Abhiram Muddu
My only genius is Inquisitiveness!
Work
So far!
Product Manager
Managed a portfolio of products to help financial advisors protect their applications and data.
Led a team of 8 engineers and designers to build an Enterprise File Syncing and Sharing application aligned with compliance and data storage regulations
Collaborated with the CIO to design the User Experience, build and launch of a Secure browser application to launch SAML federated banking applications with the industry standard cyber security protocols
Product Manager
Designed and built internal tools for a B2B manufacturing company to drive sales and customer success
Defined metrics and built an inventory redistribution dashboard while working with a 6 member team of engineers, designers, and data analysts to improve fulfillment of Just-In-Time orders by 10% and reduce overhead costs by 20%
Designed an online troubleshooting manual to reduce installation errors at Cadbury and Coca-Cola, resulting in 15% faster project completion times
Initiated a 3-year transformation plan by developing an online sales strategy, evaluating its financial implications, and leading reseller negotiations to increase direct market share from 30% to 50%
Product Manager
Managed growth and engagement for a web and mobile exam prep platform
Launched a mobile mentorship app: led customer research, defined product success metrics, designed wireframes, and managed the roadmap to launch a mobile app that improved our user base by 4x
Analysed funnel conversion rates, iterated product design, and launched a new test-taking feature that improved our task success KPIs by 350%
Developed content marketing campaigns to reduce our acquisition cost metrics by 30% and reach out to 100,000+ users in a span of 1 year
Co-founder
Owned Product: designed and built a recruitment portal for graduate students
Product Manager and Web Developer
Launched our recruiter interface product: conducted user research, created user stories and led agile development of a product that was implemented with over a 100 clients
Developed early web interface, wrote functional design specs, and worked with a 7-member team of engineers, designers, and analysts to build an online skill testing and WebRTC interview platform that reduced hiring times by over 33%.
Collaborated with multiple stakeholders to create customer support, legal, and marketing documentation to onboard more than 50 colleges and 50,000+ students
Led fundraising efforts to raise $250,000 within 6 months of our pilot launch
PROJECTS
A few of my favourite projects
Switch - Product Demo
On-demand insurance coverage for freelancers (www.getswitch.co)
Grand Prize Winner: MIT Fintech Hackathon
Pitched to Michael Bloomberg, and the Board of Cornell
Winner Startup Award: $100,000 investment from Cornell UniversityPerfit (Sears Project) - TelAviv, Israel
Personalised apparel shopping experience for consumers
Conceptualised the idea and worked with a team of 6 including two designers from Shenkar School of design and pitched to a panel of VCs and industry experts
UrCare - McKinsey and Co project
An IoT device for early stage symptom detection at home
Led the product ideation and research work for the prototype along with 3 other team members from Computer Science, HealthTech, and MBA programs
Citi Go - Product demo
Citi Go - a loyalty, and rewards based mobile app that incentivizes Citi Bank customers to stay health and spend healthy.
Finalist at the MIT Fintech Hackathon
Hullo - marketing campaign
Hullo is a P2P communication app that facilitates free phone calls between users. This was built as an experiment during my time at Examify.
Conceptualised and executed a video campaign that resulted in 12,000+ downloads in under 4 days.
JD ChaCha - Product demo
JD ChaCha provides AI-based solutions to small businesses and enables e-commerce capabilities to drive a new industry vertical.
Built during the JD.com sponsored hackathon
education and Beyond
Cornell University
MBA
Startup Award Winner @ Cornell Tech with $100,000 funding
Associate at Big Red Ventures
Fellow @ Emerging Markets Institute
Grand Prize Winner at MIT Fintech Hackathon for Switch, a digital insurance broker for freelancers. (www.getswitch.co)
BITS Pilani
Masters in Bio Sciences and Bachelors in Chemical Engg
Head of Department of Photography
Stuccan (Core team) of Intercollege cultural festival 'Pearl' 2010
Director's list of Top 5% students
Draper University
Change Agent
Design Feasibility studies of Hyperloop
Survival Training
Participated in a workshop hosted by Design School, Stanford
Entrepreneurship Summer School
Entrepreneurship
Won a place at the ESS, Brussels
Workshop at Google Office in Brussels
Participated in a debate at the European Parliament
Starting Bloc
Fellowship awarded in New York
Social Venture establishment and management
Rapid Idea Prototyping, and implementation in social ventures
Kairos Society
Global Fellow
Kairos Top 100 startups - Examify, Mauka
Director, Influencer Relations
BIg Splash
I love it when my work speaks!
Featured Student Enterprise
Featured by Live Mint - Wall Street Journal
Classroom Entrepreneur!
Featured by local daily Eenadu
Top 10 startups!
Featured by Outlook Money!
