Vivek Shah
Bayonne,NJ
Summary
Facilitated tactical management of large scale projects across various departments and clients for a $2-3M/year budget, 1-4 year project timelines, 20+ person teams. Acted as core leader assisting C level executives and board members achieve their long term goals by building execution strategies and innovative software products. Some of my clients include BCG Digital Ventures, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Success Academy Charter Schools, Redhat Consulting, Quintiles IMS, etc.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder | Principal Product Manager
Alpas Digital
New York, NY
01.2019 - Current
- Boutique innovation firm helping clients break their digital barriers. Bootstrapped from 100K to over 1M in revenue in under 18 months
- Helped Braskem, Wayfair, Talespin, Petronas etc. achieve their business goals and KPI's through suite of digital initiatives
- Activities include sales & business development, executive presentations, product and program management, leadership, culture building, resource management and budgeting
Lead Product Manager
Talespin
Los Angeles, CA
02.2021 - 03.2024
- Responsible for discovery, research, implementation and launch of their AR/VR learning platform on META Quest app store
- Primary person driving internal alignment with C-suite, Engineering, QA, Product, Business as well as external alignment with META stakeholders
- Delivered milestone driven product roadmap which enabled successful grant award of $1M from META in under 12 months
- Managed team of 6 Engineers, 1 QA, 1 Product Manager in addition to organization wide cross functional collaboration
- Empathy driven, customer focused product innovation via use of various workshops, frameworks, data and pain point identification
Director of Product Management
Braskem
Philadelphia, PA
01.2019 - 03.2022
- Led early inception of their B2B marketplace for petrochemicals via customer research, business model canvas, persona development, user journey creation etc.
- Implemented truly agile product development by frequent releases and quicker feedback loops. First incubated POC which led to multiple further investment cycles in scaling their marketplace as a fully featured flagship product managing over $100M in monthly revenue
- Led investments into mobile strategies driving supply chain and logistical efficiencies that best meet their customer and supplier needs
- Helped them build technology infrastructure that allowed them to be valued as a technology first legacy company amongst investors and PE
Senior Product Manager
BCG Digital Ventures
Manhattan Beach, CA
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Directed entire product development life cycle from concept to launch by living at the intersection of business, customers, engineering and design
- Launched 2 successful ventures that led to new company formation. One of them is now a leading consumer business called Setel.com in Malaysia
- Organized scrum practices, product workshops, detailed user requirements, wireframes and prototypes, various tools and tracking, quarterly reporting(jira, slack, daily reports, engineering workflows etc.)
Technology Program Manager
Success Academy Charter Schools
New York, NY
02.2012 - 12.2016
- Directly reported to CTO and collaborated with COO and other business leaders
- Implemented a set of comprehensive tracking processes in Jira, Confluence, Service Desk etc. to monitor project performance
- Led bi-weekly Scrum planning meetings to develop team strategies and define project goals
- Developed executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation for C level executives
- Translated business goals, feature concepts and customer needs into prioritized product requirements and use cases
Education
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA06-2011
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering
Mumbai08-2009
Skills
- Product/Program Management
- Agile/Scrum/Best Practices
- Research/Analysis/Design Thinking
- Team/Culture Leadership
- Technical Background
- Vendor/Client Management
- Executive Presentations & Wireframing
- Pre-Sales/Business Development
- Resource/Budget Planning
- Remote/Offshore Experience
Timeline
Lead Product Manager
Talespin
02.2021 - 03.2024
Founder | Principal Product Manager
Alpas Digital
01.2019 - Current
Director of Product Management
Braskem
01.2019 - 03.2022
Senior Product Manager
BCG Digital Ventures
01.2017 - 01.2019
Technology Program Manager
Success Academy Charter Schools
02.2012 - 12.2016
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
University of Southern California
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering
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