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Dr.Samrat S

Summary

AI-native, Ph.D.-credentialed Director of Product Management with 13+ years of global experience driving award-winning innovations in AI/ML, cloud security, smart cities, drone automation, and enterprise SaaS. Proven record leading 0→1 platform development, scaling to $475M+ revenue, and delivering $2B+ in cost savings via predictive analytics and automation. Recognized by Gartner and Forrester for category-defining product leadership. Expert in leveraging LLMs (GPT-4, LangChain, Pinecone), ML pipelines, and no-code/low-code tools to accelerate roadmaps, improve user outcomes, and scale B2B and public safety ecosystems. Led global teams across U.S., EU, and APAC. Ph.D. focused on AI/ML for smart infrastructure and urban sustainability.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Manager - Crisis Management

Everbridge
USA
12.2024 - Current
  • Own product strategy and execution across three core platforms:
    Member Portal Mobile App – for citizen safety check-ins and alert delivery
    Emergency Manager Portal – for city operations and event command
    Critical Event Response Portal – for multi-agency orchestration
  • Launched AI-powered Predictive Crisis Response Engine using real-time IoT signals (weather, seismic, traffic, environmental) and ML severity modeling:
    • Reduced false alerts by 41%, improved emergency response time by 23%
    • Enabled real-time risk scoring and automated response playbooks
  • Built a GPT-4 + LangChain-powered LLM assistant to draft multilingual alerts and safety briefs:
    • Cut time-to-notify by 35%
    • Compliant with FEMA and DHS multilingual and accessibility standards
  • Developed a Retool-based no-code configurator for local jurisdictions:
    • Adopted by 50+ cities, reduced onboarding time by 60%
    • Allowed cities to build their own workflows, triggers, and alert hierarchies
  • Enhanced Emergency Manager Portal with drone footage, geofencing, and infrastructure heatmaps
    • Enabled predictive evacuation simulations and escalation decisioning
    • Used risk overlays from sensors and external APIs (e.g., HERE Maps, weather feeds)
  • Delivered UX enhancements in the Member Mobile App:
    • Family tracking, geo-fenced alerts, personalized safety statuses
    • Resulted in 48% increase in daily usage during active events
  • Delivered persona-specific capabilities for:
    Civilians – real-time alerts, status confirmations, map-based guidance
    Emergency Managers – dashboard ops, response metrics, control center
    First Responders – mobile command, routing, live comms
    Crisis Coordinators – orchestration, reporting, escalations
  • Collaborated with FEMA, Red Cross, and DHS to ensure:
    • Accessibility compliance (WCAG)
    • Multi-agency credentialing and workflow sync
    • Equitable alert access for vulnerable populations
  • Aligned product OKRs with crisis resilience, event response automation, and AI-driven transparency goals.

Director of Product Management - Cloud Security & Developer Enablement

Accion Labs (Veracode)
USA
04.2024 - 12.2024
  • Lead Veracode’s $10M AI/ML roadmap for AppSec, DevSecOps, and CI/CD tooling.
  • Delivered 25% market share growth by launching a transformer-based vulnerability scoring engine combining business context, runtime telemetry, and CVSS weights.
  • Built RAG-powered developer assistant using GPT-4 + LangChain:
    • Contextual code snippets and doc auto-generation
    • Reduced onboarding by 42%, API adoption increased 30%
  • Directed roadmap for CNAPP/DevSecOps bundles:
    • CI/CD shift-left integration, SBOM compliance tooling
    • Achieved 20% YoY growth from developer-centric customers
  • Managed 8 PMs and 75+ engineers, designers, and sales leads:
    • Improved delivery velocity by 22%
    • Reduced roadmap execution delays by 18%
  • Presented at OWASP, RSA, BlackHat; led Veracode’s analyst alignment with Gartner and Forrester.
  • Built GPT-tagged support triage in Jira:
    • Automated L2 ticket routing and severity scoring
    • Cut SLA breaches by 40%, CSAT rose by 18%
  • Launched developer tools for Swagger, Postman, and in-app API sandboxing:
    • Improved trial-to-conversion by 24%
    • Supported policy-aware onboarding and CI/CD scan triggers

Defined OKRs linked to remediation time, coverage %, and audit readiness for SOC2, FedRAMP, NIST buyers.

