EXPERIENCE
Product Manager - Bubble Insurance
October, 2020 to present
Bubble is looking to disrupt the consumer insurance industry. Fusing AI, machine learning and econometrics with digital consumer experiences, we are building a unique blend of personalized and seamless home owner & life insurance products for an antiquated, under-served market.
- Understanding customer pain-points during insurance purchase and post-purchase service using data and research.
- Working closely with insurance carrier’s engineering and underwriting teams to develop user journeys.
- Conducting technical and market research to fetch data that will facilitate accelerated underwriting.
- Designing the guidance platform to help to recommend the right coverage and tenure based on a statistical model.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams such as marketing, business, and operations to define the overall strategy and objectives for customer experience.
- Analysing feedback from stakeholders, detailed market analysis, and data gathering to make decisions about product strategy.
Trainee Analyst - Principal Global Services
November, 2020 to June, 2021
- Developed ETL programs using Informatica for migrating data from VSAM (Mainframe) to Oracle. Reviewed and analyzed functional requirements, mapping documents and performed unit testing at various levels of the ETL.
- Developed AWS CDK applications to migrate on-prem data to AWS S3 buckets for analysis by the data engineering team.
Intern - Mercedes Benz
December, 2019 - February, 2020
- Collaborated within an agile team structure as a web developer for development of ‘Declaration of Consent’ project – a portal for documenting, storing and retrieval of declaration of consents collected by MBIL, DFS and Authorized Dealers.
- Assisted in development of Sales Planning Simulation tool, which acts as an important intermediator between production planning and sales planning.
- Designed and optimized process documentation for processes to be automated using RPA.
- Authored Business Requirement Documentation for digitization of the ‘Homologation’ project.
EDUCATION
Savitribai Phule Pune University
2016 - 2020
Pursued Bachelor’s of Engineering in Computer Engineering. Graduated
First Class with Distinction and a GPA of
8.1/10.
Object Oriented Programming, Database Management, Software Engineering and Project Management, Information Systems and Engineering Economics, Web Technologies.
- Represented the institution at various national, state and district level competitions, winning 5+ awards.
- Participated and won awards at numerous intra and inter-college competitions.
- Member of the Product Innovation Lab @ PVGCOET by IIT, Bombay.
- Developed web applications for college related activities.
Pad. Dr. D. Y. Patil Public School
2001 - 2016
Scored
95.40% in MSBSHSE SSC Board Examinations, 2014.
Scored
81.08% in MSBSHSE HSC Board Examinations, 2016.
- AIR 162 at International Maths Olympiad, 2010 organised by SOF Foundation.
- District Rank 2 at Maharashtra Talent Search Examination, 2009.
- Awarded district merit and scholarship by Maharashtra State Council of Examinations.
- Various allocades at state and district level competitions.
- Represented the insitution in U-14 and U-16 Cricket tournaments and U-14 Football tournaments.
- Received scholarship worth Rs. 25,000 under Lok Shahir Annabhau Sathe educational scheme for academic excellence in 12th standard, 2016.
- Received scholarship worth Rs. 15,000 under Bharat Ratna Maulana Abul Kalam Azad educational scheme for academic excellence in 10th standard, 2014.
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
- Founded the TED Club at PVG’s COET and acquired license from the TED Conferences to conduct a TEDx event.
- Recruited and spearheaded a team of 30 members and spread passion for TEDx throughout the institute.
- Organized TEDxPVGCOET, an independently organized TED event with great success.
- Recruited and managed a team of 50 students from the Computer Engineering Department at PVG’s COET.
- Facilitated a 60% increase in membership registrations compared to the previous year.
- Organized and conducted 40+ events throughout the year for students and faculty at PVG’s COET.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- First Prize at Smart India Hackathon 2019 for problem by Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
- First prize at National Level HedNxt Startup Fest 2018.
- Second Runner Up at WCE National Hackathon 2018.
- Semi-finalists at Barclays Tech Innovation Challenge 2017.
- Second prize at National Entrepreneurship Challenge 2017 conducted by IIT, Bombay.
- First prize at District Level Mini Project Competition organized by Cummins College of Engineering.
- All India Rank 4 at National Level competition ‘Placement Heat’ conducted by Talent Battle.
- Various Inter and Intra College awards for technical and non-technical competitions.
