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5+ yrs · User-First, Impact-Driven Product Management

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Product manager and strategist passionate about building at the intersection of people, technology, and business.

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Vighnesh
Chavan
Product Manager · Computer Engineer · 5+ YOE
📍 USA · Open to Relocation

Raised on Mumbai chaos. Obsessed with simplicity.

I'm Vighnesh — Lead Product Manager at Asobo Education, building technology to make education more accessible for every child in a classroom.

I grew up in Mumbai — India's largest city. To put its density into perspective: if you placed every human alive today — all 8.5 billion of us — into Texas, Mumbai would still be more densely packed. Every trip outside meant passing hundreds of people. That shaped something in me: a deep sense of responsibility toward the people around me, and the ability to build genuine relationships with every kind of person.

Growing up in the suburbs, I made friends across backgrounds, religions, and beliefs — brought together by sport. Soccer, cricket, basketball. Team sports taught me strategy and collaboration. I later captained my college soccer team. And I realised early: great products, like great teams, are built on trust and execution.

I chose software engineering because it felt like the cheapest medium with the power to reach millions. In college, I became COO of the Computer Society of India and served on the Student Council — where I learned that real leadership isn't about authority. It's about influence, structure, and bringing the best out of the people around you.

That's also where I found my working philosophy. I believe the best problem solvers are both creative and methodical — creativity opens the doors, methodology walks through the right one. I've carried that duality into every product I've built since.

Product Management didn't feel like a career choice. It felt like the only place where everything I'd learned — about people, chaos, systems, and trust — finally made sense together.

"To be a good product manager, learn to be smart in front of cool people and cool in front of smart people."

— A mentor who changed my perspective

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Strategy-first

Every feature starts with a clear why

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People-led

Products succeed because people do

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Bias for action

Decisions with imperfect data, fast

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Global mindset

Diverse lens from two continents

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Professional Experience

AI Product Manager with 5+ years building and scaling personalized AI/ML products — from 0→1 discovery to production AI systems.

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Product Manager
Asobo Education · Now · Jun 2025 — Present
Agentic AI RAG LLM Vector Search A/B Testing

Owning the roadmap for an AI-powered student analytics platform — translating educator and learner needs into Agentic AI use cases, PRDs, and measurable adoption goals.

  • Defined Agentic AI workflows using LLMs, RAG, embeddings, vector search, and Human-in-the-Loop validation to enable personalized learning-content generation and retrieval.
  • Designed taxonomy-constrained RAG across grade, chapter, and topic hierarchies, using vector filtering and A/B testing to improve retrieval relevance and reduce off-topic or hallucinated content by 30–40%.
  • Established LLM evaluation frameworks and rollout guardrails across accuracy, relevance, groundedness, and hallucination analysis, reducing product iteration cycles by 40% while maintaining response quality.
  • Defined acceptance criteria, KPIs, user-feedback loops, and AI adoption metrics with engineering and education stakeholders, converting evaluation insights into backlog priorities and continuous product improvements.
Product Manager
Vertice AI · Sep 2024 — May 2025
AI/ML FinTech SaaS Snowflake SQL Predictive Analytics

Led the roadmap for AI/ML-driven FinTech SaaS products — translating client needs into predictive analytics use cases and personalized engagement solutions across 20+ clients.

  • Analyzed 1B+ transactional records using Snowflake and SQL to identify high-value customer segments, enabling more targeted campaigns and stronger data-driven marketing decisions.
  • Delivered predictive analytics capabilities using transactional, behavioral, demographic, and product signals to anticipate customer intent and support personalized offers and engagement strategies.
  • Owned end-to-end delivery of 9+ product features, converting business requirements into user stories, backlog priorities, acceptance criteria, UAT plans, and GTM activities across data science, engineering, and client teams.
  • Refined roadmap priorities through customer feedback, KPI analysis, and stakeholder input, aligning client needs with AI/ML capabilities and strengthening adoption of data-driven product features.
Founding Product Manager
Asobo Education · Sep 2023 — Sep 2024
0→1 EdTech Customer Discovery MVP PMF

Built TutorSmith from 0→1 as a live tutoring marketplace — early pilot insights revealed gaps in classroom-engagement visibility and shaped TutorSmith's evolution into the Asobo student analytics platform.

  • Defined product vision and core workflows for student discovery, tutor matching, scheduling, and session management through early-market pilots.
  • Led customer discovery, market research, and competitive analysis to validate Product-Market Fit, prioritize high-value user problems, and align the roadmap with student, tutor, and education stakeholder needs.
  • Reduced early customer churn by 15% through usability testing and Voice of Customer analysis, converting recurring user friction into prioritized MVP improvements and more intuitive workflows.
  • Managed Agile product development and backlog priorities, balancing user feedback, business goals, and technical feasibility from validation through launch and continuous improvement.
Associate Product Manager
Hexaware Technologies · May 2021 — Jul 2023
Data Products Power BI Tableau SQL API Integration

Data product delivery for enterprise stakeholders — translating business needs into integration workflows, BI dashboard products, and actionable reporting.

