Ravikiran Rajagopal is a Director of Product Management (Technology) specializing in digital platform transformation, advanced A/B experimentation, and data-driven product strategy across Parks & Entertainment, Financial Services, and Consumer sectors.
At SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment he has delivered $18M+ in documented business impact — reducing checkout failure rates from 20% to 5%, executing 250+ A/B experiments across 12 branded websites, and driving $10M+ annual ROI from an enterprise experimentation program he designed from the ground up.
His work has been published and peer-reviewed: he is a co-author of “Power Analysis is Essential” (Econ Journal Watch, Vol. 23, No. 1, March 2026) alongside Nobel laureate Guido Imbens, Andrew Gelman, and Ron Kohavi, and a Co-Investigator on an AEA-registered randomized controlled trial spanning 2.9 million website visitors.
Earlier, at Prudential Financial, he shipped the industry’s first native mobile retirement app (844K users) and first Alexa skill for retirement account management. He is a two-time industry award winner (Optimizely North America, Quantum Metric) and a judge for Globee Awards and the UConn Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans.
Work
SeaWorld eCommerce Platform
Director of Product Management. Drove $20M+ in annual revenue through funnel experimentation, improved customer satisfaction by 50%, and generated $10M+ via site performance improvements across 12 park websites.
Prudential Retirement App
Led and launched Prudential Retirement’s first consumer-facing mobile app, reaching 700K downloads with 100K+ monthly active users and improving ratings from 1.8 to 4.8.
Prudential Alexa Experience
Helped launch the first authenticated Alexa experience in retirement and finance, enabling participants to check account balance and investment performance by voice.
AccuWeather Android & Platforms
Led Android app growth to 35M+ users and 10M+ MAU, increasing ad revenue by 150%. Launched on 25+ platforms including Connected TVs, BlackBerry, and wearables.
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Writing
Newsletter — The Lens
11 editions on product management, prioritization, metrics, and leadership. 2020–2021.
Projects
StreakMates
Mobile-first PWA where friends challenge each other to build daily activity habits. Streak tracking, leaderboards, and shareable cards.
likita
Daily journaling app with AI-generated prompts, Claude-powered reflections, speech-to-text, streak tracking, and a calendar view.
GA Analytics Dashboard
Upload GA4 exports and get instant visual dashboards — sessions, conversions, funnel performance, and device breakdowns. Runs in the browser, no backend.
Smart Todo
Custom todo app with priorities, due dates, and recurring tasks. Single-file, PIN-secured, runs entirely in the browser via localStorage — no login, no server.