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Years of Product Management Experience
NIHAL SHAH
SEATTLE,WA
Summary
Proactive and achievement-oriented Product Manager with a proven track record of working with cross-functional teams to build and deliver large-scale, complex security products and features. I bring a wealth of knowledge and skills to any organization through my expertise and understanding of agile frameworks, scrum principles, technology and business roadmaps, release planning, backlog management, cyber security and cloud computing.
If you're seeking a motivated and skilled professional who can help drive your organization's success, look no further. Connect with me to explore how we can work together to achieve your business objectives.
Overview
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Year of Solutions Architect Experience
Work History
Associate Product Manager
Salesforce
Bellevue, WA
02.2020 - Current
- Product Manager for two teams of 5 and 8 developers, managed stakeholder communications, revamped agile practices and helped orchestrate the development and implementation of Data Science models and summary tables.
- Collaborated with engineers and designers to build a logging, monitoring and alerting solution for all logs across Salesforce which improved availability.
- Owned and Managed the entire product lifecycle from inception to release while maintaining detailed product requirements documents, quarterly release plans and annual roadmaps.
- Participated in a cross-functional team of Engineering Managers and other PMs to deliver Detection & Response capabilities into public sector and air-gapped environments
- Owned and led the design and development of rich, interactive Tableau dashboards to provide senior leadership with the situational awareness and visibility needed to drive key business decisions.
- Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams
Product Management Intern
Salesforce
Bellevue, WA
05.2019 - 08.2019
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving and analytical skills as a key member of a P0 incident response team and presented a root cause analysis to the Chief Trust Officer and his direct reports
- Coordinated with multiple stakeholders to create the vision, product roadmaps and OKRs
- Conducted customer research using qualitative surveys and interviews, created user personas and worked with cross-functional teams
- Contributed to the design process by creating wireframes and mockups in partnership with UX and marketing teams to enhance the overall user experience.
- Maintained and updated project plan by tracking technical dependencies and issued project milestone updates
Cloud Solutions Architect
Orient Technologies
Mumbai, Maharashtra
06.2017 - 07.2018
- Developed technical requirements documents, architecture diagrams and performed TCO analysis for our customers wanting to migrate partial/complete workloads to the cloud
- Proven ability to architect scalable and secure infrastructure solutions using Linux and Windows, with an emphasis on load balancing, HA/DR, storage, and cost optimization
- Significantly increased efficiency and reduced deployment turnaround time by 40% by implementing a CI/CD solution and shifting to Infrastructure as Code
- Built & maintained strong technical and business relationships with leading industry OEMs including AWS, Red Hat and Microsoft.
Sales and Business Development Intern
Directi
Gurugram, Haryana
05.2016 - 09.2016
- Identified and built relationships with potential prospects in mid to large enterprises.
- Owned, managed, and drove the full sales cycle process from first contact through closure.
- Conducted an intensive market research utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods to understand the competitive landscape and market trends for chat application that enable collaboration within an organization.
Cloud Engineering Intern
Orient Technologies
Mumbai, Maharashtra
05.2015 - 09.2015
- Meet customers to gather requirements, document challenges and painpoints.
- Design and Implement architectural solutions for moving to the cloud while considering the unique technical and business situation of each customer.
- Test and verify deployments in the Cloud and continuously manage those deployements to optimize for cost and improve security and availability of services.
- Worked on a Desktop Virtualization Project for BNP Paribas using Citrix XenDesktop
Education
Master of Science - Information Security
Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering
Baltimore, MD 08.2018 - 12.2019
MBA - Marketing
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Mumbai 08.2012 - 05.2017
Bachelor's in Technology - Information Technology
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Mumbai 08.2012 - 05.2017
Skills
Product Management
Technology and Business Roadmaps
Quarterly and Annual Release Planning
Sprint Planning and Backlog Management
Agile Software Development
Tableau
Atlassian Confluence and Jira
Product Prototyping with Figma
Stakeholder Management and Communication
Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud Platform
Docker and Kubernetes
Microsoft Office Suite
Additional Information
AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS
- Salesforce Security Rockstar Award (2022)
- GCP Certified Associate Cloud Engineer
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate & Professional
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
- Cisco Certified Network Professional
Interests
Music: My Top 3 - Pink Floyd, The Eagles and Linkin Park
Camping and Hiking in the PNW
Riding and Discovering cycling trails around Seattle
Watching Sports: Formula1 and European Soccer
Volunteering
Work Availability
monday
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morning
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Quote
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
Warren Buffett
Timeline
Associate Product Manager
Salesforce
02.2020 - Current
Product Management Intern
Salesforce
05.2019 - 08.2019
Master of Science - Information Security
Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering
08.2018 - 12.2019
Cloud Solutions Architect
Orient Technologies
06.2017 - 07.2018
Sales and Business Development Intern
Directi
05.2016 - 09.2016
Cloud Engineering Intern
Orient Technologies
05.2015 - 09.2015
MBA - Marketing
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
08.2012 - 05.2017
Bachelor's in Technology - Information Technology
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
08.2012 - 05.2017