Manish Kumar Email and Phone Number
I have deep industry expertise in Database technologies, Big data, Analytics, hybrid cloud, Product Security, API first product designs, User research and experience, SaaS and PaaS pricing, and Cloud Platforms (Azure and AWS). I'm a problem solver and someone who likes to combine an analytical approach with customer centric product designs to solve customer problems. Over my career, I've lead products roadmap, strategy and execution at various stages in the lifecycle – launching azure cloud services and growing the business of database platform group 20x in 2 years, strategized and executed the public cloud transformation of Nutanix clusters on AWS.While working at big companies, I love to ideate, start small and get things done but have the think big attitude at work. All this while leading cross-functional initiatives and drive clarity to tackle ambiguous customer problems. I bring 8+ years of experience across product development and management experience.
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Product @ RelationalaiRelationalai Sep 2024 - PresentBerkeley, California, UsLeading efforts across RelationalAI Knowledge graph co-processor for Snowflake data cloud to build Intelligent Applications- Partnership with Snowflake to launch RelationalAI Native App on Snowflake- Snowflake native Apps growth- Platform and Enterprise initiatives- Knowledge graphs, Predictive and prescriptive analytics -
Director Of Product ManagementSinglestore Mar 2023 - Apr 2024San Francisco, California, UsProduct leader for SingleStore database and cloud platform with focus on:- Security and Compliance - enterprise security for the SingleStoreDB and cloud SAAS service. Including the data security and privacy, network security, RBAC, OAuth, OIDC, SCIM authentication and authorization services, data governance and compliance.- Lead the product group for Streaming analytics services for SingleStore and connectors - SingleStore pipelines, Lakehouse integration, High Availability for the cloud and engine product.- Lead the SingleStore migration service- Strategy and execution for customer engagement from 0-1 for our cloud services and helping land key customer accounts -
Staff Product ManagerSinglestore Jan 2022 - Mar 2023San Francisco, California, UsSingleStore Migrations service- Led multiple white glove engagements for mission critical database migrations from multiple databases to SingleStoreDB- Developed migration whitepapers and created blueprints for customer to execute heterogenous migrations to SingleStoreDB easily and securelyProduct Growth- Managed top customers across account and led customer expansion on SingleStore SAAS product.- Collaborated with solutions architect and engineering team to design reference architectures across several strategic customers- Led technical solutions in security, platform design for top SingleStore customers across multiple industry verticals such as finance, healthcare and retail - Collaborated with cross functional team to drive numerous GTM activities including product webinars, representing at conferences and driving product launch events for SingleStore -
Senior Product ManagerNutanix Nov 2020 - Nov 2021San Jose, California, UsProduct manager for the Nutanix Cluster cloud service running on AWS and Azure. Nutanix cluster is a hybrid cloud-native service integration for modernizing on-prem applications without need of refactoring. It is the software service to provision Nutanix Hyper converged infrastructure stack in AWS and Azure with true hybrid capabilities offered to customers. It offers a cloud-native service integration for modernizing on-prem applications without need of refactoring.Key launches during this time:- Launched the new hybrid and multi cloud workload management solutions (Nutanix Clusters) for AWS (Commercial and Gov Cloud)- Landed and expanded the growth of product in new geographies- Lead for the Nutanix Cluster SaaS billing integration with Azure marketplace; redefined the billing infrastructure to remove inefficiencies of legacy systems and portability of licenses to cloud based consumption -
Senior Product ManagerMicrosoft Sep 2020 - Nov 2020Redmond, Washington, UsMy last project at Microsoft was designing and launching the new Azure Managed MySQL database service for Azure data platform group. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/mysql/flexible-server/Key product areas : Storage, High availability, Security and UXPrior to that, I was focused on leading and growing adoption of Azure Managed Database v1, database services among enterprise and developer community, by building the best platform to grow their database workloads and designing solutions that meets customers expectation. Highlights of my work:- Applied churn analysis and product innovations to build the acquisition, cross-sell and up-sell opportunities for the Azure database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL on Azure. Ran A/B test for pricing, configurations, and user experience etc. to see what has the greatest impact on customers retention and customer satisfaction. - Lead the Storage, Networking, High Availability and Security of the Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL managed platform service. This was pivotal for the JEDI (US DOD Gov contract) security and compliance requirement by the Azure database platform team- Reduced Azure managed database COGS by $12M and improved the product gross margin by 52% by identifying inefficient usage of virtual machines, older hardware being used to run the service, and planning and executing new product innovations such as idle server, pause/resume.- Designed a new ML based customers engagement tool to improve customer experience post product adoption. This recommendation engine looked at customer product usage patterns to predict how customers could improve their product performance while optimizing the cost. Collaborated with partner teams in Azure to improve the GTM for this product -
Product ManagerMicrosoft Jul 2018 - Aug 2020Redmond, Washington, UsProduct manager for the MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL managed platform on Azure cloud. Own the security and performance of the platform. My day-to-day activity involved identifying the customer needs, translating them to key business and product asks, shipping a great product, ensuring success of the product and repeat. My core competencies include analyzing market, customers and telemetry data, developing the product strategy and roadmap, translating business requirements into product asks through well documented requirements, driving alignment with partner teams, working cross-functionally to ensure successful product launches and ensuring long-term success of the product through measurable metrics and customer feedback. Key Launches during this time are:- Private link support for Azure Managed database – MySQL, PostgreSQL- Support for Version upgrade for Azure Database for MySQL- Support for Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL Highlights: - Using customer data visualization, analysis and storytelling for monthly/quarterly business reviews with the leadership to help guide product decisions and drive alignment with partner teams within Microsoft. This also helped in the semester planning cycle. Proficient in PowerBI, Excel and SQL -
Senior Member Technical StaffOracle Jul 2011 - Jun 2016Austin, Texas, UsWorked as a software developer in the Replication development team for the MySQL database. As an integral member of the team in India, I worked on various roles towards the development of MySQL Group Replication. http://mysqlhighavailability.com/tag/mysql-group-replication/I worked on multiple cross-functional teams for the design, development and review of new products in MySQL while improving the existing ones through bug fixing for major clients such as Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn etc. The major focus was on building dependable, high availability replication solutions for cloud and big-data processing. I was closely involved in the development process, as I worked in globally distributed team and led the development efforts in India thereby successfully taking the products through various stages of the product life cycle. Working on an array of products helped me become familiar with the agile and scrum-based methodologies of product development.In addition, I performed several engineering functions such as problem identification, and the corresponding analysis and resolution for various modules based on the business priorities and requirements; It also involved understanding market and the competing product strategy and deciding what is best suited for the customer needs. For example development of GTID support in MySQL, Semi-Sync replication and Group Replication after gathering and documenting business requirements, designing architecture and taking it to product release. I was also involved in recruitment of talents from universities and industry thus helping the team to grow in India.
Manish Kumar Education Details
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Ucla Anderson School Of ManagementTechnology And Product Management -
Bit Mesra Student-Industry Relations CellInformation Technology
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Manish Kumar works for Relationalai
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Manish Kumar's current role is Product leader - Data Platforms and GenAI | Security | Intelligent Apps | Analytics.
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Manish Kumar attended Ucla Anderson School Of Management, Bit Mesra Student-Industry Relations Cell.
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