1. Coffee with Product- A podcast conversation on all things Product Management related [July 2021].2. How to effectively earn customer loyalty- A panel discussion on what it takes to craft an engaging loyalty program that benefits the customer as well as the business [July 2021].3. Featured Speaker at Product School- Founded in 2014, Product School is the global leader in Product Management training with a community of over one million product professionals. As a featured speaker at Product School, I shared my expertise in nurturing a mindset towards creative problem-solving. [Jan 2021]4. An approach to Problem Solving with a Customer-centric mindset- A presentation to the entrepreneurs in 5One Labs a startup incubator on how to bring an idea to life [Jul 2019].5. Several sessions to undergraduate students on the career paths in tech [2020/2021].

Product School is a global leader in Product Management training with a community of over one million product professionals. As a featured speaker, I help inspire the next generation of Product Managers to create innovative products and apply best practices in their work.

Five One Labs is a startup incubator supporting entrepreneurs in conflict-affected Kurdistan. As part of my affiliation, I conduct sessions on relevant topics and mentor the entrepreneurs to shape and launch their ideas to the market .

Leading Digital Initiatives to elevate the "third place" Starbucks experience for our customers.

Spearheading product innovations to drive success, reduce pain and improve services globally for >2 M sellers on the Amazon Marketplace

• Champion “D+ level” stakeholders of leading Fortune 500 retailers in formulating and driving an appropriate omnichannel strategy roadmap.• Own the product roadmap and implement the product vision by spearheading backlog grooming, sprint planning, go-live and demo sessions in collaboration with the business,usability and engineering teams; Led multigeography/cross functional teams as a part of product development across diverse clients.• Well versed in agile and waterfall model of product development.Served as subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders ensuring accomplishment of business strategy with seamless IT execution.• Manage a retail consulting account with supervisory responsibility for 13 consultants at the manager and senior associate level.Drive e-Commerce consulting offerings based on the deep domain expertise in a cluster model and formulate/execute the Go To Market strategy.• Lead market facing initiatives in terms of Business Development and Analyst response in the Digital Commerce space encompassing Current State Assessment,Industry/Competitor trends,Data Analysis,Package Selection and Product Recommendation.Accomplishments★Spearheaded Product Taxonomy and attribution definition as part of Global Product Master rollout across warehouse and online for a leading membership club★Delivered a significant savings(to be realized) for a global apparel retailer expected to result in an upscale demand for online channel by conceptualizing and designing the PIM solution for 10+ geographies in EU and US.★Won the Corporate Runner-up trophy for spearheading the build out of “Global PIM Definition Framework” that has proved to be a lynchpin in strategic wins worth $2mn.This was a hotly contested award with 45+ solutions in the race across Cognizant.

• Lead e-Commerce engagements with an average size of 15+ members from concept to production for US-Central retailers• Present strategies,plans and updates to executive leadeship team to spearhead Product Information Management(PIM) with a team size of 12+ members.Directly responsible for driving thought leadership,competency development,consultative selling and people management• Deliver high impact initiatives on time and on budget for leading retailer encompassing:oppurtunity identification,product discovery,produdct prioritization,product development and rollout.Accomplishments★Increased sellable online assortment by 60% for a leading pharmacy retailer by integration of merchandising platforms across the e-Commerce acquisitions using the agile principles. ★Reduced time to market by 30% for online products across the extended enterprise of a leading pharmacy retailer by automating the item set up lifecycle and providing better visibility of product status to the merchants.★Improved the sale of Wines category for a leading Texas based grocery retailer by conceptualizing, designing and implementing the grounds up e-Commerce solution with “Buy Online Pick Up in Store” fulfillment model.★Delivered a significant savings(to be realized) for a global apparel retailer expected to result in an upscale demand for online channel by conceptualizing and designing the PIM solution for 10+ geographies in EU and US.

•Manage a global team distributed across Basel and Chennai and a program with end to end responsibility on planning, estimation, execution and revenue recognition.•Own a high visibility pricing application as Product Manager and synthesize the requirements of global business users into an IT strategy in collaboration with the engineering and testing teams. •Drive new business opportunities in conjunction with a global workforce by managing the end to end aspect of a proposal encompassing scoping,solutioning,resourcing, pricing and profitability.Accomplishments★Developed an enterprise wide pricing application and rolled it out to 70 countries for one of the Top 3 pharmaceutical companies by leading a team of 12 members from concept to production under very dynamic circumstances. ★Appreciated by the management of top pharmacy retailer for leading a team of 8 members in designing the integration framework for Specialty Claims processing as a part of new acquisition.★Conferred with the corporate award “Magic” for organizing an innovative CxO level client visit.

•Manage the global roll out of Business Support Systems (PeopleSoft-CRM) for telecom clients with a subscriber base up to 8 million users. •Architecture the integration of the BSS with the ecosystem of Operation Support System (OSS) comprising of provisioning, billing and mediation systems using the middleware technology.•Spearhead an engineering team of 15 members in the implementation of key BSS modules such as Customer Acquisition, Order Capture, Accounts Management, Service Management and Post Sale support.Accomplishments★Rolled out the mobile number portability solution to ~ 426,000 subscribers of a leading wireless provider in Austria by spearheading a team of 15 members under stringent regulatory deadlines. This was the first of such engagement in the entire company.★Reduced the activation time from 15 min to 4min for leading European wireless provider by consolidating 10 disparate applications into a single CRM suite encompassing end to end functionality. ★Awarded certificate of excellence by the Program director of a leading Austrian wireless provider for the exemplary leadership and domain expertise provided from concept to launch of Business Support System and Mobile Number Portability application.★Spearheaded the roll out of BSS systems to subsidiaries of a global wireless provider at Sweden, Denmark,UK and Thailand in client facing role with customization as applicable to each of the geographies.

•Develop MIS backbone for internal stakeholders in Finance and HR groups to perform their day to day operations.Accomplishments★Launched several initiatives in the area of project management to support an employee base of 50,000+ users.