  • Translated stakeholder needs into data-product requirements, integration workflows, user stories, and acceptance criteria, improving alignment across business, engineering, and analytics teams.
  • Improved data consistency across source systems through SQL, API integrations, data mapping, and validation workflows, strengthening the foundation for downstream reporting and decision-making.
  • Delivered Power BI and Tableau dashboard products for operational and executive stakeholders, turning fragmented data into KPI reporting, performance trends, and actionable business insights.
Selected Work

Case Studies

Real-world product problems, researched deeply and solved strategically.

SpotifyMusic Tech

Spotify For Artists

Revolutionizing the way musicians engage with their audience — performance tracking, listener insights, and release optimization.

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KnoxBoxPublic Safety

KnoxBox: A Solution for Firefighters

Streamlining emergency responder access in compliance with NC Fire Prevention Code — a life-saving product strategy.

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GitHubDeveloper Tools

GitHub: Username Case Study

A compliance plan for GitHub's transition to legal names under new US legislation — balancing UX with regulation.

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Nova HealthHealthcare AI

Nova Health Solutions: AI Integration

Transforming customer support through Conversational AI — reducing costs and boosting efficiency in critical healthcare services.

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Performance PulseSports Analytics

Performance Pulse

A soccer analytics platform with real-time tactical tracking — empowering coaches to make instant strategic decisions.

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AwakenConsumer App

Awaken: The Alarm App

Behavioral design for college students — turning the alarm into a habit engine through engaging, user-centric UX.

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Writing

Business & Tech Blogs

Exploring the most interesting ideas in technology, business, and product — one insight at a time.

Why AI Is The Best Cure For Healthcare
AI & Healthcare

Why AI Is The Best Cure For Healthcare

One curve is racing downward, making technology cheaper. The other is climbing relentlessly, dragging healthcare costs higher. Moore's Law vs. Eroom's Law — and how AI bridges the gap.

Jul 17, 20252 min read
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The Osborne Effect
Product Strategy

The Osborne Effect: How One Mistake Derailed a Tech Pioneer

A visionary entrepreneur, a revolutionary product, and one premature announcement that destroyed everything. The lesson Adam Osborne learned the hard way — still relevant for every PM today.

Jan 14, 20242 min read
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Product Cannibalism
Business Strategy

Art of Product Cannibalism: Apple's Clever Move

Picture a tech giant intentionally launching a product that rivals its own top-sellers. Counterintuitive? Yes. Genius? Absolutely. How Apple used the 15" MacBook Air to eat its own lunch — on purpose.

Dec 11, 20231 min read
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User Adaptability — When Brilliance Meets Resistance
Product Management

User Adaptability: When Brilliance Meets Resistance

Google Glass was technically flawless. It still failed. In 2026, with spatial computing and AI agents flooding the market, the graveyard of brilliant-but-abandoned products is getting crowded. Here's why adoption is the real product.

Jan 22, 20263 min read
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Kalshi and Prediction Markets
Fintech & Markets

Kalshi Is Changing How the World Bets on the Future

In 2024, prediction markets didn't just outperform polls — they outperformed everything. Kalshi's CFTC win opened the floodgates. Here's why this is the most underrated shift in information markets.

Mar 10, 20263 min read
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Innovation Imitation: The Race to Replicate
Competitive Strategy

Innovation Imitation: The Race to Replicate

Snap invented Stories. Instagram took them. Then TikTok ate everyone's lunch — and everyone copied TikTok. The cycle is accelerating. Being first is still an edge, but in 2026, the real weapon is how fast you follow.

Feb 5, 20263 min read
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Watch & Learn

Video Gallery

Curated talks, presentations, and ideas that shape how I think about product, leadership, and life.

My Leadership Philosophy
Leadership

My Leadership Philosophy

A presentation from my graduate-level engineering class — inspired by the Boat analogy, focused on people's empowerment and autonomy.

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
Inspiration

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

The Steve Jobs Stanford speech that inspired my curiosity and creativity — encouraging unconventional paths and different thinking.

Identifying Product Market Fit
Product Strategy

Identifying Product Market Fit

A Steve Jobs masterclass on how NeXT achieves product-market fit by understanding the target audience and crafting tailored solutions.

Flat Earthers vs Scientists
Empathy & EQ

Flat Earthers vs Scientists

A masterclass in radical empathy and emotional intelligence in debates — the moment at 26:55 changed how I think about user research.

Brian Chesky on Launching Airbnb
Entrepreneurship

Brian Chesky on Launching Airbnb

Reid Hoffman interviews the Airbnb Co-Founder on the struggles of launching and managing a product — packed with PM insights.

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