Rakesh Murali
Product Manager, Writer, and tech enthusiast in Bengaluru, India
A user-obsessed, data driven Digital Product Manager with an engineering soul; pulling a Tony Stark - transitioning from gears to algorithms while making key decisions cooler than Bengaluru's weather.
Been doing this for 11 years, armed with a UK Masters, VIT degree, and ERRATIC - my own prioritization framework.
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Currently crafting Volvo Group's electric future as Senior Digital Product Owner. Leading cross-functional, global teams for B2B web & mobile products across EU and North America from MVP to MLP to VLP (very lovable😏) in record time!
Our North Star is making commercial EV fleet charging as non-anxious as Swedish fika time. My talented team built everything from smart charging plans to the industry's first booking system, turning each OKRs & KPIs green & making each user smile.
Released Volvo Open Charge & Charging Management within a year across EU!
Side quest? Built VITA, an agentic AI that's basically JARVIS for fleet management, using AI in Loop & ReACT thinking. Achievement: VITA answers "which vehicles really need my attention?" in 1 minute ! *Loud audible fleet admin gasps*
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Previously part of the exciting TVS Motor's digital & AI revolution, taking our IoT data platform 'Product 360' from truly 0 to 1 to 100K+ connected assets. A MACH architected data platform for all B2C end-customer touchpoints: on-vehicle, app, web, dealership, website and even internal tools.
That was preceded by a stint of high quality data analytics & science that produced 20 PowerBI dashboards, analytics solutions, sales and marketing insights & scaled iQube from 5 cities to 88 within a year, making Ather & Ola sweat.
Side quest here? Created & presented a zero shot learning sales conversational AI to Venu Srinivasan!
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I started as a proud R&D engineer & went on to design and develop NTorq's engines, and get 7 patents along the way. I learnt & excelled in DFx, DFSS, DFMEA & every mech design system that the best products thrive on.
When not obsessing over feature prioritization, you'll find me analyzing football & sports tactics (the beautiful game indeed), writing about product management, or building side projects!
Looking to connect with product leaders (& become one), innovation geeks, and anyone who believes in building tech that makes a difference to people’s lives.
Let's shape the future, one sprint at a time!
PS: If you've read this far, we'll get along just fine! 😎