Sumeet S. Solanki, Product Manager in Santa Clara, CA, United States
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Sumeet S. Solanki

Verified Expert  in Product Management

Product Manager

Location
Santa Clara, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
April 9, 2021

Sumeet is a generalist product manager with a proven track record in consumer and business products on mobile, web, and cloud and positive experiences in growing businesses with inclusive cultures. Sumeet is knowledgeable in the full product cycle on multiple emerging technologies: cybersecurity, edge/cloud computing, artificial intelligence, internet communications, information retrieval/search, networking, IT management, virtualization, internationalization, and payment systems.

Project Highlights

Digital Stationery App for Mobile Devices
Developed a product proposal for a concept of creating rich, beautiful, and personalized stationery for messaging on mobile devices.
Consumer Data Breach Monitoring Service
Launched a breach monitoring service from scratch to enable mobile, web, and desktop experiences for more than 10 million paying subscribers and over 100 million breached assets.
IoT Edge Compute Service
Launched a hardware-and-software solution of an edge-to-cloud software platform for computer network traffic applications.

Expertise

Work Experience

Director of Product Management

2022 - 2023
Salesforce
  • Managed the migration of the content delivery network (CDN) from Salesforce Edge Network to the cloud platform. Established the market research, and delivered cost/benefit analysis, vision, strategy, roadmap, and cross-cloud CDN solution executive buy-in.
  • Tracked monthly KPIs for 50,000+ experience cloud Salesforce DXP communities using MySQL, PHP, and Splunk. Partnered with Salesforce Commerce Cloud with 800+ customers to build a PaaS using Akamai and Cloudflare CDNs.
  • Launched features and managed the onboarding, image optimization, firewall monitoring, and availability of user experiences.

Principal Product Manager

2020 - 2021
McAfee
  • Delivered a breach monitoring platform powered by one of the largest breached databases with over 100 billion in breached assets.
  • Launched the breach monitoring PaaS to enable mobile, web, and desktop experiences for over 10 million paying subscribers.
  • Led a virtual team of product managers and market researchers to implement competitive industry product updates for over 40 product management organizations.

Senior Product Line Manager

2018 - 2019
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Launched a $25,000/per unit physical appliance for enterprise customers with a virtual appliance version from scratch.
  • Delivered an edge-to-cloud software platform onboarding over 15 marquee (flagship) enterprise customers and over three internal application experiences.
  • Onboarded multiple experiences and signed a $50,000 contract with an external vendor for UI analytics after an exhaustive evaluation of over five options.

Senior Product Manager

2017 - 2018
Adobe
  • Defined collaboration platform services (such as inviting users, sharing links, and sending notifications) for Adobe XD used by over 3,000 businesses.
  • Partnered with over 20 people internally across more than three organizations of Adobe business lines for use of services by various flagship applications.
  • Led initiative to accelerate product delivery in a more than 40-product organization to shorten time to delivery and accelerate delivery to market value.

Senior Product Manager

2013 - 2017
Yahoo!
  • Launched an industry-leading email authentication standard in international markets for one of the largest consumer email services (more than 250 million monthly active users).
  • Launched the import of contacts from over 200 sources in under three months via a third-party partner for more than 30 million mobile monthly active users (MAU).
  • Drove a company-wide initiative to switch more than 12,000 employees to Yahoo Mail for corporate use—driving consumer product quality improvements in less than six months.

Digital Stationery App for Mobile Devices

Developed a product proposal for a concept of creating rich, beautiful, and personalized stationery for messaging on mobile devices.

The app allows users to create custom personal branded stationery used as the background in messages created using popular communication apps like email, SMS, and social media posts. It consists of a mobile app and a cloud-hosted service.

Consumer Data Breach Monitoring Service

Launched a breach monitoring service from scratch to enable mobile, web, and desktop experiences for more than 10 million paying subscribers and over 100 million breached assets.

McAfee is a leading consumer security applications provider. I partnered with a leading breach data provider and delivered microservices as APIs. These APIs made data available for various McAfee experiences on mobile, web, and desktop and were launched for millions of consumers with data privacy compliance.

IoT Edge Compute Service

Launched a hardware-and-software solution of an edge-to-cloud software platform for computer network traffic applications.

Aruba (part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise) is a leading provider of network infrastructure hardware and software solutions. Aruba launched a new suite of network applications powered by the Aruba Data Collector platform.
2000 - 2002

Master's Degree in Information Management and Systems

University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley, CA, United States

1996 - 2000

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

University of Mumbai - Mumbai, India

FEBRUARY 2020 - PRESENT

Artificial Intelligence Product Management

Udacity

DECEMBER 2001 - PRESENT

Management of Technology

University of California, Berkeley

Tools

Slack, Zoom, Jira, Confluence

Paradigms

Agile Product Management, Agile, Requirements Analysis, Microservices, Data Product Management, Data Science

Industry Expertise

Healthcare

Other

Cybersecurity, Email Systems, Email Delivery, Product Management, Consumer Technology, APIs, User Experience (UX), Product Roadmaps, Web Design, Web Platforms, Platform Design, Product Design, Monitoring, Backlog Management, Estimation & Planning, Requirements & Specifications, Project Scoping, Product Leadership, Consumer Services, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Project Planning, Product Demonstrations, User Stories, Product Development, Stakeholder Management, Direct to Consumer (D2C), Product Delivery, Business to Consumer (B2C), Information Retrieval, Search, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Authentication, Project Management, Technology, Enterprise Software, Cloud, Compliance, GDPR, Data Privacy, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Networks, SaaS Product Management, Product Strategy, Market Research, Discovery Workshops, Discovery, Team Mentoring, Mentorship & Coaching, Product-market Fit, User Journeys, User Interface (UI), Data Analytics, A/B Testing, Growth Hacking, Data, Go-to-market Strategy, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Market Research & Analysis, MVP Design, Product Launch, Vendor Selection, System Integration, Pitch Decks, Product Discovery, Product Analytics, Software as a Service (SaaS), Digital Marketing, IT Security, Product Strategy Consultant, Cloud Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Google Apps, Mobile Apps, Computer Networking, Hybrid Apps, Contact, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Consulting, iOS, Cloud Platforms, Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT), Startups, Big Data, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Fintech, Growth Marketing, Product Marketing, Product Operations, Data Analysis, Business Analysis, Edge Computing, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Cloudflare, Akamai, Software Architecture, SQL, Data Pipelines, Growth, Strategy, Business Strategy, Containers

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