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Kumar Badgujar

Principal Tech Product Manager
Bellevue
Kumar Badgujar

Summary

Passionate coder turned deligent Product Manager offering 10+ years of success in product roadmap development, market research and data analysis. Highly skilled in identifying opportunities to maximize revenue. Driven and strategic with proven history of cracking complex problem statements to drive market penetration and adoption.

Overview

11
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Amazon.Inc
Bellevue

Principal Product Manager - Tech
12.2019 - Current

Job overview

  • Spearheaded the vision and a 3 year roadmap to revamp Amazon transportation costing strategies to support dynamic pricing
  • Secured funding to scale the product and technology teams from 9 to 31 members within 1 year
  • Saved 25000+ man-hours effort through launch of 4 financial automation and business decision making features
  • Recovered ~$934M of profit previously lost due to inaccurate transportation cost estimates used in pricing items on Amazon marketplaces
  • Reviewed transportation spend coverage that is automatically accounted, operational concerns blocking automation, and new opportunities to drive business decisions at weekly review sessions.
  • Collaborated with operations, finance, accounting, and controllership teams to launch products on time.
  • Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.


Amazon Inc.
Hyderabad

Senior Program Manager
05.2018 - 12.2019

Job overview


  • Attained $90M of audit savings by uncovering specific box-size issues across 9 Amazon fulfillment centers
  • Tracked and reported key metrics like savings and off-manifest % to external carriers as well as internal leadership to facilitate smooth operations.
  • Achieved 60% reduction in audit turn-around-time by training auditors on statistical analysis skills that can be used in daily audit.
  • Collaborated with development teams, operations team, and carrier managers to verify proof of service to disburse carrier payments.

Whatfix (Quicko Technosoft Labs Pvt. Ltd.)
Bengaluru

Senior Full Stack Developer
11.2016 - 04.2017

Job overview

  • Optimized and upgraded “UI element finder” program on enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, Oracle
  • Improved system’s accuracy by 4%; re-engineered it to correctly identify custom UI elements that were previously misidentified
  • Achieved 2% ($50k in revenue) boost in user conversion rate by expanding platforms support to advanced UI frameworks
  • Attained 24% increase in key user actions per session by giving more control on algorithm’s behavior, improving product adoption
  • Led a team of 3 to deliver on-demand customized browser extensions for community and enterprise customers
  • Reduced support tickets generated by 14%; delivered a DIY interface for users to generate extensions without technical support
  • Expedited time to close a ticket by 20% through setup of over-the-air update mechanism, saving 3 development hours/week

Drivojoy (Mudflap Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)
Bengaluru

Product Lead
11.2015 - 12.2016

Job overview

  • Raised $600k in pre-series-A funding, Drivojoy is an on-demand 2-wheeler doorstep servicing fleet that repairs bike at your location
  • Managed the technology stack (5 products) and engineering team (7 members) at Drivojoy
  • Defined the product roadmap to complement the operational model, allowing fulfillment with 90-minute turn-around time
  • Negotiated partner deals on platforms like Nearbuy as a marketing strategy to promote discounts, led to $120k+ revenue
  • Collaborated with online marketplaces to design APIs for integration with their platform, reducing pay-off time by 23%
  • Achieved 10X (300 to 3000) B2C customer growth generating total revenue of $150K amidst a bootstrapped setup
  • Increased revenue by 33% ($40k+) by optimizing service allotment algorithm to improve mechanic utilization by 37+%
  • Conceptualized a new revenue stream, ”Annual Maintenance Subscriptions” that generated an additional revenue of $17k+
  • Programmed crawlers and web-scrappers to target users from ads platforms like OLX and Quikr, generating 35% new leads
  • Achieved 67% growth in organic users by devising SEO strategies; drivojoy.com ranks #1 on Google for ‘bike repair’ keywords

HCL Technologies
Chennai

Software Engineer 2
01.2014 - 11.2015

Job overview

  • Re-engineered the design of legacy printers to allow printing on 5-colors (CMYK-X) for a product, generating $14mn in revenue
  • Promoted to Software Engineer 2 in a span of 18 months and received the Live Wire award from clients for exceptional support
  • Certified as “Subject Matter Expert” in printing domain; conducted training sessions for on-boarding of new joiners
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed clear color gamut that surpassed the existing CMYK benchmark.
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.

Smart Enterprise Resource Manager (SERM)
Mumbai

Entrepreneur
05.2012 - 12.2014

Job overview

  • Developed easy-to-use cloud-based and standalone ERP solution for small and medium businesses
  • Operated autonomously in all facets of business: product development, strategic planning, sales, marketing and branding of SERM
  • Generated total revenue of $35k from 56 organizations in a span of 18 months with current annual recurring revenue of $12K
  • Developed a single-click solution for tax calculations, allowing firms to generate tax returns for government filing from SER
  • Priced 20% less than Tally, SERM has inventory, financial and tax accounting, sales and procurement management modules
  • Gathered requirements from stakeholders in operations, sales and accounting to the define business and functional specifications and to identify difficulties faced in existing alternatives like Tally, Quickbooks and Zoho
  • Led a team of 2 developers and 3 customer success personnel to deliver software updates and implement customizations
  • Developed an intuitive user interface with local lingual support for semi and un-skilled workforce to operate with ease

Education

INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Hyderabad

Post Graduate Program (MBA) from Finance And Information And Technology Management
04.2017 - 04.2018

University Overview

  • Blockchain technology evangelist; mentioned in Economic Times article for my work in Bitcoin & Ethereum pool mining
  • Selected for DBS Unicorn Program (100+ applicants) to develop financial solutions for small and mid-sized businesses
  • BTC L&D Coordinator: conceptualized and led “Technomagic”, a weekly case competition, comprising 100+ participants
  • National Finalists (10/526 teams) in IIM Ahmedabad’s PM Live: a product management challenge to analyze features in an app

VIDYALANKAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) from Information Technology
05.2008 - 05.2012

University Overview

Skills

    Research and trend analysis

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Timeline

Principal Product Manager - Tech
Amazon.Inc
12.2019 - Current
Senior Program Manager
Amazon Inc.
05.2018 - 12.2019
INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Post Graduate Program (MBA) from Finance And Information And Technology Management
04.2017 - 04.2018
Senior Full Stack Developer
Whatfix (Quicko Technosoft Labs Pvt. Ltd.)
11.2016 - 04.2017
Product Lead
Drivojoy (Mudflap Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)
11.2015 - 12.2016
Software Engineer 2
HCL Technologies
01.2014 - 11.2015
Entrepreneur
Smart Enterprise Resource Manager (SERM)
05.2012 - 12.2014
VIDYALANKAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) from Information Technology
05.2008 - 05.2012

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