Pushpak Pradhan, On a break

Pushpak Pradhan

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India - Pune
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
26 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 0 Months

On a break at At Home
  • India - Pune
  • My current job since September 2022
Principal Product Manager at ColorTokens India LLP
  • India - Pune
  • April 2021 to September 2022

ColorTokens provides zero trust SaaS cybersecurity solutions for networks, applications, workloads and endpoints.

- Worked with Sales teams on large deals to upsell solutions

- Evangelized the strategy for an Extended Detection & Response (XDR) platform

- Owned the strategy for an endpoint and server protection product based on a cloud-based approach to Zero Trust security

- Led a team of product managers

Principal Product Manager at Quick Heal Technologies Ltd.
  • India - Pune
  • October 2019 to February 2021

Quick Heal Technologies Ltd. is an Indian cybersecurity software company targeting B2B & B2C markets and offers on-premise and SaaS solutions.

- Worked with Sales teams on large deals to upsell solutions
- Led a team of product managers to deliver high quality products targeting key requirements of the market with actionable insights
- Evangelized next generation offerings for Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) as well as Unified Endpoint Management

Senior Product Owner (Contractor) at Acquia India Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Pune
  • December 2018 to August 2019

Acquia is a SaaS company that provides enterprise products and services for the open-source web content management platform Drupal.

- Built product roadmaps for internal infrastructure services

- Lead requirements gathering effort on initiatives and epics and documented them in user stories

- Managed the backlog and worked with the team to ensure alignment on the vision, goals, and priorities

Product Manager - Security Assessment Questionnaire at Qualys Security TechServices India Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Pune
  • December 2016 to September 2018

Qualys offers SaaS cybersecurity software products.

- Worked closely with Sales and grew revenue to $2M. Grew customer base from 20 to 250 customers

- Developed the product vision and strategy for the Vendor Risk Assessment product. Aligned stakeholders to deliver to a realistic
strategic roadmap. This ensured that customers had visibility and predictability on upcoming capabilities

- Researched competitors' UX, gathered UX feedback from users and worked closely with the UX Team to design new UX workflows

Product Manager at Cisco Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Pune
  • May 2016 to December 2016

Cisco develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, software, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products.

- Built roadmaps to support introduction of new cloud managed services offerings

- Detailed the requirements into user stories

- Defined and execute end-to-end workflow for the Agile Delivery of the platform with reduced release timelines

Lead Product Manager at BMC Software Inc.
  • United States - South Houston
  • July 2008 to October 2015

BMC Software, Inc. offers on-premise and SaaS solutions in cloud computing, IT service management, automation, IT operations, and mainframe.

- Owned and executed on the monitoring strategy for TrueSight Operations Management generating $150 million in revenue

- Promoted from Senior Product Manager to Lead Product Manager in recognition of sales-oriented customer focus and consistent
performance

- Worked with Sales teams on large deals to upsell solutions

- Led a team of product managers

- Successfully drove beta and select market availability programs

- Initiated and executed on agile product releases committed to a quarterly cadence managing prioritization and trade-offs

Product Manager at Ensim India Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Pune
  • July 2006 to June 2008

Ensim was the leading provider of software solutions that accelerate the creation, control, and delivery of high-value applications as hosted services.

- Owned a product for website provisioning and management generating $6 million in revenue

- Evangelized the modernization of the user interfaces. Drove engagement with customers and partners as well as internal teams to
discuss the workflow enhancements. Owned and drove the effort on rebranding the product

- Conceptualized and created a customer engagement forum to drive higher levels of customer engagement with the product team

Various positions (Non-PM experience) at Multiple Organizations - Details can be provided on request
  • India - Pune
  • July 1997 to July 2006

Multiple Organizations - Details can be provided on request

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Savitribai Phule Pune University
  • May 1997

Specialties & Skills

Stakeholder Management
Product Vision
Team Leadership
Product Strategy
Software Product Management
BALANCE
CADENCE
CLARIFY
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
FEATURES
MARKETING
PROPOSAL WRITING
STRATEGIC

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

ITIL version3 Foundation Examination (Certificate)
IT Advanced Diploma in Software Exports Technology (Certificate)
Pragmatic Marketing (Certificate)