, marketing, and sales, with a lean team.
  • Scaled daily active users (DAU) to 700, driving strong community engagement.
  • Secured $10,000 in early-stage investment, validating market demand.
  • Managed operations, finance, and legal compliance to ensure business stability.

Growth Product Manager

Meta
San Francisco Bay Area
09.2019 - 12.2020
  • Spearheaded product growth initiatives for the 'Available Online' feature, enhancing engagement
  • Led a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, researchers, designers, and engineers
  • Achieved a 3% increase in Daily Active Users (DAU) and Monthly Active Users (MAU)
  • Developed data-driven strategies to optimize user retention and feature adoption

Growth Product Manager – Payments

Invoice2go
San Francisco Bay Area
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Drove a 2% increase in payment volume by integrating new payment methods (PayPal, ACH Debit)
  • Optimized transaction flows to improve success rates and enhance user experience
  • Collaborated with global teams across the US and Australia, working cross-functionally with legal, marketing, technology, data science, and research departments

Product Manager – API Integrations

Sunrun
San Francisco, USA
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Managed API product development for solar rooftop pricing and tax calculations, integrating Avalara for automated accuracy
  • Streamlined proposal generation, enhancing pricing precision and proposal efficiency

Various Roles: Backend Engineer, Startup Founder, Product Manager, Sales Professional

India
01.2016
  • Founded and managed startups, driving product strategy, business development, and technical execution
  • Developed backend systems and led full-stack development for scalable platforms

Education

Berkeley ML/AI Course -

12.2024

MBA -

INSEAD
France
01.2011

BTech -

UMIT, SNDT University
India
01.2003

Skills

  • AI/ML
  • LLMs
  • GPT-based systems
  • API integrations
  • Full-stack development
  • Scalable platform design
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Beautiful Soup
  • Selenium
  • GPT APIs
  • Postman
  • Tableau
  • Team building
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Operations management
  • User engagement
  • Data-driven product development
  • Payments optimization
  • Go-to-market strategies

Projects

AI-powered Parent Assistance Platform – Designed and built a custom GPT-based system for personalized tutor recommendations based on subject expertise, availability, and budget. WhatsApp Bot for Event Data Extraction – Created a chatbot using the WhatsApp API to extract and structure event details automatically. AI-Powered Personal Assistant – Developed a GPT-based assistant to securely retrieve and analyze personal data for user queries. ChatGPT Cost Optimization – Implemented strategies to reduce token usage, optimize AI model efficiency, and lower monthly spending. Web Scraper for Event Information – Engineered an AI-powered scraper using Beautiful Soup for structured data extraction and storage.

Timeline

Founder

Humanness
12.2020 - Current

Growth Product Manager

Meta
09.2019 - 12.2020

Growth Product Manager – Payments

Invoice2go
01.2018 - 01.2019

Product Manager – API Integrations

Sunrun
01.2016 - 01.2017

Various Roles: Backend Engineer, Startup Founder, Product Manager, Sales Professional

01.2016

Berkeley ML/AI Course -

MBA -

INSEAD

BTech -

UMIT, SNDT University

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