Prem Sundaram, Product Manager in Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Prem Sundaram

Verified Expert  in Product Management

Product Manager

Location
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
April 24, 2019

For over 15 years, 作为一名国际技术顾问和产品经理,Prem一直在成功地开发和推出软件和产品创新. He advises companies of all stages in diverse industries including software, banking, internet-of-things, mobile, and cloud—in both the US and Europe. Prem拥有剑桥大学物理和材料科学学士学位以及加州大学洛杉矶分校的工商管理硕士学位,

Project Highlights

Award-winning Geospatial Technology Plan
制定战略并制定商业计划,赢得了瑞典的融资竞赛(4000万美元).
Development and Launch of a Mobile App
领导跨平台Wine Acuity应用(iOS/Android)的第一次迭代构建,并发布到应用商店.
Product Development of an App
Managed the design and development of the Index Cards note-taking app; it has a 5-star rating and over 80,000 users.

Expertise

Work Experience

Product Manager | Strategist

2019 - PRESENT
Avinew
  • 与Avinew合作,通过带有用户故事的故事板定义他们的整体产品体验和路线图.
  • 与团队合作,使用Trello实现开发过程和工作流程, which brought together design, development, and product management teams.
  • 与团队一起制定项目计划,确保前端应用和后端欧博体育app下载的正确功能和交付.
  • 指导初级产品和工程团队,帮助改进运营和战略思维.
  • Managed the bi-weekly Scrum meetings to ensure all teams were on track.

Chief Strategist

2014 - PRESENT
Sundaram Applied Technologies
  • Developed various strategies (product and technology-focused).
  • 为客户监督和管理多个项目的软件开发.
  • Constructed a prototype, developed market plans and competitor analysis, and managed software development.
  • Planned out the projects, including milestones, deadlines, and so on.
  • Planned, developed, and launched various software for mobile and desktop.

Product Manager

2020 - 2022
Bonasano
  • Worked with the founder to validate the product vision and define an MVP. 开始为客户进行竞争性审查使公司免于开发已经存在的东西, and we have pivoted to a new vision for the product.
  • 制定产品的愿景和路线图,确定MVP的范围. Iterating through this as we refine the market-product fit.
  • 构建原型MVP,并通过使用低/无代码解决方案来加快MVP流程,快速推进用户反馈和解决方案迭代,从而节省客户的金钱和时间.
  • 开发产品愿景画布,并帮助客户设想(和修改)产品.

Product Manager

2019 - 2021
Weavy
  • 帮助weave团队制定产品路线图和产品特性计划, manage project goals, and organize the development activities.
  • Worked with the team to define internal process improvements, product pricing, and competitive analysis.
  • 运用技术软件管理销售团队,制定并实施销售计划.

Product Manager, Strategist

2018 - 2019
Invotech AB
  • Researched the market and competition.
  • 获得管理层和董事会对新技术和营销策略的批准,使公司在市场上脱颖而出.
  • Designed and implemented a program of improvements covering product definition, customer focus, and Agile software development planning.
  • Developed the execution plan, product strategy, and marketing and sales plan.
  • Refined the technology plan.
  • Worked mainly remotely and onsite in Sweden as needed.

Product Strategist

2018 - 2018
Wine Acuity
  • Performed product management.
  • Constructed a software prototype.
  • Implemented Agile software development.
  • Conducted customer testing.
  • Composed and carried out a technology plan.

IT Consultant

2017 - 2018
Farmers and Merchants Bank
  • Solved a critical personnel situation with an underperforming IT team.
  • 审查团队能力、结构、管理方法和内部流程.
  • Developed personnel and organization structure recommendations.
  • 指导团队并促进IT内部和组织间沟通的改善.
  • 在长期技术规划和灾难恢复计划方面提供建议.

Director Innovation and Technology

2015 - 2018
1st Century Bank
  • Was brought in to improve IT operations and lead new IT initiatives.
  • Reviewed technology systems, software, processes and team capabilities.
  • 实现新的技术活动,如云、安全性和灾难恢复.
  • Developed personnel plans and recruited new staff.
  • 建立了一个受到CEO和执行团队赞扬的IT基础设施.
  • Provided research technology options.

Strategy

2007 - 2016
Future Position X
  • Provided strategic, marketing, and technology advice to the CEO.
  • Developed various funding proposals. 一个值得注意的例子是提交给瑞典政府资助机构(Vinnova)的十年商业战略。. 它最终赢得了第一名,并在接下来的十年里获得了价值4000万美元的资金.
  • Created and implemented reporting and KPI dashboards for the board.
  • Developed the business, product plans, and business reporting KPI dashboards.
  • Managed projects.

Award-winning Geospatial Technology Plan

http://www.fpx.se

制定战略并制定商业计划,赢得了瑞典的融资竞赛(4000万美元).

Future Position X is one of ten innovation cluster organizations in Sweden. 我作为商业战略家和技术远见者被邀请来帮助制定一个长达十年的商业和区域战略提案.

I worked with teams to develop the new vision, position and value proposition. The outcome was the development of the "Geo-Life Region" vision, 我将地理空间技术的好处与改善健康的愿望结合在一起. This strategy was presented to Vinnova, the Swedish innovation funding agency, and won first prize, a funding of $40 million (USD) over ten years to Future Position X.

Blockchain Product Strategy for Fintech Software

为一家位于洛杉矶的新区块链可持续发展初创公司开发产品和商业战略.

AlphaEco是一家金融科技初创公司,旨在通过公共资金为环境和可持续发展项目提供资金. 我被请来开发业务和产品战略,并确定区块链将在哪些方面为业务流程增加价值.

Primarily, I developed the product plan, technology plan, and funding plan.

Development and Launch of a Mobile App

领导跨平台Wine Acuity应用(iOS/Android)的第一次迭代构建,并发布到应用商店.

Wine Acuity是一家位于洛杉矶的新兴公司,专注于向个人传授葡萄酒知识. I was brought on to advise and manage the development of the new mobile app.

I worked with the teams to manage the product development process, including prototyping, user stories, feedback, 技术决策(Angular/Ionic)和编程人员的选择和管理(外包).

该项目于2019年2月完成并发布到App Store和Google Play Store.

Product Development of an App

http://www.notedexapp.com

Managed the design and development of the Index Cards note-taking app; it has a 5-star rating and over 80,000 users.

在这个项目中,我负责了索引卡应用程序的设计和开发.

Specifically, I worked to develop the prototype, manage user feedback, develop the app, and manage the outsourced programming team.

我还制定了产品和技术路线图,并监督产品向其他平台的扩展.

IoT Software Company Transformation

http://www.invotech.se

为一家位于瑞典的物联网(IoT)软件公司的发展制定了变革性的商业战略.

Invotech是一家瑞典软件公司,开发了一种用于资产地理空间定位的物联网软件. Before I came aboard, the company did not have a product plan or sales strategy.

我和团队一起审查他们的产品定位、价值主张和目标市场. 我还更新了技术路线图,以反映客户的反馈和目标,并制定了新的营销和销售策略.

As a result, Invotech now has an action plan for 2019 to execute and grow sales.
1998 - 2000

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Entrepreneurship

The Anderson School, UCLA - Los Angeles, CA, USA

1988 - 1991

Bachelor's Degree in Physics and Materials Science

University of Cambridge - Cambridge, England

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