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Praveen Thange - Technical Product Manager

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Location: Remote, Remote, USA

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PRAVEEN THANGE PRODUCT OWNER | SR. BUSINESS ANALYST | CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER | TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER | H1B VISA TRANSFER +1 (512) 997-5025 | [email protected] | linkedin.com/in/praveenthange PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Product Owner / Product Manager with 14+ years of experience across OTT streaming, eCommerce, SaaS, and enterprise software. Background as an entrepreneur and full-stack engineer, having personally built SQL data models, designed API integrations, and shipped backend systems. Comfortable working at the engineering layer while keeping the business stakeholder side well-informed and aligned. In client engagements, takes full ownership of the backlog, writes user stories with clear acceptance criteria, runs Agile ceremonies, and holds the team accountable to sprint commitments. Has led cross-functional teams of up to 56 engineers across distributed time zones. PRODUCT OWNER CORE COMPETENCIES Product Management & Requirements: Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), User Story Authoring, Acceptance Criteria Definition, Definition of Done (DoD), Backlog Ownership, Backlog Grooming, Backlog Refinement, Requirements Elicitation, Integration Requirement Specifications, Service Workflow Documentation, Roadmap Communication, Release Sequencing Agile Delivery & Execution: Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Scrum Ceremonies, Milestone Tracking, Release Management, Dependency Mapping, Dependency Management, Distributed Team Coordination Agile Frameworks & Leadership: Scrum, Kanban, Hybrid Agile, Agile Coaching, Servant Leadership, Team Facilitation, Conflict Resolution Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Stakeholder Alignment, Cross-Team Alignment, Executive Presentations, Vendor Management Product Analytics & Metrics: OKR Definition, OKR Alignment, KPI Definition, Velocity Tracking, Burndown Charts, Burnup Charts, Cycle Time, Lead Time, DORA Metrics, Product Analytics (Google Analytics, Mixpanel) Technical & Data Expertise: API Integration Requirements, Relational Data Modeling, SQL Querying, Event Tracking Taxonomy, Catalog & Metadata Modeling Product & Collaboration Tools: Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Figma, Postman, Swagger, Algolia, ClickUp, Notion, Miro, Slack, Zoom, Microsoft Teams Platforms: Web, iOS, Android, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV (tvOS), Android TV PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Senior Product Owner / Senior Technical Product Manager | Robosoft Technologies Inc. Aug 2021 - Present Worked as Product Owner across several client engagements, sitting between business stakeholders and engineering. Responsible for backlog management, user story authoring, sprint ceremonies, and delivery tracking across distributed teams. The Wonder Project - OTT Streaming Platform (Media & Entertainment) (via Robosoft Technologies Inc.) Managed the product backlog across a 7-platform OTT product (Roku, Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, iOS, Android, Web). Wrote user stories and acceptance criteria for 15+ feature epics, which brought feature rework down by 40%. Cut third-party integration failures by ~30% by writing integration requirement specs and error-handling standards for Brightcove, Evergent, Stripe, and Chase. The documentation became the engineering team's go-to reference for vendor workflows. Built out event tracking taxonomy covering 20+ user interaction events, giving the data engineering team what they needed to set up product analytics and downstream pipeline consumption. Managed roadmap delivery for 15+ capabilities across a 37-member cross-functional team, with dependency mapping and release sequencing that helped get features to market 25% faster. Kept internal and external stakeholders aligned on roadmap status, hitting 90% of milestones on time till build delivery. Defined content ingestion pipeline requirements and catalog metadata models for multi-platform publishing across 7 OTT apps, cutting catalog management time by 35%. Warner Bros. Discovery - DPlus India (OTT Platform, Media & Entertainment) (via Robosoft Technologies Inc.) Ran backlog ownership and sprint planning for the DPlus India launch alongside 56 engineers across Android, iOS, Smart TV, and Web. The launch drove a 25% increase in app downloads. Defined and shipped short-form content discovery features, covering feed architecture, metadata contracts, and recommendation surface specs. User engagement went up 20%. Restructured Agile ceremonies, introduced dependency tracking, and took over backlog grooming for a distributed team spread across time zones. Sprint velocity improved 25%. Set up a structured feedback review process: tagged user issues by theme, prioritized by volume, and routed fixes into each sprint cycle. CSAT improved 30%. Magnolia - Retail & eCommerce (via Robosoft Technologies Inc.) Took PO responsibility for search and merchandising. Led the Algolia search migration by writing indexing and relevance requirements and working with engineering on the integration between search and catalog services, which improved search relevance across the platform. Defined requirements and acceptance criteria for Wishlist, Save for later, Urgency messaging, a behavioral upsell feature, including targeting logic and trigger rules tied to the merchandising data service. Average Order Value went up ~8%. Set OKRs, success metrics, and instrumentation requirements for the search and merchandising team, giving everyone a shared baseline to work from. Akasa Airlines - Aviation (via Robosoft Technologies Inc.) Led product discovery for the digital booking experience. Ran user research, mapped friction points in the flow, and put together a prioritized backlog recommendation for senior stakeholders. Internal Product Leadership Spent 18 months coaching 8 PMs and APMs on user story writing, PRD structure, and acceptance criteria. Noticeably improved documentation quality and reduced back-and-forth with engineering during build cycles. Chief Product Officer & Founder | Prosols Technology Jun 2012 - May 2021 Founded and ran a bootstrapped B2B SaaS company for 9 years, serving 110+ clients across retail, logistics, edtech, and agri-tech. Wore every hat: product owner, engineer, and client-facing account lead. Built and launched Invento, a B2B retail SaaS platform. Grew it to 60+ paying businesses through direct sales and a referral program. Designed the full relational data model on Oracle SQL, covering table design, indexing, stored procedures, and real-time analytics queries that powered inventory, billing, and order management for 60+ retail businesses. Brought transaction processing time down by 67% by designing API integrations connecting ERP, POS, hardware, and inventory systems, with the backend workflow running on .NET and Oracle. Cut feature rollout time by 30% by building modular platform services in .NET, so billing, inventory, and reporting components could be reused across client deployments. Kept 100% of enterprise clients over 3+ years by running quarterly reviews, staying close to client needs, and turning feedback into prioritized backlog items. Delivered 25+ custom digital platforms across 6 industries, generating $600K+ in combined client revenue with 20-40% feature adoption improvements per release. Systems Engineer | Tata Consultancy Services Mar Mar 2011 - Jun 2012 Wrote Oracle PL/SQL stored procedures to automate high-volume batch operations, improving data processing throughput across enterprise systems. Built ETL workflows using Oracle Fusion SOA to move data across enterprise systems, cutting down on manual data handling. EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science: 2010 AI Product Management Specialization: Duke University Certified Scrum Master (CSM): Scrum Alliance Keywords: artificial intelligence information technology golang purchase order procedural language Keywords: artificial intelligence information technology golang purchase order procedural language