Manager, Product Management - DroneTech & Insurance AI

Eagleview Technologies
USA
03.2020 - 04.2024
  • Owned strategy for 4 mission-critical products: Assess, CAS, EV Drone App, and Drone Pilot Portal, managing roadmap, UX, go-to-market, Agile delivery, analyst demos, and internal team success.
  • Led the launch of Assess, the world’s first AI + drone-based roof insurance claim product:
    • Delivered $2M in net new revenue in Year 1
    • Reduced churn by 15%, lowered claim inspection from 55 → 20 minutes
    • Used AI/ML-powered anomaly detection to automate 75% of claim triage workload
  • Spearheaded ideation-to-launch process for EV Drone iOS App:
    • Scaled to 125,000 daily orders, contributing to $475M revenue
    • Integrated HERE Maps + RTK for live tracking → improved adjuster productivity by 7%
  • Directed B2B SaaS GTM: launched referral program (+29K daily orders), optimized PMF via A/B testing (+20% fill rate), reduced GTM time by 20%, and analyzed 30+ markets + 300 customer insights.
  • Designed and scaled Claim Assignment Service (CAS):
    • Boosted API adoption by 44%, raised revenue by $1M in 6 months
    • Cut API latency by 81%, uptime hit 99.9%
    • Used Postman, Swagger, Bugsnag, and Sematext for platform observability and web service testing
  • Built Drone Pilot Portal:
    • Onboarded 500+ freelance pilots
    • Eliminated manual drone distribution (saved $0.5M/year)
    • Integrated Checkr for verification, LMS for certification → total savings of $1.5M/year
  • Managed 8 PMs, drove cross-team Agile execution across 75+ engineers
  • Awarded Winner Circle – Top 5 Employees
  • Tools: Xactware, Mixpanel, Pendo, Datadog, MS Azure, AWS

Freelance / Contract Roles - PM, RTE, Jira, LLM Automation

Various Clients
01.2016 - 12.2023

Clients: EllieMae, Kaiser Permanente, PostNord, VMware | 2016 – 2023

  • Served as RTE (Release Train Engineer) for 4 SAFe ARTs → improved PI delivery predictability by 32%
  • Implemented Jira + JSM systems for support and engineering teams:
    • Built SLA dashboards, automated triage
    • Reduced backlog age and escalations by 45%
  • Built OpenAI-based LLM bots for ticket tagging and reply drafting → reduced L2 manual load by 50%
  • Integrated LangChain, HuggingFace + semantic vector DBs (Pinecone) for knowledge base querying
  • Guided EllieMae and PostNord through ML-based onboarding score models and Jira ITSM flows
  • Delivered GDPR/SOC2-compliant sandbox dev environments for all contract clients

Product Manager - API Management & Master Data Management

Software AG
Bengaluru
01.2019 - 03.2020
  • Led global product roadmap for API Management, IIoT integration, and MDM; enabled 38% revenue growth by introducing subscription monetization and reducing time-to-market to 8 months.
  • Positioned Software AG as a Gartner and Forrester MQ Leader by leading analyst briefings and coordinating roadmap alignment with key market trends.
  • Launched generic IIoT-enabled MDM product:
    • Secured two multi-million dollar enterprise accounts
    • Delivered API-first architecture with MQTT/OPC-UA compatibility
  • Delivered $10M+ in sales via advanced analytics dashboards using Databricks + D3.js; visualized ROI from API traffic, error logs, and latency clusters.
  • Managed 350+ developer hackathons across APAC + MENA; used Postman + sandbox environments to drive trial conversions (+22%).
  • Enhanced Swagger-based onboarding with role-based flows and contextual help — reduced early churn by 19%.
  • Oversaw customer support escalation through Jira/ITSM integrations; tracked NPS + analytics via Mixpanel and Looker.
  • Collaborated with sales, legal, and engineering to align API access with GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 compliance.
  • Delivered LMS-style onboarding + GTM assets for customer engineering teams.

