International School of Choueifat, Al Ain, UAE

University of Waterloo

St. Xavier School - Delhi

Product Manager

San Francisco, California, United States

Previously, I worked on the Safety & Insurance product team. My team's focus:
-  Facial verification
-  Identity
-  Risk

Currently, I am working on Uber Freight.

Uber

Goal is to build products that lead to behavior change and ultimately end avoidable suffering from obesity-related chronic conditions.

First product, Unacceptable, auto-tracks sugar food from images using machine learning, and a nutritionist chatbot coaches you to eat better.

Technology Used:
a) Design:  Sketch, Framer.js
b) Development:  React-Native, JavaScript, Python

Shipped globally on iPhone. Try it now!

See: <a href="http://unacceptable.taptosmile.com/">http://unacceptable.taptosmile.com/</a>
App: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/unacceptable-low-carb-keto/id1088716658">https://itunes.apple.com/app/unacceptable-low-carb-keto/id1088716658</a>

TapToSmile Inc.

Founder

Ginger.io uses machine learning to predict flares of depression, and provides people help when they need it most. We raised $28.2M and were named one of The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Healthcare by Fast Company.

I started the consumer team. Our team built a community of 95 therapists.
Launched scalable on-demand therapy service on iOS and Android.
We helped 22,000+ patients with 56% of them calling back every week.
Ginger.io is now focused on consumers.

My Focus:
1) Product Strategy
2) Product Design & Growth
3) Creating Community of 95 Therapists

Technology Used:
a) Product: Amplitude, Redshift + SQL
b) Design: Sketch, Photoshop, Framer.js
c) Development: Android Studio, Xcode

See: <a href="https://ginger.io/">https://ginger.io/</a>

Ginger.io

Palette makes modular hardware interface for photo editing. Palette’s magnetically connected sliders, dials and buttons offer photographers faster, more intuitive and precise editing experience.

I helped launch and crowdfund $158k on Kickstarter. Product was shipped successfully.
Featured in 60+ media publications including Fast Company, Verge, and Engadget.

See: <a href="https://palettegear.com/">https://palettegear.com/</a>

Palette Gear

In-the-moment gift giving marketplace. Our algorithms curated moments from Facebook, and recommended personalized gifts. For local vendors, we developed a logistics system to cut shipping costs by 45%.

I led product, design, and fundraising. We shipped on iOS and Android. Built a new logistics and mobile commerce platform for local vendors. Monetized with monthly active users buying 6 gifts at $16.85 on average.

My Focus:
1) Team - Building a strong team that executes well
2) Product Design - Designing a delightful application
3) Growth & Business Dev - Building partnerships with boutique vendors and growing user base
4) Fundraising - Managed the financing and fundraising.

Technology Used:
a) Product: Google Analytics, Mixpanel
b) Design: Photoshop, Illustrator
b) Development: Cordova, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

See: <a href="http://togethr.ca/">http://togethr.ca/</a>

BSG Inc.

Co-Founder, CEO

Designed mechanical body an electric vehicle (delivery truck).
Prototyped and tested new tires made entirely of plastic.
Performed CAD + Finite Element Analysis.

My Focus:
1) Product design using simulation and testing
2) Prototyping & testing new design

Technology Used:
a) MATLAB + Simulink
b) Computer Aided Design - Altair HyperWorks (HyperMesh, HyperCrash, HyperGraph) and SolidWorks

Product Designer

Bookneto's goal was to improve education and provide affordable higher education everywhere.

We launched a learning management system to provide open courses. Our first class earned $180k, and the company was acquired.


My Focus:
1) Product - Worked with 5 developers and 2 designers of a fast growing team.
2) Sales - Formed partnerships with institutions, professors, and content creators.
3) Finance - Managed the financing for the startup


Technology Used:
a) Development: HTML / CSS / JavaScript

Bookneto

Co-Founder, Product

Worked with a brilliant researcher to heuristically model X-ray radiation.
Design experiments to successfully reduce 80% biological dose in patients during X-Ray imaging.

My Focus:
1) Statistically modelling a non-linear multi-variable problem
2) Designing & prototyping medical imaging solutions

Technology Used:
a) MATLAB + Simulink
b) OpenCV C/C++ image processing

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Software Engineer

Worked with an intelligent research team to design ways to reduce diesel engine emissions.

My Focus:
1) Designed new ways to lower diesel engine emissions
2) Programmed and simulated engine control unit using Matlab

Technology Used:
a) MATLAB + Simulink
b) DSpace - Digital Signal Processing, and Electronic Control Unit

Navistar Inc

Engineer

Designed and automated testing of a fully integrated aircraft landing gear system.
Developed a database of IP knowledge within the multinational corporation.

My Focus:
1) Designed a solution to maximize the utility of the intellectual property produced by the multinational
2) Worked with a team to develop a control system (National Instruments) for precisely testing modern aircraft landing gears

Technology Used:
a) LabView - National Instruments
b) Microsoft Access

Messier-Dowty

Managed a team to manufacture of mechanical prototypes. Developed 3D CAD kinematic and dynamic simulations for automobile and train collisions.

Technology Used:
a) SolidWorks

Holden America LLC

Built web applications using <a href="http://ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a> for Canada's largest shipping company.

Technology Used:
a) MySQL
b) <a href="http://ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a> framework
c) HTML CSS JavaScript

Aditya Sharma

Aditya Sharma