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Product Manager - AI | Shipping production AI at Navatech | ex-HealthTech, IoT, Mobility | 0→1 builder

About

Product Manager, AI. Eight years shipping 0 to 1 products across four domains: AI, HealthTech, SportsTech, and Mobility IoT. At Navatech AI, I lead product and design for a safety platform serving construction enterprises in EMEA region. Recent work cut incident processing time by 96% and prevents up to 90% of potential incidents. Multi-domain range is the differentiator. Eight years of moving between industries has taught me to learn faster than the room expects. Published author (In Pursuit Of Her, Melancholy Poetry). Based in Bangalore.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Product Lead at Navatech, Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Leading product and design for an AI safety platform serving construction enterprises across EMEA. The product helps clients prevent incidents, run faster inspections, and stay compliant in a high-risk industry. • Shipped AI-powered safety workflows that cut report time by 75% and processing time by 96%, and incident systems that prevent up to 90% of potential incidents. • Own product vision, strategy, and roadmap, translating discovery into prioritized plans tied to enterprise revenue and compliance outcomes. • Own end-to-end UI/UX, driving high adoption across enterprise clients. • Partner with AI/ML teams on evals, prompt optimization, and analytics dashboards to improve model reliability and business impact.

Product at Connect and Heal - CNH Care, Jun 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Agile Product Development • Cross-functional Collaboration • Payment Gateway/Aggregator Integration • Funnel Analysis • Data backed experimentation (Hypothesis → MVP → Production) • A/B Testing • Strategise Product Roadmap • User Feedback and Retrospection • Vendor Management • APIs and SDKs Evaluation and Integration • Gamification • Product and Data Analytics

Assistant Manager - Hardware Products and Production at Smart Cricket Global LTD, Jan 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos, India and UAE, • I managed projects and worked with stakeholders (CXOs, VPs, Developers, Designers and QA) while defining the product roadmap and success metrics for milestones. • Drafted and managed Product Requirement Documents, Business Requirement Documents and Invention Disclosure Forms. • I was instrumental in managing my organization's intellectual property (patents, trademarks and copyrights). • Sourced, vetted and managed vendors needed to accomplish project goals (domestic and international). • Led the Hardware Department and played a significant role in national and international projects leading to product delivery and launches. • Developed strategies that reduced operational and development costs by optimizing traditional practices.

Founding Member and CTO at NIxibox India Pvt.ltd, Jan 2021 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr, • Spearheaded the design and development of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP), driving product innovation and market readiness. • Led vendor onboarding and partnership initiatives.

Hardware Product Engineer (R&D) at Intellicar Telematics Pvt. Ltd., Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • I designed and developed test benches to test PCB products and wiring harness. • I worked with cross-functional teams to reverse engineer and analyze new makes and models of automobiles (IC and EV) to build compatible IoT devices. • Product Lifecycle Management. • I was instrumental in delivering proof of concepts and new clientele management. • Managed a team of hardware, electrical technicians, finance and inventory. • I played a pivotal role in onboarding vendors and building relationships and trust. • Saved INR 5+ lakhs of monthly inventory expenses by implementing cost-saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems. • Implemented initiatives that reduced manual labor and automated daily hardware tasks.

Business Operations at Intellicar Telematics Pvt. Ltd., Dec 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • I established and maintained productive working relationships with staff to resolve operational challenges. • I led a cross-functional team and successfully installed 400+ IoT devices across the nation in under 30 days. • I created and managed data trackers and reports assisting business owners in revenue generation. • I was instrumental in debugging IoT devices in-turn saving on-field engineers' man-hours.

Education

Master of Business Administration, AI for Business, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, New Horizon College of Engineering

Public links

github: https://github.com/venktastic

venkateshmurthy.com: https://venkateshmurthy.com/