Ujjwal Kulkarni
Product Manager
Pune,MH
Summary
Product Manager with over 18 years of successful experience in Product Management, Business Analysis, Requirement Gathering and Analysis and Product Development. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in IT industry.
Overview
3
3
Languages
6
6
years of post-secondary education
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager (Product Management - Technical)
Mastercard
Pune, Maharashtra
08.2019 - Current
- Own product roadmap for Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
- Participate in leadership discussions to set yearly objectives and KPIs
- Liaison with customers to understand their needs and create backlog items to address those
- Conduct in product demo's and roadmap presentations
- Work with Strategic program management office to own pre-sales activities for new leads/customers
- Manage a team of Technical Product Managers to drive backlog definition for the scrum teams
Product Manager
FigMD
Pune, Maharashtra
04.2018 - 08.2019
- Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Spearheaded collaborative efforts between customer and engineering to bring products to market.
- Developed product documentation to communicate and align key components of upcoming features and products to internal teams.
Business Analyst
Saksoft (Formerly Faichi Solutions)
Pune, Maharashtra
10.2014 - 04.2018
- Derived conceptual designs from business objectives to deliver functional requirements according to specifications for usability, performance and functionality.
- Met with stakeholders to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
- Supported Project Manager/Client/ Off shore team to track delivery time lines as well as sprint deliverables
- Lead and Managed QA team for the clients
Free Lance Corporate Trainer
Self employeed
Pune, Maharashtra
05.2012 - 10.2014
- Delivered technical trainings in JAVA/J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Web Services, Windchill 10.2
Product Owner
Calsoft
Pune, Maharashtra
03.2011 - 05.2012
- Owned and prioritized product backlog.
- Coordinated with software developers to build "Portfolio Management" module in the Accept 360 software
- Reviewed test cases and owned acceptance testing
- Gave product demo's to internal as well as external stakeholders
Group Lead (Product Definition)
PTC Software (India) Pvt Ltd
Pune, Maharashtra
07.2004 - 03.2011
- Worked as a Senior JAVA developer from Jul 2004 to Sept 2007 for the Windchill PDMlink and Project Link product
- Owned product backlog for "Search" module in Windchill from Sept 2007 to Mar 2011
- Worked on product backlog prioritization with Product Manager
- Created and owned epics, stories
- Coordinated with UX team to get the wireframes and visual designs for the product
Associate Consultant
Syntel India
Pune , Maharashtra
07.2003 - 07.2004
- Worked as a JAVA/J2EE developer for the McKesson Project
- Participated in reverse engineering and technical documentation creation for the legacy product
- Mentored junior team members
Senior Software Engineer
Infonox Software Pvt Ltd
Pune, Maharashtra
02.2001 - 07.2003
- Worked as a JAVA/J2EE developer on the "Supportnox" product
- Participated in technical discussions to analyze requirements and creating technical designs
- Implemented automation test suite for the module
Education
Micro Masters - Digital Product Management
Boston University (edX)
Online 08.2020 - 01.2021
MBA - Marketing Management
JDC Bytco Institute of Management
Nashik 06.1988 - 06.1990
Bachelor of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru College of Engineering
Aurangabad 06.1983 - 06.1987
Skills
Product Management
Product Portfolio Management
Product Life Cycle Management
Business Analysis
Scrum Methodologies
Conflict Resolution
Communication
Functional Solutioning
Timeline
Micro Masters - Digital Product Management
Boston University (edX)
08.2020 - 01.2021
Manager (Product Management - Technical)
Mastercard
08.2019 - Current
Product Manager
FigMD
04.2018 - 08.2019
Business Analyst
Saksoft (Formerly Faichi Solutions)
10.2014 - 04.2018
Free Lance Corporate Trainer
Self employeed
05.2012 - 10.2014
Product Owner
Calsoft
03.2011 - 05.2012
Group Lead (Product Definition)
PTC Software (India) Pvt Ltd
07.2004 - 03.2011
Associate Consultant
Syntel India
07.2003 - 07.2004
Senior Software Engineer
Infonox Software Pvt Ltd
02.2001 - 07.2003
MBA - Marketing Management
JDC Bytco Institute of Management
06.1988 - 06.1990
Bachelor of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru College of Engineering
06.1983 - 06.1987