NYU Stern School of Business

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

NNHS

Product at DigitalOcean

- Managed Databases
- Block Storage (Volumes)

DigitalOcean

Senior Product Manager II

Providing a simple, scalable Kubernetes platform for developers and SMBs to run their cloud applications

Senior Product Manager, Kubernetes

Building infinitely scalable storage for small business cloud consumers

Senior Product Manager, Storage

Product Manager, Object Storage

NYU Stern, MBA (Technology)

Developed winning business case and software prototype for machine learning-based 5G solution to reduce hearing fatigue for manufacturing workers

Verizon Labs

MBA Product Consultant

ByteCurve is a series A start-up helping modernize the technology of the school bus industry.

At ByteCurve, I was the product manager for a top US school bus operator's fleet maintenance software.

✓ Designed maintenance product roadmap in collaboration with client's C-suite, maintenance leadership, and engineering

✓ Owned software and process rollout for 250+ personnel nationwide; improved efficiency saves $500K per year

✓ Conceived of and owned Power BI Dashboard to monitor KPIs; gathered requirements from maintenance leadership and directed IT through report creation, saving 120 staff-hours/month and enabling the client's first data-driven department

✓ Hired and directed a team of six to catalog, clean, and organize all inventory across 40 client locations; discovered unused inventory worth $400K and facilitated warranty tracking of all $1.2M of client inventory

ByteCurve

Product Manager

IndyBuild is a free platform for the entire entertainment community that fully showcases creative and performing artists.

As Product Manager at IndyBuild, I was the senior technical and operational manager responsible for the development and improvement of the IndyBuild platform.

✓ Led product team of ten engineers through full application launch in 6 months, the company's first in 2.5 years

✓ Achieved a 300% boost in pre-registrations by building responsive WordPress launch blog with a mailing list, social integration, and responsive design; developed user stories in JIRA and guided engineering to deliver through weekly sprints

✓ Supervised and assisted the internal development team and lead coordination with external contractors in developing, deploying and improving the IndyBuild platform

✓ Assessed and made recommendations on the improvement or re-engineering of the IndyBuild platform

✓ Significantly improved operational efficiency and effectiveness of all departments by implementing Agile methodology

✓ Implemented data analytics tools and analyzed IndyBuild platform usage for trends and insight (Google Analytics)

IndyBuild

CC Compound was an e-commerce health start-up for customers with digestive disorders.

I had digestive disorders myself, so I consulted naturopathic doctors on what herbs would help my condition. When I found specific herbs that kept my symptoms at bay, I designed a supplement to help others with my issue.

✓ Launched Ayurvedic supplement (CCCompound.com); contracted a California firm to manufacture supplement according to a custom formula of eight Indian herbs, generated $40K/year in revenue

✓ Implemented targeted Google AdWords campaign and achieved positive ROI within three months

✓ Attained a 110% improvement in purchase conversion rate by split testing sales funnel pages using Google Analytics

✓ Developed initial CC Compound storefront in Node.js, MongoDB (NoSQL DB), Bootstrap, and Debian/Nginx

CC Compound

Co-Founder

ZS Associates is a management consulting firm focused on sales and marketing effectiveness. With 20 offices around the world and 30 years in the game, ZS uses data driven strategy to optimize their clients’ sales performance.

As a Business Analyst at ZS, I worked with several major clients, primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. 

✓ Forecasted current client accounts and identified new targets based on purchase potential

✓ Segmented key client accounts based on purchase potential or past purchase history

✓ Designed optimal resource allocation based on brand strategy and segmentation to determine the most effective placement of multiple sales forces across the United States

✓ Developed incentive compensation plans for sales representatives that align sales teams’ commissions to overall organizational objectives

✓ Conducted market research surveys and interviews with physicians to improve sales messaging

ZS Associates

Business Analyst

I traveled around the nation as a technology consultant in the risk practice of Crowe Horwath, a top ten audit firm.

✓ Consulted on SAS70 (SSAE16) controls, IT general controls, financial audit support, and SOx

✓ Traveled to five different states to consult for banking and education institutions

✓ Delivered exit meeting presentations detailing audit deficiencies to C-level executives

Crowe Horwath LLP

IT Audit Consultant (Internship)

I made applications for Facebook back when the platform was new. First, I made several apps that took months to build only to see limited success.

Luckily, making apps was fun for me, so I was able to keep building and iterating according to user feedback. Soon, I made apps for awareness and leisure that scaled to over 3 million users. Later, I was ecstatic to sell my company.

✓ Defined product roadmap and then led developers from 5 countries to realize initiatives

✓ Created applications for platforms such as Facebook.com and Friendster; continuously iterated applications according to user feedback and Google Analytics insights

✓ Scaled to over 3 million users

✓ Earned over $50K through advertising revenue

✓ Sold application portfolio to venture capitalist backed firm; funded my college education

MonetApp

Founder and CEO

I spent a summer in the heat of Houston, Texas as the functional coordinator on the GEII Compliance Project for GE Energy Aeroderivatives. The project was a multi-phase initiative to ensure statutory and tax compliance for the Aero business globally.

✓ Alerted business to the testing status as well as ongoing issues and defects during the first systems integrated testing cycle (SIT 1)

✓ Designed and developed an electronic scorecard in VBA to track SIT 1 testing

✓ Improved SIT 2 efficiency through the implementation of a centralized documents system

GE Energy

Information Management Leadership Program - Early Identification Intern

Instarta is a text message polling system for politicians and candidates. The service allows them to get real-time feedback on constituent preferences. 

I started this company with 3 other motivated peers excited about start-ups and technology.

✓ Worked with several politicians and candidates to help them reach their constituents using websites, social media, and text message polling

✓ Accepted into Illinois Launch - the University of Illinois's start-up incubator program

Devneel Vaidya