Product Manager - Digital Asset Performance & Renewable Energy

GE Digital
India
10.2016 - 12.2018
  • Delivered GE’s first cross-division Digital Asset Passport → reduced asset downtime by 21%, saved $2B+ annually
  • Built "Back to Grid Metering" for solar assets:
    • Enabled reverse energy sale to grid
    • Boosted customer ROI by 25%
    • Supported power planning improvements of 15%
  • Integrated ML-based predictive failure models → 7% cost reduction in inverter replacement
  • Deployed Android-based APM App for Enphase → boosted sales by 200%
  • Converted 40+ legacy documentation libraries (since 1970) into a searchable digital index → increased contract renewals by 12%
  • Created Dev Bytes video series and training → increased lead conversion by 40%
  • Led predictive analytics for grid and solar failures → reduced maintenance by 77%

Product Owner / Jira Administrator - Agile Tooling & Automation

Altair Engineering
India
09.2014 - 08.2016
  • Built “Naveentha” + “Daily Log Central” to streamline Agile activity logging and reporting → achieved 250% SDLC velocity gain
  • Administered Jira for 100+ users: workflows, dashboards, automations, and SLAs
  • Integrated Confluence for PRDs + release tracking → improved visibility across 6 product teams
  • Piloted SAFe Agile practices including ART setup, sprint backlog breakdown, and PI planning
  • Created sprint health dashboards and blocker heatmaps using Power BI

Software Engineer - Backend & Platform Services

CallidusCloud & Happiest Minds
India
01.2011 - 12.2014
  • Built REST APIs and Java backend modules for enterprise incentive systems and customer management platforms
  • Refactored legacy code → improved response latency by 25%
  • Integrated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, improved regression cycles by 35%
  • Created test harnesses using Postman + JUnit; documented APIs in Swagger
  • Mentored 3 junior engineers and documented tech stack for long-term maintainability

Education

Ph.D. - IoT & AI for Sustainable Smart Cities

University of Mysore
Mysore
05-2025

MBA - Marketing & Information Technology

Bangalore University
06-2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science & Engineering

Cambridge Institute of Technology
Bangalore
07-2011

Skills

  • Product Strategy & Execution
  • Product management
  • Machine learning
  • IoT integration
  • Agile methodology
  • Team collaboration
  • User experience design
  • Business administration
  • Wireframe design
  • Product lifecycle management
  • Product positioning
  • Attention to detail
  • Sales enhancement
  • Prioritization and execution
  • A/B testing
  • Technical acumen
  • Agile software development
  • Product backlog management
  • User and UX research
  • Goal setting
  • Jira, atlassian, rally
  • Design thinking
  • Vendor management
  • Customer empathy
  • Cross functional leadership
  • Brand building
  • Roadmap Ownership
  • Go-to-Market Planning
  • Monetization
  • PMF Testing
  • A/B Testing
  • PRD Writing
  • KPI/OKR Design
  • TAM Sizing
  • Agile/SAFe
  • AI/ML Product Leadership
  • LLM Integration
  • Prompt Engineering
  • RAG Architectures
  • GPT-4
  • LangChain
  • Pinecone
  • HuggingFace
  • OpenAI API
  • TensorFlow
  • Agentic AI
  • No-Code AI
  • Smart Infrastructure
  • Crisis Systems
  • DroneOps
  • HERE Maps
  • RTK
  • Geospatial Modeling
  • Real-Time Sensor Tracking

Certification

  • Oracle Certified Java Programmer
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - Scrum Alliance
  • SAFe Certified Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)
  • SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certified
  • Atlassian Certified Administrator - Jira & Jira Service Management (JSM)
  • Azure AI Fundamentals - Microsoft
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Personal Information

Visa Status: H1B Visa Approved

Accomplishments

    🔹 Led multi-platform crisis response suite at Everbridge, combining real-time IoT sensors, AI risk modeling, and LLM-based multilingual alerting — reduced false alerts by 41% and improved average response time by 23% across 8 cities.

