Harini Pathak Email & Phone Number

United States

Launched the first digital onboarding and payment solutions platform product (0 to 1) for XR Pay projected to increase revenue by 2x. Collaborated cross functionally with global teams of over 20 developers and QA and managed the full end to end product lifecycles.

Led product marketing initiatives to design product posts and brand templates to build digital marketing strategy for mindful management, increased user engagement by 50%.

Goleta, California, United States

Recommended strategic initiatives for the selection and prioritization of R&D projects including budget. Improved the transition from phase 1 to phase 2 by creating a product workflow decision tree matrix. Increased prioritization workflow efficiency by 57% and conducted market validation research to develop success metrics for product launch; increased ROI by 30%.

Graduate Student Teaching Assistant for the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department at UCSB. Taught for PSY10A : Introduction to Research Methods for Spring 2023. Taught weekly labs for introductory psychology research methods which covered concepts such as inter rater reliability bias, validity, technology in psychology, developing a testable hypothesis, operationalizing the hypothesis into independent and dependent variables, adopting an appropriate methodology for the research question (e.g., survey, experiment, observation), and analyzing and interpreting data, as well as considering the ethical context of research. Led weekly office hours to assist undergraduate students with research method concepts and to draft final research paper proposals.Assisted with creation of course content (i.e., lab assignments, lectures), grading, and any other applicable duties as assigned by the professor of the course

Worked cross-functionally with teams worldwide to improve natural language processing, speech recognition, and deliver accurate responses on Alexa. My career highlights from this fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding experience include:● Led market research and validation, user persona research, go to market strategy, product roadmap, agile project planning, and interface design and prototyping for new Alexa wellness feature and collaborated across cross-functional teams. Product successfully launched across 1M+ Alexa devices; increased user interaction by 30% MoM● Helped guide product roadmap and set timelines with Product team for year-long effort to construct product knowledge database of 100K+ Amazon products along with user data, FAQs, and product details; established new product evaluation process and optimized workflow efficiency by 47% MoM● Conducted A/B testing on UI design and graphics for new sports & entertainment highlight features for Alexa screen devices, optimized content and design for easy interface interaction and increased global viewership by 21%● Expanded Alexa’s knowledge graph across a dozen verticals, onboarded new event category which included 2020 elections, Grammys, and Oscars● Performed large data set analyses using SQL and summarized data findings with AWS in product meetings through data storytelling and user stories. Reviewed product docs to generate actionable insights for knowledge graph success metrics and KPIs● Chair of Women at Amazon SB Communication Committee and Co Privacy Champion; spotlighted women engineers in quarterly newsletters and organized technical workshops (privacy, data handling) and non technical topics (communication, team-building) for SB chapter, attended by various teams each month.● Initiated internal team initiative to create and distribute quarterly employee satisfaction surveys; leveraged HR analytics tools and improved project matching plus increased satisfaction by 30%.

Masters, Technology Management

Activities and Societies: Founder and CEO for Mental Health App Startup Graduate Teaching Assistant for Research Methods Class Graduate.

Psychological And Brain Sciences, Biopsychology Cognitive Science

Activities and Societies: Research Assistant for META Lab (Mindfulness, Emotion, Thought, Awareness) , created computational models.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Member of OPHS Academic Decathlon 2016 : Gold Medal Winner in Literature, Arts, Music, Social Science, Speech.