About
me
AI product manager by trade, designer by instinct. By day, product manager at Pfizer, working on AI-enabled drug discovery; before that, product manager at Capgemini on a multi-rail payment platform. On my own time: solo behind kizu, a private taste space for friend groups, Chalant, a native macOS app that lives under the notch, and FrictionLens, an AI review analyzer; Co-Founder at Aatram, a consumer iOS app live on the App Store. M.S. in Management of Technology from Arizona State University, 2026.
The throughline: I find the problem worth solving, then ship the fix. End-to-end. Product, design, brand, and distribution.
By the numbers
18%
Aatram App Store CVR
240
Organic downloads
6
Payment rails shipped · Capgemini
99.9%
Payment Hub availability
160+
Chalant tagged releases
4
Live products shipped
What I believe in
“Empathy scales better than features”
At Aatram, 16 archetype interviews showed our own notifications were pulling avoidance-prone users out of focus. The V2 rewrite made not interrupting people the product. Deep user understanding is the only sustainable product advantage.
“Data informs, context decides”
At kizu, only 12% of saves got rated, so the watchlist looked broken. Split by source, saves people chose themselves landed at 67%. The planned feature died and a one-line prompt shipped instead. Numbers tell you what happened. Context decides what you build.
“Ship the 70%, kill the 90%”
The best insight I have had came from a half-finished feature. I would rather get a functional MVP in front of real users than perfect a spec no one has validated. Done beats perfect every time.
“Every no earns a better yes”
At Aatram with a 3-person founding team, I learned to say no relentlessly. Scope discipline is how small teams punch above their weight. The features we didn't build were as important as the ones we did.
My path
B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Malla Reddy Engineering College (JNTU Hyderabad)
Product Manager
Capgemini · payment modernization, six rails to an AWS Payment Hub
Began M.S. in Management of Technology
Arizona State University
CSPO Certified
Scrum Alliance
Product Manager
Pfizer · AI-enabled drug discovery
Launched FrictionLens
frictionlens.net · AI review analyzer
Co-Founder
Aatram · iOS app live on the App Store
Graduated M.S., Management of Technology
Arizona State University
Launched kizu
kizu.app · invite-only taste space for friend groups
Shipped Chalant
AI-native macOS notch app · v1 launched publicly Aug 2026 with a launch video
Beyond work
The stuff that keeps me sharp outside of product. Heavy on input, heavy on output, and a lot of coffee in between.
Books
Behavioral econ, founder memoirs, anything about how people actually decide.
Running
Long, slow, alone. The best PRD edits happen around mile three.
Coffee
Mildly obsessed. Pour-over at home, espresso anywhere worth lining up for.
Gym
Five days a week. Hard physical work is the cheapest reset button I know.
Friends & parties
Throwing them, hosting them, ending up at them. The best teams I have built started over food.
Cricket
Die-hard India fan. The closest I get to letting a result actually ruin my week.
Shipping real products keeps me grounded in “is this actually buildable?” Business education keeps me asking “but does this move the needle?” The best product decisions sit at that intersection.