Technology Product Management executive specializing in digital transformation, advanced experimentation, and data-driven platform strategy. Proven track record delivering $18M+ annual impact across Parks & Entertainment, Financial Services, and Consumer sectors. Co-Investigator on a 2.9M-sample academic RCT; Optimizely North America Award winner (2022); peer-reviewed co-author with Nobel laureate Guido Imbens (Econ Journal Watch, March 2026).
Experience
Director, Product Management — SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
eCommerce platform across 12 consumer park websites driving hundreds of millions in annual ticketing revenue
- Delivered $18M+ in measurable business impact in 2025: 35 A/B experiments (6 statistically significant wins), Apple Pay rollout ($4.4M lift), SEO and email capture improvements, and early prevention of a $7.2M platform migration mistake.
- Rebuilt digital checkout infrastructure, reducing failure rate from 20% to 5% and recovering $20M+ in at-risk annual revenue across 12 branded theme-park websites.
- Designed and scaled an enterprise Experimentation Governance Framework; executed 250+ A/B tests over 4 years achieving 40% latency improvement and $10M+ annual ROI — recognized with the Optimizely North America Optimizer Award (2022, “Best Experimentation Practice”) and Quantum Metric CPD Signal Award (2022).
- Co-Investigator on an AEA-registered randomized controlled trial (2.9M visitors); co-authored peer-reviewed paper “Power Analysis is Essential” in Econ Journal Watch (Vol. 23, No. 1, March 2026) with Nobel laureate Guido Imbens, Andrew Gelman, and Ron Kohavi.
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Product Manager, Digital Product Development — Prudential Financial
Fortune 100 financial services company; regulated retirement & investment platforms
- Launched Prudential’s first consumer-facing native mobile retirement app — 844K unique users, 250K monthly active — preventing $5B+ in quarterly AUA loss risk.
- Shipped the industry’s first Alexa skill for retirement account management; won P&I Eddy Award (2019) for communication excellence.
- Recovered $6M in quarterly revenue at risk and drove 150% growth in mobile engagement through digital platform modernization and password-less authentication innovation.
Senior Product Manager — AccuWeather
Global consumer mobile platform with 35M+ users and multi-channel advertising revenue
- Grew user base 350% (1M → 35M users) through 25+ product launches across web and mobile platforms.
- Generated $10M in annual revenue increase from platform redesigns; drove 150% growth in advertising revenue.
Student Consultant — AccuWeather
- Conducted product and market research while completing MBA; contributed to mobile strategy.
Lead Software Engineer — Various Companies
- Six years of software engineering at Robert Bosch, Visteon, and Schneider Electric, building embedded systems for automotive and industrial applications — the technical foundation for product leadership.
Education
MBA, Marketing — Penn State Smeal College of Business
2011
Bachelor of Engineering, Telecommunication — PESIT, Bangalore
2003
Skills
Product Management & Strategy
- Product Strategy & Roadmapping
- A/B Testing & Experimentation Design
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
- Agile / Scrum
- Customer Journey Mapping
- Digital Transformation Strategy
- Revenue Management
- Risk-Managed Product Change
- Platform Reliability & Monitoring
- Executive Decision Support
Analytics & Experimentation Platforms
- Optimizely
- Quantum Metric
- Google Analytics / GA4
- Adobe Analytics
- Google Search Console
- SEO Tools & Search Visibility
Technical & Platform Skills
- Mobile App Product (iOS, Android)
- Voice Technology (Amazon Alexa)
- Web Performance Optimization
- API-Driven Architecture
- eCommerce Platforms & Checkout Optimization
- Accessibility (WCAG)
- Biometric Authentication
Business & Operations
- P&L / Budget Management
- Vendor Evaluation & Management
- Stakeholder & Executive Communication
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Program & Portfolio Management
Industry Domains
- eCommerce & Digital Commerce
- Consumer Mobile Applications
- Financial Services / Retirement / FinTech
- Theme Parks & Entertainment
- Hospitality & Travel
- Weather & Information Services
Awards
- Optimizely North America Optimizer Award — “Best Experimentation Practice” (2022)
- Quantum Metric CPD Signal Award (2022)
- P&I Eddy Award — Communication Excellence (Prudential Alexa Skill) (2019)
- Globee Awards — Technology Judge, 50+ evaluations (Ongoing)
- UConn Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans — Pitch Competition Judge (2025)
Publications
“Power Analysis is Essential: High-Powered Tests Suggest Minimal to No Effect of Rounded Shapes on Click-Through Rates”
Econ Journal Watch, Vol. 23, No. 1, March 2026, pp. 139–172
Ron Kohavi, Jakub Linowski, Lukas Vermeer, Fabrice Boisseranc, Joachim Furuseth, Andrew Gelman, Guido Imbens, Ravikiran Rajagopal
Affiliation: Director of Product Management, United Parks & Resorts
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Writing
The Lens — Newsletter on product management: prioritization, metrics, OKRs, and engineering partnerships. 11 editions, 2020–2021.