Curriculum Vitae
Venkatesh Gardas
Technical product manager. Five plus years in fintech and enterprise software, from writing the code to owning the roadmap.
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Technical product manager. Five plus years in fintech and enterprise software, from writing the code to owning the roadmap.
Technical Product Manager with 5+ years in fintech and enterprise software, experienced in driving the full SDLC from requirement gathering to go-live and post-production. Started as a BA writing ERP requirements, moved into data, then spent two years building B2B procurement tools from scratch. Currently managing an AI risk platform at KPMG. I sit comfortably between business, engineering and QA, translating complex problems into clear specs, acceptance criteria and validated test cases that do not need a follow-up call.
Own the full SDLC for an AI-driven risk analytics platform, setting product vision and quarterly OKRs. Defined logic for 40+ automated risk decision flows. Decision cycle time down 16 percent, reporting accuracy up 28 percent, reporting time down 22 percent via Power BI and SQL dashboards. 90 percent adoption with 95 percent of milestones on time.
Defined product solutions for a B2B procurement platform and built its roadmap from scratch; requirement specifications lifted transaction speeds 40 percent. Built a real-time loan origination system that became a paid module. Owned the mobile app lifecycle, UI mockups and an OCR module. Found and fixed a critical reconciliation defect for credit notes and open invoices in production.
Built SQL pipelines, databases and cohort models feeding a 12 percent drop in churn and 15 percent growth in repeat orders. Ran upstream requirement analysis and A/B testing with product and UX teams.
Bridged business stakeholders and engineering for large-scale ERP and logistics modules. Led requirement analysis, wrote user stories, assisted QA with acceptance criteria. Delivery risk down 25 percent.
Garage management for Indian workshops: job cards, customer approvals, GST invoicing, UPI collection, chat, end to end. Full PitStop story.
A voice companion for elderly Indian users in Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and English. Full Saathi story.
An AI web app that gives a resume honest, useful feedback at three roast levels. Built in a weekend.
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
IBS Mumbai, India. Earned while working full time.
Bhavna Trust College, India.