Ravikanth Boggarapu

Product Manager

Sector: IT-Software

Member Since, November 6, 2020

About Me

  • Academic Level Master’s Degree
  • Experience 8.2
  • Gender Male
  • Industry Management
  • Date of Birth 09 06 1991

Description

Competent product manager with 8+ years of experience managing all aspects of a product through
its lifecycle, ensuring continuous improvement and relevance in the market and to the business

Education

  • Executive MBA in Product Leadership (2019 - Present) Institute of Product Leadership

    The Executive MBA program at the Institute of Product Leadership is an 18-month experiential degree program that focuses on transforming senior professionals & managers into C-suite product executives. The program helps nurture strategic decision making & execution skills as well as the leadership competencies necessary for career path acceleration.

  • Master of Sciences in Physics (2011 - 2013) Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

  • Bachelor of Sciences in Physics (2008 - 2011) Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

Work & Experience

  • Velocity (2022 - 2023 ) Senior Product Manager

    •Reduced the CAC by 75% by implementing new lead-generation solutions for the core product •Boosted sales team efficiency by 36% by improving the relevance and reachability of the leads •Built and managed the escrow-based collection for velocityʼs core products by partnering with 2 banks •Launched 3 new platform features to improve the user experience on the Velocity customer dashboard

  • Zopsmart (2021 - 2022 ) Product Manager

    •Product Manager for two projects in Kroger Retail (Zopsmart Client) •Boosted category team efficiency by 15% by implementing a solution to resolve operational blocks efficiently •Managed the Kroger pricing and promotion engine and onboarding of the Ocado stores •Defined the quarterly OKRs and tracked their progress to completion

  • ti steps (2021 - 2021 ) Product Manager

    •Product manager for a career engagement platform •Successfully launched the beta version to 100+ users and incorporated the feedback gathered •Defined the product strategy, roadmap and managed the cross-functional teams

  • Startups (2019 - 2021 ) Entrepreneur & Product Consultant

    •Set up a new family business to run on auto-pilot •Product Management consulting for stealth mode startups

  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2017 - 2019 ) Product Manager

    •Improved the adoption rate by 15% by developing a solid GTM strategy for a new product •Achieved $150 million in revenue every year with consistent growth by launching 10+ new features/products •Collaborated with engineering, sales, supply chain, and program teams to drive product/feature launches

  • Cisco Systems Inc (2015 - 2017 ) Associate Product Manager | Systems Engineer

    •Upgraded 15+ customers from legacy to new platforms by devising a migration strategy •Improved product stability by 17% by collaborating with engineering, support, and customer success teams •Helped sales teams win 30+ customer deals by responding to their RFPs/RFQs and solution proposals •Assisted product team in developing sales and marketing collateral, training customers, sales, and partners

Expertise

Product Management
Pricing Strategy
Product Roadmap
User Research
Wireframing
Product Strategy
Requirement Gathering
Market Analysis
GTM Strategy

Honors & awards

  • 2019 Talentathon Winner

    Winner of the Product Labs talentathon conducted by Insitute of Product Leadership

  • 2017 End of Life Strategy

    Rewarded for a well-planned and executed end-of-life strategy for Cisco's legacy products

  • 2016 Sify Network Design and Optimisation

    Rewarded for my contribution in winning Sify, major customer deal for cisco