    🔹 Launched the world’s first AI + drone insurance claims platform (Assess) at Eagleview — scaled to 125K daily inspections, contributed $475M+ in revenue, and cut claim processing effort by 75% using OpenCV-based ML automation.

    🔹 Built a GPT-4 + LangChain-powered assistant at Veracode that reduced developer onboarding time by 42%, boosted API adoption by 30%, and powered contextual documentation for enterprise security tools.

    🔹 Delivered $2B+ in operational savings at GE by launching a cross-division Digital Asset Passport, integrating ML-driven APM analytics into energy and solar systems — reduced unplanned downtime and improved maintenance planning.

    🔹 Transitioned Software AG’s API platform to a SaaS subscription model — drove 38% YoY revenue growth, launched IIoT-enabled MDM for smart manufacturing, and closed $10M+ in enterprise analytics deals.

Affiliations

🔹 Global Speaker – AI/ML, Smart Cities & Product Strategy
Presented at OWASP, RSA Conference, and Smart City Expo World Congress on topics including:
• Generative AI in Public Safety
• DroneOps + Edge AI for Urban Resilience
• Shift-Left Security in Cloud-Native Architectures
• AI-Powered Product Management & RAG Architectures

🔹 AI-Powered PM Evangelist
Advocate of AI-first workflows in product management — using GPT-4, LangChain, and RAG pipelines for:
• Market research & competitive analysis
• PRD generation & roadmap simulations
• Low-code MVPs and persona-based mockups
• Feature ideation, risk modeling, and scenario mapping

🔹 Author – “Smart City Resilience Using AI & IoT” (unpublished manuscript based on Ph.D. thesis)
Explored the intersection of LLMs, predictive modeling, and decentralized sensors in:
• Urban mobility optimization
• Emergency planning
• Sustainability scoring
• Real-time infrastructure health monitoring

🔹 Mentor & Coach – PMs, Engineers & AI Enthusiasts
• Guided 30+ early-career PMs via internal programs and LinkedIn outreach
• Conducted resume reviews, mock interviews, and roadmap coaching for global mentees
• Led internal hackathons and “AI for Product” bootcamps for cross-functional teams

🔹 Community Contributor
• Built and shared custom Jira dashboards for PM productivity (5K+ downloads)
• Active contributor to GitHub LLM repos for prompt engineering templates
• Volunteer advisor for AI4Gov, an NGO promoting ethical AI in civic tech

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Product Manager - Crisis Management

Everbridge
12.2024 - Current

Director of Product Management - Cloud Security & Developer Enablement

Accion Labs (Veracode)
04.2024 - 12.2024

Manager, Product Management - DroneTech & Insurance AI

Eagleview Technologies
03.2020 - 04.2024

Product Manager - API Management & Master Data Management

Software AG
01.2019 - 03.2020

Product Manager - Digital Asset Performance & Renewable Energy

GE Digital
10.2016 - 12.2018

Freelance / Contract Roles - PM, RTE, Jira, LLM Automation

Various Clients
01.2016 - 12.2023

Product Owner / Jira Administrator - Agile Tooling & Automation

Altair Engineering
09.2014 - 08.2016

Software Engineer - Backend & Platform Services

CallidusCloud & Happiest Minds
01.2011 - 12.2014

Ph.D. - IoT & AI for Sustainable Smart Cities

University of Mysore

MBA - Marketing & Information Technology

Bangalore University

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science & Engineering

Cambridge Institute of Technology
Dr.Samrat S