Aniket Malvankar
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Little Rock, AR, United States
Toptal member since November 16, 2022
Aniket is an experienced executive with a solid track record of leading product teams. He has managed over $5 million in budgets across product lines that drove more than $15 million in ARR and played critical roles in successful acquisitions by GE Current, Adesto Technologies, and Powerwave, totaling more than $150 million. Aniket has proven expertise as a product management consultant with impactful action in the IoT, consumer, analytics, healthcare, and cyber security industries.
Project Highlights
Education Highlights
Expertise
- Business to Business (B2B)
- Entrepreneurship
- Google Docs
- Jira
- Product Management
- Product Strategy
- Roadmaps
- Voice of the Customer (VoC)
Work Experience
Senior Director, Product Management
Vantiva
- Spearheaded the development and launch of Vantiva Peek, a smart security camera system for self-storage, taking it from concept to successful pilot in 10 months.
- Established a global SaaS platform and mobile application, serving both operators and renters, while leading a product suite with 100+ members.
- Integrated AI-powered image analysis and machine learning to enable real-time monitoring and drive new revenue opportunities through dynamic pricing, customer insights, and operational automation.
- Partnered cross-functionally with sales and finance teams to successfully manage a $5+ million P&L, while delivering over 50%YoY growth.
Product Management Consultant
Product Bricks Ventures
- Coached product teams to implement product and voice-of-customer processes for their digital products, helping them to focus on critical features and deliver them efficiently.
- Provided fractional product strategy services to B2B SaaS companies to attain their first million dollars in ARR. Managed and mentored a team of product managers, UX specialists, and engineers before hiring a product lead.
- Led product changes at a YC startup, speeding up user adoption initiatives from months to hours.
- Helped set the product roadmap at a biopharma SaaS startup from initial product ideation to five customers in 12 months.
Director of Product Management
Echelon Industries Corporation (acquired by Adesto Technologies)
- Managed the product lifecycle for Echelon's IoT Smart City platform and led the product team to its first million dollars in revenue in less than 12 months.
- Spearheaded a team of 20 professionals from engineering and IoT product development to hit critical customer milestones across five cities in North America in less than a year.
- Established pricing to increase SaaS revenue and achieve corporate ARR goals. Took responsibility for developing and training a value-added reseller partner to drive new logo acquisition and ARR growth for the business.
Lead Product Manager
Daintree Networks (acquired by GE Current)
- Played a crucial role in the initial product team at Daintree Networks that worked from the first commercial project to the $100 million acquisition by GE Current.
- Identified market opportunities, defined the product roadmap and strategy for Daintree's IoT SaaS solution, and created a new product offering that led to over $10 million in ARR over two years.
- Educated hundreds of people across internal teams and external channel partners regarding product features and enhancements to scale the business.
Senior System Engineer
Powerwave
- Developed new protocols for physical, data link, and network layer to optimize end-to-end system performance of MANET.
- Worked on customer interfacing and product architectural presentations.
- Led team for research and modeling of new system architecture for cognitive radio networks.
Project History
IoT Analytics App for for Smart Buildings
Led the team in building an analytics app from concept to deployment across 5,000 locations and helped save tens of thousands of service calls.
The project targeted developing and launching an analytics app for smart buildings to help facility managers monitor and diagnose issues across multiple locations. It had built-in alerts for commonly found issues and the ability to change settings when detecting specific problems. It provided an easy way to diagnose issues by making all the relevant data available to be added to the troubleshooting screens.
IoT Smart City Lighting Solution
Led the product team dedicated to a smart city lighting solution, going from pilots to five city-wide deployments in 12 months.
My contribution to the project involved managing a team of 20 professionals across engineering and product development to hit critical customer milestones in five North American cities in less than a year. I also established pricing to increase recurring revenue for the company and spearheaded the development and training of a value-added reseller partner to drive new logo acquisition and ARR growth for the business.
Increase User Adoption for a YC Cyber Security Startup
Led the product team at a YC cyber security startup to speed up user adoption initiatives from months to hours.
My contribution to the project involved mapping the user journey on the user sign-up flow and working with the engineering team to build the infrastructure for user adoption software. I identified and managed the user adoption project to help provide better experimentation in user adoption initiatives.
SaaS Software for Drug Commercialization
Served as the primary product management consultant to ship a new biopharma SaaS software from concept to deployment.
