Alex Thinath
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
New York, NY, United States
Toptal member since February 15, 2021
Alex focuses on B2B SaaS product management, with deep experience in financial services, a track record of being accountable for delivering results, and a Harvard MBA. During his tenure at Timescale (a startup), product-led revenue grew by double digits, month-to-month, with over 100% dollar retention and 900,000+ monthly active users. Previously, Alex implemented software that served 6+ million wealth management customers at Morgan Stanley.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Engineering Management
- Growth
- Operations Strategy
- Pricing
- Product Management
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- User Onboarding
- User Research
Work Experience
Director, Product
Timescale
- Delivered double-digit, month-to-month, product-led growth with 100%+ month-over-month net dollar retention and 900,000+ monthly active users during my tenure.
- Defined and executed the customer success and finance minutia for a substantial price increase on our main product—without damaging growth.
- Proposed the business case and mechanics for launching our customer support team, now handling 100+ cases per month, per rep.
- Guided a team of 11 engineers and designers through ideation, strategy, and launch of our new SaaS database product.
Assistant Vice President – Digital Platforms (Product Management)
Morgan Stanley
- Built the financial goal planning, monitoring, and risk software, now benefitting six million customers.
- Co-created software used by 16,000 financial advisors to collaboratively visualize and manage customers' financial needs.
- Managed new software releases that involved a team of 15 engineers, three UX designers, and additional offshore resources.
Associate – Corporate Strategy
PNC
- Delivered $100 million in annual revenue through a redesign of the branch operating model to shift the focus to financial health planning.
- Equipped all 2,500 branches with iPads for use as sales management and financial analytics tools as part of a rollout strategy I designed.
- Led the initial due diligence projects for three build-or-buy analyses on several undisclosed fintech targets.
Project History
Putting the AI Cart Before the Data Horse: “DataOps” as Part of a New Enterprise Stack
https://bit.ly/3tgNNdkDeveloped a top-down framework on a new, deeply technical product market, outlining where there is high-potential user value, how incumbents might react, and what some of the risks might be for new products in the space.
Education
MBA in Business Administration
Harvard Business School - Cambridge, MA, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Skills
Tools
Asana, Slack, Figma, GitHub, Pivotal Tracker
Other
Growth, Product Management, Operations Strategy, Pricing, User Onboarding, Strategy, IT Strategy, Strategic Planning & Execution, Engineering Management, General Management, Finance, Process Design, Operations, Sales Operations, Product Development, System Design, Design, User Experience (UX), Management Consulting, User Research, Market Entry, Product Strategy
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