Abhijit Rai, Mba Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

Head Of Product Strategy & Planning: Mentor product teams, make data-driven customer-centric decisions to surprise and delight our customers. - Worked closely with key business partners (Product modernization office, IT, Finance, etc) to build capabilities & prioritize strategic investments- Strategized and implemented legacy Policy Admin System Modernization including Vendor Identification, implementation & integration with upstream and downstream systems- Helped improve advisor sales experience by integrating OpenAI's ChatGPT 4 with the advisor knowledge base.- Developed the company's strategy in key verticals - creating 5-year roadmaps that demonstrate business value & ROI aligned with market trends, customer needs, and organization OKRs.- Replaced legacy COBOL systems with modern, open technology, reducing the complexity and overall cost of running the business.- Restructured and negotiated contracts with labor and software vendors resulting in multi-million dollar savings- Implemented product management best practices resulting in clearer prioritization, faster procurement & better data and security governance- Used customer & business feedback to monitor and improve the efficacy of products & features- Managed product budget efficiently, making data-driven decisions to allocate resources and optimize capacity.- Drove CBA development, annual planning, and budget management for strategic initiatives- Brought industry-leading product management practices, tools, & processes to the organization to enhance efficiency & product quality.Led Innovation Initiative @ CIO Advisory Council- Transformed the employee mindset- Enabled technology and product innovationTechnologies:Agile: Jira, RallyGenerative AI: ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft CoPilot, Midjourney, DALL-E, JasperOther: Clarity PPM, SharePoint, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics

New York, New York, Us

Managed a $43M Enterprise Data & API Portfolio- Delivered a Modern Enterprise Data Management & API Platform, solving data and integration needs of NYL Technology- Provisioned & Implemented a data and API strategy for solving data and experience problems for enterprise customers; delivering distant data sources into a readily consumable logical data model and API architecture.- Executed strategic Build vs Buy decisions to optimize the speed of delivery with budget constraints- Built self-organized teams and transformed the delivery model into Scaled Agile for leaner, faster, and better quality code development- Decommissioned legacy systems, saving cost and reducing complexity in the organization architecture

Formed a technology venture fund helping entrepreneurs launch their ideas through web/mobile platforms.Portfolio:- Founded & Grew FixFattyLiver.com into a global Liver Health tech platform reaching 100K+ users worldwide within 1 year, providing health information through social channels and access to doctors for second opinions.- Launched CaddyKing For Golf Mobile App: A caddy enablement and scheduling platform being used by leading golf courses in the United States.- Authored Liktoon's Boat An Amazon Top 100 Picture Book Teaching Kids about Money, Teamwork and Financial Literacy- Made Financial Literacy more engaging for Kids of all ages through engaging mobile games and apps (www.missfingy.com).Technologies:ChatGPT, Google Gemini, GenAI, Mobile Development (Android, IOS, Xamarin, Unity 3D), Web development, Python, Yii (PHP), MySQL, Agile development

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for managing the P&L for HCH SaaS & Data products (Data Monetization).Defining and launching B2B and B2C SaaS products @ Honeywell Connected Home.- Managed product lifecycle for a large PAAS product (0-1 product) with a revenue outlook of $100M/year.- Headed Product Ideas Incubation group @ Honeywell.Used iterative testing to find profitable gems and then formulate a go-to-market strategy for a 0->1 launch of products.Worked with a backlog of 100 monetization ideas, successfully 2 subscription products with 1st-year revenues of $11M / year;Created a 5-year roadmap of profitable products based on data collected during hypothesis testing.- Created a strategy to generate recurring PaaS revenues for Honeywell-connected devices- Built a payment, billing, and e-commerce platform for Honeywell mobile applications, adding a revenue outlook of $20M/year.Technologies:Android, IOS, Hadoop, Hive, Ambari, Cassandra, C#, Spark, Pig, Apigee, Jira

