Tushar Dhaka
Hyderabad
Summary
Senior Product Manager with 11+ years across product management and software engineering, currently leading product strategy for the Progress Data Platform (PDP)—an enterprise‑grade data and AI platform built on MarkLogic. Strong expertise in enterprise data platforms, AI‑first capabilities, CI/CD tooling, and developer platforms, with a proven ability to define roadmap priorities, work deeply with engineering, and drive outcomes for large, regulated customers. Known for strong competitive analysis and market‑level thinking across the modern data platform landscape.
Overview
1
1
Certification
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Manager – AI First Data Platform
Progress Software
10.2021 - Current
- Owned product strategy, roadmap, and execution for Progress Data Platform, an enterprise data and AI platform that unified data management, governance, and AI enablement.
- Deep product ownership of platform capabilities built on MarkLogic, including data access, APIs, performance characteristics, deployment options, and enterprise operational requirements.
- Lead definition and delivery of AI‑first platform capabilities, enabling customers to apply GenAI and advanced analytics directly on trusted enterprise data.
- Drove end-to-end platform coherence to ensure AI-first experiences across data ingestion, storage, access, orchestration, and AI consumption.
- Partner closely with Architecture and Engineering to evaluate design trade‑offs across SaaS, hybrid, and on‑prem deployment models.
- Conduct continuous customer discovery with enterprise customers across industries to validate roadmap priorities and ensure product‑market fit.
- Own competitive analysis against modern data and analytics platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, MongoDB, cloud hyperscalers), informing positioning, differentiation, and investment decisions.
- Collaborated with Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing to enhance platform positioning, engage analysts, and drive customer adoption.
Technical Product Manager – Developer Tools & Platform Support
Progress Software
10.2019 - 10.2021
- Owned roadmaps for developer tools and platform services, aligning initiatives with customer needs and influencing market trends.
- Translated customer and market problems into outcome-driven product initiatives and prioritized backlogs with engineering.
- Led PI and sprint planning as Product Owner, ensuring predictable delivery and stakeholder alignment.
- Developed funding proposals that secured executive approval for new product initiatives, enabling strategic growth.
- Executed early-access programs to engage customers, validating product concepts and gathering actionable feedback.
Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer – Platform & Tools
Progress Software
12.2015 - 10.2019
- Developed developer tooling and platform components, enhancing IDE features and language tooling to improve developer experience.
- Engineered solutions in transaction management and messaging to optimize server infrastructure and enhance platform capabilities.
- Partnered with product teams to define features and address customer escalations, enhancing product quality.
Software Engineer
Verizon Data Services
08.2014 - 12.2015
- Developed enterprise quoting and order-replacement systems, improving efficiency for large business customers.
- Delivered production features that maintained operational stability of customer-facing platforms.
- Developed software solutions for data management and telecommunications systems.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve software functionality and performance.
- Conducted code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices and standards.
Education
Masters in Technology - Information Technology
Indian Institute of Information Technology
Allahabad05-2014
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
Lucknow05-2011
Skills
- Product strategy and execution
- Customer discovery and research
- Agile methodologies
- Developer tooling expertise
- Critical thinking
- Collaborative teamwork
- PowerPoint proficiency
- Effective communication
- Enterprise data platforms and analytics
- AI and GenAI capabilities
- Platform governance security and deployment models
- Competitive and market analysis
Personal Information
Senior Product Leader – AI & Enterprise Data Platforms
Additional Highlights
- Speaker at developer and product conferences in the US and Europe on enterprise data platforms and AI.
- 1st prize, company-wide hackathon (2-person team): designed a pattern-matching algorithm to generate apps from whiteboard mockups.
Certification
- Pragmatic Institute – Product Management (Levels I, II, III, IV)
- SAFe 5 Product Owner / Product Manager
Timeline
Senior Product Manager – AI First Data Platform
Progress Software
10.2021 - Current
Technical Product Manager – Developer Tools & Platform Support
Progress Software
10.2019 - 10.2021
Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer – Platform & Tools
Progress Software
12.2015 - 10.2019
Software Engineer
Verizon Data Services
08.2014 - 12.2015
Masters in Technology - Information Technology
Indian Institute of Information Technology
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Uttar Pradesh Technical University