PROJECTS
- Developed a rule-based surveillance and interpretation system using machine learning and computer vision for real time analysis of images, videos and data recorded by surveillance cameras.
- Designed a cross-platform web application using Django for better UX.
- Analyzed various models and finalized the Faster-RCNN with RESNET 50 model for best performance of our test case.
- Developed a cross-platform web application for assessing and analyzing the scientific literacy of the general population.
- Demonstrated innovativeness by developing graphics-only quizzes to mitigate the language barrier.
- Designed and developed an admin portal with various interactive charts, graphs and maps for the ministry personnel.
- Designed a complete accident alert system consisting of an Arduino module and an android application.
- Programmed the Arduino module to communicate with the CAN bus of vehicles and parse data to be sent to the android application.
- Developed an android application to act as a SOS device in case of accidents. Other modules like vehicle tele-metrics, woman safety and black box systems were also developed.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
- Web Developer – Sumitra Ramrao Nagarkatti Foundation
- App Developer – Bhoomi Jalsandharan Udayami
- Fundraiser – Muskurahat Foundation
January, 2019 – February, 2019
- Assisted in development of Flask web application to host Python based speech-to-text application.
- Developed User Authentication to implement pay-per-use system. Implemented using SQL Alchemy.
- Analyzed options available for payment gateway system and recommended the best one based on time and resource consideration.
- Collaborated with Product Management and UX experts regarding product definition, schedule, scope and project-related decisions.
August, 2019 – March, 2020
- Developed a rule-based surveillance and interpretation system using machine learning and computer vision for real time analysis of images, videos and data recorded by surveillance cameras.
- Designed a cross-platform web application using Django for better UX.
- Analyzed various models and finalized the Faster-RCNN with RESNET 50 model for best performance of our test case.
August, 2017 – December, 2017
- Conducted competitor analysis and provided input to help improve site architecture, layout, and content.
- Ensured high-performance and availability, managing all technical aspects of the WordPress CMS.
- Assisted in optimizing website for increased opt-ins, better search rankings, and user engagement and retention.
- Collaborated with developers, designers, system admins, and customers and tailor web solutions to their needs and requirements.
November, 2018 – January, 2019
- Conducted market research, gathered feedback and developed the Business Plan for the idea.
- Created social media identity, website and initiatives to promote VlogWorks in the influencer’s community.
- Awarded 1st prize at HedNxt Startup Fest 2018 with Rs. 3,00,000/- cash prize.
January 2018 – March 2018
December 2017 – February 2018
- Learned about lead lifecycle, scoring, attribution and normalization processes and helped document the details.
- Dealt with developing research reports on the market and competitor landscape, for select target sectors of interest.
- Collaborated with marketing & sales teams to communicate project status or improvements.
- Created Salesforce campaigns, reports, and dashboards.
September 2016 – January 2019
- Responsible for business development efforts that generated leads, enhance brand visibility, and increase sales.
- Worked closely with the leadership and team to complete the sales cycle and close deals.
- Gathered market intelligence, including information on clients and competitors in the interior design sector, industry trends, future projects, etc.
June 2018 – July 2018
- Visited and interacted with Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) to understand how the digital revolution has impacted their businesses.
- Analysed, through these interactions, how the SMBs function and what expectations they have from the digital revolution, and created reports for further analysis by the team at HQ.
August 2019 – October 2019
As a Campus Editor, I was an active contributor of #IndiaStudents movement on LinkedIn. Responsibilities included:
- Wrote, created and curated content for LinkedIn’s publishing platform on various topics of interest and ideas.
- Worked with the LinkedIn News Editor and team to set goals, pitch post ideas, and edit content.
- Created awareness of the best practices on LinkedIn and it’s utility among the student community.
- Discovered promising writers and content creators and guided them to make the best use of LinkedIn.
- Represented the college campus and helped bring #StudentVoices to the LinkedIn platform.
August 2019 – October 2019
- Developed an Android application for ‘Industrial Automation and Process Control Data Logging’.
- The application collected data from the Bluetooth module and parsed it into various exportable formats.
- Further analysed the gathered data for equipment reliability studies.
- Assisted in development of HMI for heavy industrial equipment using Nextion display connected to Arduino.
February 2016 – Present
- Developed 20+ websites and 5+ android application for various SMEs as freelance projects.
- Financed 40% of my tuition fees through freelancing.