New York, Ny, Us

Set product strategy and deliver on American Express Loyalty Products roadmap, enabling Amex to provide cutting-edge loyalty constructs and partnerships including Membership Rewards points and Cash Back credit cards etc.- Launched the new look membershiprewards.com and revamped Amex Offers interface on iOS & Android and increased the member reward points' usage by 33%- Performed market analysis & customer research and worked with business stakeholders to develop a product strategy and execution roadmap for revamping Amex loyalty systems and enhancing card members' experience.Technologies:MongoDBRally

Wilmington, Delaware, Us

Led all aspects of product management for AAA Mid-Atlantic (AAAMA) Membership, Payment and Insurance systems.Managed a team of data and enterprise architects, network engineers and database marketing analysts.Formulated AAA IT strategy and capital budgeting.• Spearheaded company's database marketing strategy aiding better customer targeting in cross-promotional campaigns; strongly increased monthly revenues and customer retention rate.• Created product roadmap and managed development, design, A/B testing and launch of Auto-buying mobile application on iOS platform• Partnered with senior leadership team for post-merger consolidation efforts including evaluation of company's IT strategy, architecture and strategic positioning• Oversaw the outsourcing strategy and execution for key Insurance servicing offerings including vendor management, cross-training programs and quicker project turnaround; saved development and support costs• Structured AAA's virtualization and consolidation strategy saving the company hardware, licensing and support costs• Planned and executed offsite disaster recovery drills ensuring business continuity of critical AAA applications such as - Insurance and , Travel & Membership systems within 24 hours of an uplanned disaster• Evangelized new AAA membership system on Java platform; worked with membership business line to gather requirements and organize deliverables and forecast dependencies.Led a 5 member sales team and persuaded 3 different clubs to buy AAAMA's proprietary membership systemDevelopment methodologies: Agile, WaterfallDesign Principles: SOA, ECM, BPM, EDW, MDMProgramming Languages: Java/J2EE, Php, .NETApplication & Web Servers: JBoss, Oracle Weblogic, IBM Websphere, Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP, IISPortals: Liferay, Microsoft SharePointMiddleware: WSO2, Axis2Database Servers: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, DB2 BPM/ECM Framework: IBM FileNet, Microsoft SharePoint Version Control: Subversion, CVS, PVCS, MS VSS

Led business development and product management. Developed product roadmap and managed a team of 8 designers and developers in an on-site / off-shore model. Sold assets to one of the top test prep companies• Conceptualized and launched a creative and engaging Android mobile application for standardized test prep, generating over 5000 downloads in Google Play Store, rated 3.5• Assessed key competitors and customized product pricing model for digital channels enabling penetration to global markets including India and Singapore; increased sales by $50K• Fostered partnerships with top MBA admissions consulting firms and spearheaded company’s digital marketing strategy; adding potential future revenue streams worth $70K p.a• Created an outsourced development strategy, singlehandedly established a back-office infrastructure in India to reduce operating costs by 45% and led a team of 10 off-shore developers• Generated social media and inbound marketing campaigns, increasing paid customers for test prep workshops and courses

Worked with Abacus’ clients - Pfizer and AAA Mid-Atlantic on key technology initiatives.

New York, New York, Us

• Led Pfizer’s outsourcing initiative, leading a team of 24 IT resources and saving Pfizer substantial costs in IT administration and support• Streamlined Pfizer’s business continuity plans, leading a team of infrastructure engineers and data center experts, ensuring complete data-center recovery from disasters within a few hours

Zug, Ch

Evalueserve - a startup which provides market research and business information services to worldwide clients (in 2002). • Supervised the product development team for newly acquired telecom databank commNOW. Redesigned the product and restructured product pricing substantially increasing company’s margins for the product• Led teams on projects involving corporate strategy analysis, market sizing, forecasting across Pharmaceuticals, Retail and Telecom industries etc.• Advised on the design and usability of new Evalueserve website through wireframes, story-boards and internal A/B testing

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

Ms, Computer Science

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