About
Sid
Product LeaderAI BuilderSquash Player
I build things at the intersection of strategy, technology, and product craft. Currently driving enterprise product transformation at Commonwealth Financial Network and building local AI systems from first principles.
Currently
What I'm working on now.
Journey
Aug 2025 – Present
AI Product Manager, Enterprise Transformation
Commonwealth Financial Network
- —Leading 0-to-1 development of the Advisor Management System (AMS), shipping the MVP of an advisor operating system for 3k+ advisors managing $350B in AUM, and translating enterprise vision into executable strategy.
- —Designing the customer-facing AI layer (RAG, tool-calling, agentic workflows) with a dynamic conversational UI that surfaces advisor-specific guidance and training for AMS; owning the complete technical architecture.
- —Built and shipped 2 internal AI agents (Product Coach and Copywriter Copilot, on Microsoft Copilot Studio), with 3 additional prototypes in pilot across research synthesis, proposal creation, and corporate-strategy consulting.
- —Architected the Product Coach by condensing 200+ technical, product, and financial documents into a RAG-ready knowledge base, cutting cross-functional support requests ~50% and compressing a 30-to-90-day copywriting cycle to about one week with human-in-the-loop review.
Nov 2023 – July 2025
Group Product Manager
Commonwealth Financial Network
- —Built a cross-functional engagement model for shared services (Design, Engineering, Research, Analytics), improving product throughput and establishing scalable collaboration practices across teams.
- —Co-authored the firm-wide Product Playbook and standardized operating model with the PMO, cutting feature delivery from two-to-three quarters to one; strategic partner to 20 product managers and provided training to 40+ PMs.
2024 – Present
EducationAgentic AI Systems — Executive Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Studying the design, deployment, and enterprise transformation potential of agentic AI systems. Topics span cost management, AI roadmapping, and applying agent-based architectures to real organizational contexts and product decisions.
2022 – 2023
Senior Product Manager
Amazon Web Services
- —Led the evolution of five internal AWS platforms supporting 500K+ daily users, improving scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
- —Built an A/B testing platform enabling teams to validate ideas faster and make data-driven product decisions.
- —Developed an AI-powered knowledge assistant and integrated real user monitoring systems, improving information access and reducing issue detection time by 60%.
2021
Product Development Co-op
SharkNinja (Shark Robotics)
- —Scaled a core product feature across the Shark vacuum lineup, improving overall performance and user experience.
- —Redesigned a key mechanical component of the vacuum system, improving cleaning performance and reducing hair tangling by 65%.
- —Improved the robotics app experience through user-driven iterations, increasing customer satisfaction by 15%.
2021
R&D Business Development Consultant
Danfoss Power Solutions
- —Explored new opportunities in autonomous and connected vehicle systems.
- —Built a 5-year market entry strategy and $450M revenue outlook for a new off-highway vehicle line.
- —Helped shape the product roadmap and go-to-market plan for an autonomous vehicle launch.
- —Developed deep expertise in vehicle automation through research, strategy work, and hands-on project delivery.
2020 – 2022
EducationSTEM MBA
Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
- —Double Major in Business Analytics & Machine Learning and Entrepreneurship
- —President, Babson Technology Club
2016 – 2020
Project & Operations Manager
Punia Zinox Private Limited, India
- —Led a major plant expansion while managing budget, timelines, and day-to-day execution.
- —Managed a $300K expansion that lifted productivity by 200%, even through COVID disruptions and complex on-ground coordination.
- —Led four engineering teams and 60 foremen to improve execution, raise productivity, and reduce delays.
- —Built stronger operating rhythms through daily standups and Kanban-based planning.
- —Introduced a CRM system that improved client tracking, streamlined account management, and raised customer satisfaction by 20%.
- —Managed 35+ B2B client relationships and helped deliver custom orders on time.
2016 – 2020
Founder & Head of Product
Minium Fitness Pvt. Ltd.
- —Started Minium to bring better fitness into small spaces and everyday life.
- —Built it from the ground up into an omnichannel fitness business with 12K+ monthly users.
- —Helped customers set up awesome home gyms that fit into compact spaces without sacrificing the workout experience.
- —Hit first-year revenue goals and reached profitability by refining the product mix, pricing, and subscription model.
- —Took products from rough idea to real launch across both hardware and digital experiences.
- —Improved ecommerce conversion by 40% through better personalization and customer segmentation.
Intern
Process Innovation Intern
Toyota Material Handling India
Hands-on immersion in JIT manufacturing, lean operations, and Kaizen methodology at one of the world's most rigorous manufacturing environments.
- —Designed and executed a Kaizen improvement project, earning the highest performance grade in the program
- —Applied continuous improvement principles that drove 30% operational efficiency gains
2012 – 2016
EducationBachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology
Developed systems thinking and applied engineering skills to real-world product and manufacturing challenges.
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