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Product x AI @ NetApp | Ex-Google | IIM Bangalore | NIT Surat

About

As Product Manager 3 at NetApp, I contribute to the development of Azure NetApp Files by leading feature enhancements and optimizing data management strategies. Collaborating with business and finance teams, I focus on pricing strategies to maximize customer value and revenue growth. My work is shaped by an AI-first approach and first-principles thinking, leveraging Agentic AI workflows to drive innovation. With an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a Bachelor's in Engineering from NIT Surat, I bring a multidisciplinary perspective to my role. My previous experiences include AI strategy development at RagaAI and crafting GTM strategies for Google Cloud. Passionate about leveraging technology to create impactful solutions, I aim to drive sustainable and customer-centric growth.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

cursor

gemini

github copilot

openai

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Product Manager at NetApp, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Product: Azure NetApp Files, a first-party service integrated with Microsoft Azure An AI-first PM with first principles thinking by integrating Agentic AI workflows and MCP servers in my day-to-day tasks. Nominated & Selected to attend "Grace Hopper Celebration 2026" in LA, California - the world's largest gathering of women and non-binary technologists 📍 Lead the development of new features and enhancements focused on data management and cost optimization, ensuring our service meets the needs of a diverse range of customers while contributing to revenue growth and driving the product's strategic vision 📍Collaborate closely with business and finance teams on pricing strategies to maximize customer value and drive revenue growth 📍Partner with engineering teams to design the feature roadmap, drive enhancements, and deliver high-impact solutions that align with the product's long-term vision 📍Engage directly with customers, helping them optimize performance, achieve high availability, and reduce total cost of ownership through innovative features like tiering to low-cost storage 📍Contribute to the product's overall strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and market demands to drive adoption and growth 📍Passionate about enabling customer success and driving impactful outcomes in performance-intensive environments using AI tools

Founder's Office: AI Strategy at RagaAI Inc, Oct 2024 - Jan 2025 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 📍Analyzed funding trends to estimate demand & build usecases for Agentic AI market 📍Researched on the available potential industry-wise usecases for AI Agents 📍Collaborated in the drafting of a document on 'Evaluating Agentic AI Applications: Frameworks and Methodologies' 📍Worked on understanding the Landscape of Voice Agents

GTM Strategy Intern - Cloud and AI at Google, Apr 2024 - May 2024 · 2 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, 📍Devised an end-to-end GTM Strategy for Google Cloud, 5+ SMB priority sectors with each sector size of $1.5B+ 📍Analysed sector’s landscape, business trends, competitors & market solutions, worked on industry associations 📍Developed sector-specific strategies & assets, driving cloud adoption initiatives, accelerating client acquisitions

Chatbot Developer - Conversational AI at Leena AI, Aug 2022 - May 2023 · 10 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Forbes says, "Leena is like Siri for employees" and I was there being a part of its making. 📍Project 1: Developed a chatbot for one of the Top 3 companies of Management Consulting Objective: To automate the internal IT and HR helpdesk for employees using a WebClient view for a number of use cases Result: Successfully delivered the bot with an accuracy of over 91%, 70% automatic query resolution 2 Man years of HR effort saved and 60% monthly active users. 📍Project 2: Developed a chatbot for an airline company Objective: To automate the internal HR helpdesk for employees using a WebClient view for a number of use cases Result: Successfully delivered the bot with an accuracy of over 90%

ML Engineer - Conversational AI at Searce Inc, Aug 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, ---- Worked as a part of the Applied AI team, to build and provide solutions using Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence Technologies for clients across the globe. ---- Worked end-to-end from Pre-Sales, Solution Architecture to Delivery. ---- Handling the responsibilities of being a Cloud Administrator (AWS) and working with cloud services such as GCP and AWS to build, deploy, and serve the solutions. 📍Project 1: Developing a Chatbot for a product of Searce Inc. - happierWork to assist the new joiners in getting familiar with the organization. (Led the team for the development of the bot) 📍Project 2: Data Lake + Applied AI/ ML -- Use case 1: Objective: Identifying instances of multiple applications submitted using the same photograph but under different names Result: Achieved a photo deduplication match percentage of 97.8% in a span of 5 days Cloud services/Libraries and Models used: OpenCV, FaceNet Model -- Use case 2: Objective: Stream processing of UPI transactions to detect potentially fraudulent/high-risk transactions Result: Built a serverless streaming pipeline with data lookup and real-time scoring with a hosted custom XGBoost on Vertex AI within a week's time 📍Project 3: Developing a Chatbot on AWS Objective: To implement a chatbot that fetches responses from the Database using the Lambda Function Result: Successfully implemented within 2 days (Time inclusive of reading-up on the problem statement and solving it) 📍Project 4: Building a full-fledged Chatbot for an Airline Objective: To automate most of the help-desk questions and FAQs Result: Successful integration of Dialogflow using Webhook for APIs 📍Project 5: Developing an end-to-end CCAI solution Objective: To automate the internal IT helpdesk for employees using a Telephony bot for a number of use cases Result: Successful integration of Dialogflow using Webhook for APIs with Avaya with an STT Accuracy of 77.5% and a Functional Accuracy of 86.84210526%.

Google Cloud Consultant at Searce Inc, Jun 2021 - Aug 2021 · 3 mos, Closed a Corp account for Google Cloud Migration Services, worked on creating the SOW, presales, and solution architecture

Education

Master of Business Administration, Post Graduate Programme in Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Bachelor of Engineering, ENGINEERING, National Institute of Technology Surat