Prashant Merchant Email & Phone Number

Prashant Merchant is a Program Management at Apple. Colleagues describe them as "It's my absolute pleasure to recommend Prashant as I have worked very closely with him on many projects. Prashant is a very passionate Engineering Project Manager (EPM), with a great work ethic who takes his work very seriously and goes the extra mile to unblock and support everyone on the team. He never misses meetings or deadlines, in fact, he is very prompt and communicates very clearly and precisely what is expected from everyone he works with. He is very approachable and reachable no matter what time of the day or time it is. All the projects I have worked with on him were high-visibility projects with extremely tight deadlines. With tight and constantly changing deadlines, and given the complexity of the projects we worked on together it was critical that the EPM not only be on top of things but plan things ahead of time in order to align teams and expectations without losing development time and accounting for enough QA time. He is the only EPM I have worked with so far that also tests every functionality end-to-end even though we have a dedicated QA team and catches things that even an experienced QA person would sometimes miss. He is a go-getter and always finds creative solutions. He is the ONLY EPM I have worked with so far that is technical, understands the project inside out, questions Business when things don't make sense, or suggests to Business when needed - always looking out for what is the best for the project and Apple.", "I've had the pleasure of working with Prashant at Apple for almost 2 years now and time and time again I have been impressed by his work ethic and dedication. He is a deep subject matter expert in his field. When presented with an opportunity to take on a new challenges, he is able to get up to speed quickly and help guide the rest of the team to the finish with a minimum amount of rework. Prashant can always be counted on to do what's right by the team, the project, and the customer experience. He is a great advocate to all his stakeholders to ensure no deadlines are missed. Prashant is able to make difficult programs look easy. He’s a great leader for any team.", and "I worked with Prashant for most of my stint at Apple and found him to be an outstanding PM to work with. He is meticulous, translates requirements into tangible terms and helps set the pace and cadence of the sprint cycles. There is very little ambiguity in his specs since he has already heavy lifted all the intangibles out of the equation. It makes life very easy for the engineering team. He also takes a keen interest in ensuring app release success and plans a very thorough release plan. Very little if anything is left to chance. I highly recommend Prashant as a great resource for any engineering team."