My contribution to the project involved managing and mentoring a team of product managers, UX specialists, and engineers before hiring a product lead. I also provided a pricing strategy for SaaS, consulting services to achieve the revenue target, and the go-to-market strategy for a new offering.
Education
Advanced Studies in Entrepreneurship
Stanford University - Stanford, California
PhD in Computer Engineering
Florida State University - Tallahassee, Florida
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering
SUNY Binghamton University - Binghamton, USA
Skills
Tools
Jira, Google Docs, Zoom, Trello, Figma, Slack, MATLAB, VPN, Wireshark, Asana
Paradigms
Agile Product Management, Key Performance Metrics, Agile Project Management, Scrum, Agile, Requirements Analysis, Quantitative Research, Data Product Management, DevOps, Change Management, Design Thinking, Penetration Testing
Industry Expertise
Product Ideation, Renewable Energy, Building & Construction, Agriculture, Agrotech, Healthcare, Insurance Technology (Insurtech), Insurance
Other
Discord, Product Management, Voice of the Customer (VoC), Product Strategy, Roadmaps, Analytics, Business to Business (B2B), New Products, New Product Rollout, Strategy, Product Strategy Consultant, Technical Product Management, Feature Roadmaps, Feature Prioritization, User Research, Product-market Fit, Product Roadmaps, Agile Product Delivery, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), User Personas, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Startups, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Cloud, Documentation, Technical Requirements, Digital Product Management, Feature Backlog Prioritization, User Stories, Scope, User Needs, B2B, Data-driven Decision-making, Feature Analysis, B2B Product Management, Feasibility Studies, Feature Planning, Business Requirements, User Requirements, System Requirements, Specs, Product Requirements Documentation (PRD), Backlog Management, Product Planning, Web Applications, Coaching, Team Mentoring, Agency, Software as a Service (SaaS), Stakeholder Management, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Reporting, Process Design, Progress Reporting, Product Vision, Best Practices, Build Processes, New Product Development, Customer Discovery, Market Strategy and Research Product Manager, Competition Research, Mobile/Web Project Management, Internet of Things (IoT), ROI, Product Consultant, Backlog Grooming, Process Improvement, Early-stage Startups, Design Specifications, Software Requirements Specifications (SRS), Requirements & Specifications, Functional Specifications, SaaS Product Management, Edge Computing, MVP Design, Requirements, Product Frameworks, AI Integration, Platforms, Web Platforms, Cloud Platforms, Program Management, Distributed Team Management, Entrepreneurship, SaaS, Hardware, Business Cases, User Adoption, Price Analysis, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Pitch Decks, Ideation, Data Analysis, Product Launch, Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy, Product Ownership, Product Descriptions, Market Research, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning, Pricing Models, Market Research & Analysis, Technical Writing, Planning, Product Leadership, Consulting, Product Growth, Mobile, Software Development Management, Process Automation, Websites, Process Optimization, Vendor Selection, Pricing Strategy, Revenue Modeling, Monetization Models, Product Customization, APIs, Workflow, Business Analysis, Jobs to be Done (JTBD), UX Wireframes, Functional Requirements, Market Segmentation, Data Analytics, User Journeys, Integration, IT Product Management, Stacks, Prototyping, Discovery Workshops, User Experience (UX), Project Estimation, Product Discovery, Templates, Agile Leadership, Project Tracking, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT), Wireframing, Budgeting, Mockups, Growth, Lean, UX Testing, Staffing, Estimations, Google Maps API, Google Maps, Market Fit, Market Sizing, Startup Funding, Workshops, Business Strategy, Small Business, API Development, SaaS Design, Interactive Prototypes, Product Engineering, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Product Strategy, Project Budget Management, Project Scoping, Workflow Automation & System Integration, Proptech, AI Consulting, AI Tools, Digital Transformation, Governance, API Integration, Agile DevOps, Value Proposition, Aha!, Lean UX, Wireless, Networking, 802.11S Mesh Networking, Computer Engineering, Numerical Simulations, Management Consulting, Pricing, Conceptualization, Product Owner, Community, Domain Name System (DNS), Financial Modeling, Video Games, Cost Estimation, Markets, Audience Targeting, International Growth, B2B Lead Generation, UI Prototyping, UX Research, Computer Science, Product Design, Animation, Sprint Planning, Scrum Master, Data Science, Deep Learning, Mobile Applications, Cybersecurity, AI Agents, Conversational AI, Data Centers, API Platforms, Card Payments, Agentic AI
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