Sahil Asim
Chicago,IL
Summary
Dynamic Product Manager with a proven track record at Vail Systems, driving AI innovation and enhancing data accessibility. Expert in Agile methodologies and data analysis, I led cross-functional teams to achieve a 5% word error rate in TTS solutions, showcasing my commitment to excellence and results-driven leadership.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Manager III
Vail Systems
Chicago, IL
02.2025 - Current
- Product Vision & AI Innovation: Spearheaded the end-to-end development of proprietary Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI systems for internal data querying, increasing organizational data accessibility.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Directed three distinct product teams (RAG/Customer Service Analytics, AI/Speech, and IVR), managing the product lifecycle from ideation to production.
- Technical Optimization: Developed synthetic and real-audio Text-to-Speech (TTS) solutions, achieving a 5% word error rate (WER) and 95% transcription accuracy compared to ASR models.
- Agile Project Management: Acted as Scrum Master and Business Analyst for lean teams, facilitating sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups to ensure on-time delivery despite resource constraints.
Principal Product Manager
Alliant Credit Union
Chicago, IL
11.2022 - 12.2025
- Revenue Growth: Scaled product revenue by 100+%, growing the portfolio from $500,000 to over $1.1 million within a two-year period.
- Fintech & Compliance: Managed the online banking UX/UI overhaul, ensuring 100% PCI compliance and adherence to strict financial regulations.
- API Ecosystem: Orchestrated 3rd party API integrations for banking, credit cards, and CLOS (Consumer Lending Operating System), enhancing the digital ecosystem for users.
- Data-Driven Roadmap: Leveraged user research and data analytics to define product requirements, building long-term roadmaps using Agile and ITSM frameworks.
- Stakeholder Management: Led 3 cross-functional teams, serving as the primary liaison between executive leadership, security, and engineering.
Senior Data Analytics Project Manager
Arjo Inc.
Addison, IL
10.2021 - 09.2022
- Cloud Infrastructure and Migration: Orchestrated the end-to-end migration of legacy database systems to cloud-based infrastructure, improving data processing efficiency by 40% while ensuring zero downtime during the transition.
- Business Intelligence and Stakeholder Management: Directed the development of automated PowerBI dashboards, translating complex financial datasets into actionable executive insights that streamlined data-driven decision-making across product departments.
- Agile Lifecycle Management: Managed technical backlogs and sprint planning for data engineering teams, utilizing Agile methodologies to prioritize high-impact user stories and accelerate the delivery of analytical features.
- Data Reporting and Growth Strategy: Led cross-functional reporting initiatives and presented data-backed growth strategies to stakeholders, contributing to a 15% expansion of the customer base through targeted predictive analytics.
Business Intelligence Analyst
Wintrust Bank
Chicago, IL
10.2020 - 10.2021
- Product Feasibility & Risk Governance: Directed data-driven product feasibility studies and risk assessments, synthesizing complex financial datasets into strategic reports for executive leadership to guide new product launches.
- Operational Intelligence Initiatives: Spearheaded process optimization projects by leveraging SQL-based large-scale data analysis, identifying operational bottlenecks and implementing data-backed enhancements to core banking workflows.
- End-to-End Product Delivery: Managed the full implementation lifecycle for new banking products, coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure 100% regulatory compliance and successful navigation of internal and external audits.
- Business Process Re-engineering: Led the development and evaluation of business process models, identifying inefficiencies and managing the rollout of optimizations that resulted in a 15% reduction in annual operational costs.
E-Commerce Project Manager
North Ave Retails
Chicago, IL
07.2019 - 09.2020
- Data-Driven UX Optimization: Directed UX/UI development workstreams for a high-traffic e-commerce platform, leveraging A/B testing data to drive a 23% increase in Q1 2020 sales.
- Agile Process Management: Implemented Kanban methodology to manage the requirements gathering lifecycle for digital payment enhancements, reducing bottlenecks in the development pipeline.
- AWS Implementation: Managed the technical integration of AWS Connect, streamlining customer service data flows and improving operational reporting efficiency by automating call-log analytics.
- Stakeholder Governance: Facilitated iterative sprint reviews and stakeholder alignment sessions, translating business requirements into technical user stories to ensure continuous delivery of data-backed platform features.
Wealth Management Intern
Metropolitan Bank & Trust
Chicago, IL
05.2018 - 02.2019
- Data Automation: Optimized portfolio analysis workflows using SQL and Excel, automating manual checks to save 30 hours per month in management tasks and reducing human error in financial reporting.
- Tableau Dashboards: Engineered interactive Tableau dashboards to visualize KPIs for wealth management products, enabling executive leadership to identify market trends and performance outliers in real-time.
- Quantitative Analysis: Conducted statistical modeling on historical market data to support high-level investment strategy projects, providing the data foundation for asset allocation decisions.
- Portfolio Reporting: Managed the delivery cycle of weekly and monthly portfolio performance reports for high-net-worth clients, ensuring 100% accuracy and adherence to strict regulatory deadlines.
Education
Masters of Computer Science - Data Analytics
Georgia Institute of Technology
05.2026
Bachelor of Science - Finance & Real Estate
Marquette University
05.2019
Skills
- Project/Product Management
- Data Analysis
- UI/UX Development
- Research and trend analysis
- Jira, Azure Trello
- Agile software development
- A/B testing
- User experience optimization
- AI Development
- Engineer LLMs
- Banking, Lending, Finance
- ITSM
- API Integration
Certification
- Project Management Professional, 09/01/24
- Certified Proprietary Trader (TopStep), 07/01/24
- Level 1 SQL Certification, 05/01/23
- SAFe Agile 6 Practitioner Certification, 04/01/23
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification, 02/01/23
- RMAU Credit Essentials Certified, 05/01/21
- Microsoft Excel Certified, 05/01/21
- Magna Cum Laude, 05/01/21
Timeline
Product Manager III
Vail Systems
02.2025 - Current
Principal Product Manager
Alliant Credit Union
11.2022 - 12.2025
Senior Data Analytics Project Manager
Arjo Inc.
10.2021 - 09.2022
Business Intelligence Analyst
Wintrust Bank
10.2020 - 10.2021
E-Commerce Project Manager
North Ave Retails
07.2019 - 09.2020
Wealth Management Intern
Metropolitan Bank & Trust
05.2018 - 02.2019
Masters of Computer Science - Data Analytics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - Finance & Real Estate
Marquette University