Sinit Vitavasiri, Product Manager in Bangkok, Thailand
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Sinit Vitavasiri

Verified Expert  in Product Management

Bio

Sinit has a blend of technical and business prowess, having a master's in electrical engineering and computer science and a PhD in business administration. He has nearly 18 years of experience creating product strategies and designing and building technology products that impact business and society. Sinit works with data for better business and product decision-making and loves working with a diverse team to deliver best-in-class products.

Expertise

  • Digital Product Development
  • Fintech
  • Game Theory
  • New Business Development
  • Platform Design
  • Pricing Strategy
  • Product Management
  • Statistical Data Analysis

Work Experience

Chief Product Officer

2021 - 2022
SCB Abacus
  • Led a team of senior product owners, user experience designers, customer insights managers, and senior project managers to build digital lending products for customers.
  • Oversaw all aspects of the product development from conceptualization to launch, including product vision, innovation strategy, user research, business and technical requirements, and customer journey design.
  • Tracked post-launch performance to iteratively optimize product offerings and customer experience.
  • Built a business-to-business alternative credit scoring solution to help business partners understand the willingness-to-pay and ability-to-pay threshold of their customers.

Product Development Leader

2014 - 2020
Ericsson
  • Led and managed overall product development activities within the security area of IP router products. I interfaced and collaborated with customer units to identify security feature requirements.
  • Oversaw the Ericsson IP product security team for security risk analysis activities and the security documentation for all Ericsson IP router products. These products helped Ericsson customers protect private and sensitive data.
  • Managed the development of projects for Ericsson's Router 6000 and the architectural design of Radio Transport Integration 5G. I coordinated with customer units and project managers to outline each release's product feature prioritization.
  • Monitored and assigned product feature backlogs with the identified development teams and cost estimation. I presented the product development plan of Router 6000 to other departments in Ericsson.
  • Drove development projects to deliver network virtualization and software-defined networking solutions to customers. I proposed and implemented the architectural design with business use cases, trade-offs, and risk mitigation.

Associate for Equity Structured Products Trading

2007 - 2009
UBS Invesment Bank
  • Communicated with sales teams and structured equity-linked products that met clients' needs.
  • Priced equity exotic derivative products with appropriate option pricing models.
  • Demised hedging strategies for managing equity risks and global macroeconomic exposures.

Fixed Income Trading Intern

2006 - 2006
JP MORGAN INVEST HOLDINGS
  • Supported all aspects of the interest rate exotic derivatives trading desk.
  • Conducted pre-trade analysis, research on index constituent changes, and inbound and outbound trade processing.
  • Designed optimal strategies for large trades and managed fixed income risk.

Equity Derivatives Trading Intern

2006 - 2006
Deutsche Bank
  • Assisted senior traders on the complex equity trading desk in pricing equity exotic derivatives and managing risk.
  • Evaluated several option pricing models used in equity derivative markets and identified a model suitable for optimally pricing each derivative product.
  • Assessed crude oil arbitrage opportunity between two markets and supported the group in building commodities hybrid products with cross-currency and interest rate exposures.

Design Engineer

2004 - 2005
Silicon Laboratories
  • Designed operational amplifiers for the SI-3240 chip.
  • Collaborated with application engineers to produce a high-performance product that satisfied customers' demands.
  • Presented the designs in the biannual Wireline Division design conference.

Project History

Fully-digital Lending App

https://www.money-thunder.com/

Led the business strategy, product design, and development of a fully-digital lending application with more than six million downloads.

MoneyThunder is a fully-digital consumer lending application developed for iOS and Android. I oversaw all aspects of the product development from conceptualization to launch, including the product vision, innovation strategy, user research, business and technical requirements, and customer journey design.

B2B Credit Scoring Solution

Built a business-to-business alternative credit scoring solution to help business partners understand the threshold for their customers' willingness to pay and ability to pay.

I created a new application with data transfer capability via API between the core artificial intelligence engine and the customer's database. One of the successful partners for the credit scoring solution included a leading real estate company in Thailand.

5G Radio Transport Integration

Managed the development of projects for Ericsson's Router 6000 and the architectural design of the Radio Transport Integration 5G development.

I coordinated with customer units and project managers to outline the product feature prioritization for each release. I also created the business strategy and led the 5G development plan for Router 6000 to be deployed at Ericsson sites worldwide.

Education

2009 - 2014

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business Administration

Stanford Graduate School of Business - Stanford, CA, USA

2003 - 2007

Bachelor's Degree in Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA, USA

2003 - 2007

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Science and Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA, USA

2003 - 2007

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA, USA

Skills

Tools

Jira, Zoom, Skype for Business, Skype

Paradigms

Agile Product Management, Scrum, Agile

Other

Game Theory, Strategy, Product Management, Business Development, New Business Development, Fintech, Pricing Models, Pricing Strategy, Platform Design, Digital Product Development, Product Strategy, Product Leadership, Statistical Data Analysis, Economics, Business, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Operating Systems, Cloud, Option Pricing, Business to Consumer (B2C), Business to Business (B2B), Startups, Chief Product Officer (CPO), Investments, Head of Product, Technology Strategy & Architecture, Digital Product Management, Go-to-market Strategy, Data, Product Roadmaps, Roadmaps, MVP Design, Data Analysis, Fintech Consultant, Financials, Technical Requirements, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Feature Prioritization, Director of Product, Go-to-market Plans, Pricing, Product Design, Business Models, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Business Administration, Team Management, Data Structures, Integrated Circuits, Programming, Accounting, Project Management, System Design, 5G, Investments & Risk Management, Algorithmic Trading, Binary Option Trading, Risk Modeling, Wireless, Trading, Microsoft Teams, BlueJeans, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Strategic Partnerships, Internet of Things (IoT), Market Research & Analysis, Scope Management, Product Strategy Consultant, Ideation Workshops, User Stories, Product Growth, Revenue Strategy, SaaS

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