Akshay Wadhwa
A dynamic professional with an entrepreneurial temperament and diverse work experience in product management, network security management,
software development lifecycles and building two business ventures (B2C and B2B) and teams from the scratch.
(+91) 8588-057-692 | [email protected] | akshay-wadhwa-07207842
Work Experience
Senior Product Manager Gurgaon, India
PUBLICIS SAPIENT - WESTERN CLIMATE INITIATIVE, INC Feb 2021 - Present
• Led cross-functional team of 12 developers, 2 designers, 2 product managers, 2 testers to deliver and build the complex
modules of Emissions Trading Systems to implement Cap-and-Trade program resulting in additional $1.2 million in
realised revenue during 3rd quarter of 2023.
• Responded to 3 RFPs and won 2 out of them during 2023 contributing a total of $2.1 million in unrealised revenue and
was awarded “Quarterly Supernova” award in 3rd quarter of 2023.
• Managed and mentored 5 junior product managers and trained them to work on individual projects, fostering their
growth and achieving a 20% improvement in team productivity.
• Reduced development cost and project timeline by 25% by optimising the plan to develop related but least dependent
set of submodules in parallel.
• Successfully completed the UAT and demonstrated the modules to multiple stakeholders including senior directors at
Publicis Sapient, CTO and CPO at WCI Inc and US and Canada government representatives of 4 participating jurisdic-
tions viz. California, Washington, Nova Scotia and Quebec impacting 1000+ entities.
• Implemented Agile methodologies, improving project efficiency by 25% and enabling on-time delivery of 5 critical
submodules.
• Spearheaded 3 initiatives Store Locator, Buy It Now, Kritique framework for Rating and Review ingestion for Unilever
web applications, requirements communications and ensuring quality of releases.
• Led the onboarding of US Bank, as a client, for the regulatory reporting product Report Hub and implemented end to
end process across Jurisdictions and Asset Classes making it biggest deployment of Report Hub has had in last 3 years
and contibuted to successful North America release change which is seen by client as largest change of any regulation.
• Delivered the releases of Global Master web application template, content, component, template structure to acco-
modate Nestle/Nido brand experience for their customers
• Defining the key events, tracking key metrics and working closely with the analytics team to communicate the require-
ments for them to enable the development team to create integrated analytics solutions.
Co-Founder, CEO & Head of Product New Delhi, India
NOMADIC FEET Sept 2018 - Feb 2021
• Conceptualized experiential travel project | On boarded 15 institutions (1200+ paying customers) | 11 corporations (350+
paying customers) | Experienced Scrum Agile SDLC framework practitioner
• Interviewed 120+ people | Created a start-up team of 15 and grew it to 30+ | Raised Seed funding from a number of High
Net Worth Individuals (HNIs) and Angel Investors
• Led cross-functional project team (marketing, sales, product, content, engineering), external service providers and
internal staff | Communicating product vision and features using UI/UX wireframing tools and drove 3x growth in annual
revenue through strategic product enhancements and pricing optimization
• Led product planning, UAT, and quality of releases, short and long term product vision and communicating it to the
cross-functional team and other stakeholders.
• Implemented customer feedback loops, increasing user satisfaction scores by 50% and reducing churn by 20% Trans-
lation of roadmap into product backlogs and maintaining the prioritized product backlog of user stories, features and
defects,PRDs,PSDs and BRDs.
• Utilized analytics, tracked key metrics to identify high-impact features, resulting in a 30% boost in registered users
• Project planning, documentation, briefings, setting client expectations, negotiations, resource allocation, quality
checks, budget management, delegating assignments and timeline report
Fellow & Program Manager New Delhi
TEACH FOR INDIA May 2017 – Oct 2018
• Conceptualized and executed experiential education project to teach self-learning, research through travelling | 50
students impacted
• School and community visits to train teachers, fellows, principals, school visits ensuring quality delivery of education
and track growth in classrooms
• Initiated, designed and built strategy for a fundraising campaign for experiential travel project | raised INR 1.52 lakhs in
40 days | 540+ community members impacted | Led Technology enabled class program.
