Geo Jolly
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Barcelona, Spain
Toptal member since September 12, 2022
Geo has more than five years of experience in building products by leveraging machine learning and AI. In the past four years, he has worked with two unicorn companies in Europe, Revolut and Glovo, where he used his experience in scaling teams and products. His technical expertise and knowledge in ML and AI have helped build impactful products that reached more than 16 million customers. In addition to being a product manager, Geo works with product and ML communities as a mentor and speaker.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Business Processes
- Data Science
- Databases
- Jira
- Machine Learning
- Python
- Roadmaps
Work Experience
Lead Product Manager AI
Veriff
- Led a dynamic cross-functional team to implement an AI biometric strategy. Conducted user research, use case prioritization, and fidelity prototyping for validation and ongoing customer feedback on improved biometric capture and performance improvements.
- Collaborated closely with data scientists and engineers to define product requirements, ensuring seamless integration of six new ML models in the past year, leading to a 14% increase in automation rate and a 4% decrease in fraud rate.
- Designed and led GTM of biometric authentication product utilizing device, network, and user behavior signals; achieved 1+ million transactions in less than six months and a 95% increase in revenue.
Product Manager
Glovo
- Scaled the platform to have an 84% increase in the number of ML models in the platform in six months. Reduced time to data with feature store. Reduced time to model with the declarative ML platform.
- Built a model analytics platform for data and concept drift monitoring, leading to a 116 % increase in the NPS score of the platform.
- Led a roadmap to redesign the entire platform and scaled the product from one to three teams.
Product Manager
Revolut
- Built an in-house screening product from scratch, including ideation, requirement gathering, design, and delivery of the product.
- Scaled the team working on the in-house screening product from one to four data engineers and three natural language processing (NLP) engineers. It is estimated that the function's cost savings were 71.75% in three years.
- Built the automation engine to reduce the human workload in the loop process, automatically decrease around 20% of the tickets in the backlog, and replace agents.
- Scaled the operations, including banking licences, audits, and regulatory compliance, to support the company's growth from three to 16 million customers.
Data Science Engineer
Amadeus
- Scoped, gathered requirements, and launched the first NLP chatbot for a hotel business intelligence (BI) research and development (R&D) department.
- Designed, built, and maintained a hotel BI reporting pipeline to handle 3,000 transactions per second on average.
- Reduced 40% of the backlog for customer-facing incident tickets and long-term issues in two months.
Blogger and Digital Marketer | Freelance
Self-employed
- Set up more than ten WordPress client portfolios and improved their page rank, search engine optimization (SEO), and Alexa ranking.
- Ran nearly 26 workshops in affiliate marketing, Google AdSense, and digital marketing.
- Consulted for Java web services to develop web services using the Spring framework.
Project History
Biometric Authentication
https://www.veriff.com/product/biometric-authenticationDesigned and led GTM of biometric authentication product utilizing device, network, and user behavior signals; achieved 1+ million transaction in less than six months and a 95% increase in revenue.
Biometric Age Estimation
https://www.veriff.com/product/age-estimationContributed to two million age estimations done by using a single selfie image captured using a mobile and web SDK.
Customer Screening | Revolut
Reduced 70% in costs by building the regulatory compliance onboarding and ongoing customer screening for Revolut.
Conversational Artificial Intelligence for Guest Experience
Built the first conversational AI platform for Amadeus.
Building the Vision of MLOps Platform
Rolled out a Glovo declarative platform, reducing a machine learning (ML) model development time from 45 days to a week.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
École Centrale - Paris, France
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Université Libre de Bruxelles - Brussels, Belgium
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Cochin University of Science and Technology - Kochi, India
Certifications
ICA Advanced Certificate in Managing Sanctions Risk
International Compliance Association (ICA)
Skills
Tools
Jira, Slack, Figma
Paradigms
Agile Project Management, Agile Product Management, Requirements Analysis, User Testing, Rapid Prototyping, Scrum
Industry Expertise
Consumer Products, Logistics, Digital Banking, Marketplaces
Platforms
Red Hat OpenShift, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ProductPlan
Other
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, Stakeholder Management, Cross-functional Collaboration, Technical Writing, Product Roadmaps, Product Discovery, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Feature Backlog Prioritization, Documentation, Requirements & Specifications, Pitch Presentations, Technical Requirements, Machine Learning, Databases, Business Processes, Data Mining, Business Intelligence (BI), Computer, Python, Product Management, Chatbots, SEO Tools, Roadmaps, Proof of Concept (POC), Big Data, Data Analytics, A/B Testing, Two-sided Marketplaces, User Experience (UX), Web Applications, Business Strategy, Fintech, New Product Development, User Feedback, Qualitative Research, User Interface (UI), Product Strategy Consultant, Wireframing, Quantitative User Research, Front-end, Back-end, Development, Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), Product Development, Project Management, Discovery Workshops, Solution Architecture, eCommerce, Technical Consulting, Consulting, Relational Databases, APIs, User Validation Testing, Lean Product Manager, Mentorship & Coaching, Product Strategy, New Products & Services, Feasibility Studies, Go-to-market Strategy, Pitch Decks, Software Development, Feature Roadmaps, Data-driven Dashboards, Backlog Management, SaaS, Business Cases, B2B, Product Requirements Documentation (PRD), Project Timelines, Requirements, User Requirements, Software, Monitoring, Project Planning, Technical Product Management, Distributed Team Management, Performance Analysis, Market Research & Analysis, Product Planning, API Integration, Project Scoping, Digital Product Management, Sprint Planning, Artificial Intelligence Product Manager, Monetization Models, MySQL, Miro, Data-driven Decision-making, System Design, Java 8, C, C++, Python API, Regulatory Compliance, Lean Startups, Management, Compliance, Infrastructure, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Scala, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Chatbot Conversation Design, Agile Data Science, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Management Consulting, Business Models, Startups, Business Planning, Early-stage Startups, Business Plan Consulting, Revenue Strategy, Web, Social Media, Startup Funding, Market Fit, Market Strategy and Research Product Manager, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Website Performance, Card Payments, Product Design, Quality Assurance (QA), React, Budgeting, Coaching, Product Growth, Mobile App Development, Mobile Applications, Computer Vision
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