• Initiated, designed and built strategy for overall school performance including teachers, fellows, principals
• Led digital literacy program impacting 20+ schools, 300+ students | Mentored, taught 184 students in a govt school
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Network Security Engineer Gurgaon, India
CISCO April 2015 – May 2017
• Managed security policies of the IT networks on 15+ cisco products with high business impact for overseas clients
• Handling escalated cases and resolving the issue keeping in mind the customer satisfaction
• Configuration and troubleshooting services like DHCP, ARP, NAT, Netflow, failover , multiple contexts, transparent fire-
walls, WCCP, Dual ISP, Threat-detection/Prevention, AAA authentication, Load balancing, Gateway Routing, Quality of
service (QoS)
• Writing Python scripts to configure Network Objects, Access Rules and other policies using REST APIs
• Mentoring and training 20+ new and existing team members
Founder & Head of Product Haryana, India
CARTUP July 2014 – April 2015
• Analyzed product metrics and user experience trends to assess product health and identify improvement opportuni-
ties, resulting in a 25% increase in user engagement and a 30% boost in conversion rates.
• Defined, monitored & analyzed key metrics for launched features, feeding insights back in product development pro-
cess after A/B testing resulting in a 20% improvement in user retention and a 15% increase in product satisfaction.
• Managed Product, Corporate Partnerships, Technology, and Strategy, consistently measuring, monitoring, and im-
proving supply chain performance district-wide, leading to a 25% reduction in operational costs and a 20% increase in
supply chain efficiency KPIs.
• Developed, implemented, and maintained detailed inventory analysis reports, contributing to a 20% reduction in ex-
cess inventory and overseeing a 20% increase in inventory turnover.
• Championed logistics and customer delivery strategies across the district, orchestrating the transformation from a
high-cost, low-responsive supply chain to a low-cost, flexible, and responsive lead-time driven shipment promise pro-
cess, as well as a date-driven delivery promise capability..
• Evaluated Warehouse and Shipping performance with providers to ensure their adherence to standards, overseeing a
10% improvement in shipping accuracy and timeliness
• Managed & cultivated supplier base for drop shipping operations, including the identification & development of new
suppliers and the vigilant management of supplier performance, resulting in a 20% increase in supplier reliability.
• Analyzed market dynamics and formulated go-to-market (GTM) strategies based on cultural trends for opportunities,
presenting and advocating the brand to corporate leadership, resulting in a 15% increase in customer engagement
and brand visibility
Patent Analyst Chandigarh, India
WISSEN RESEARCH Jan 2014 – July 2014
• Conducted and delivered Prior Art Searches and Landscape Studies
• Management of mobile application patents and inventions
• Invention development, patent drafting and office action responses
Education
GrowthX India
PRODUCT AND GROWTH BOOTCAMP - GX5 Jul 2021 - Sept 2021
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Coursera
CERTIFICATE IN DIGITAL PRODUCT MANGEMENT:MODERN FUNDAMENTALS June 2020 - August 2020
Panjab University Chandigarh, India
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY, MAJOR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2010 - 2014
Certifications
2022 SAFe® PO/PM 5.1, SAFe Product Owner - Product Manager
2020 CSPO®, Certified Scrum Product Owner - Scrum Alliance®
2015 CCNA, Cisco Certified Network Associate
2012 C|EH V7, Certified Ethical Hacker - EC Council
Skills
Interpersonal: Communication, Active Listening, Empathy, Conflict Resolution, Adaptability, Collaboration, Leadership, Negotiation
User-Centered Design, Data Analysis, Conversion Rate Optimizations (CRO), Cross-functional Team Management and
Collaboration, Agile and Scrum Methodologies, Product Roadmapping, Stakeholder Management, Product Backlog
Industry:
Management, Wireframing, User Experience Design, Product and Feature Design, Market Research and Business
Acumen, A/B Testing, Problem-Solving
Technical: Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, API Understanding
Tools: Google Analytics, Mixpanel, JIRA, Confluence, Balsamiq
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