Siddharth Khatri

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.

Sid

Currently

What I'm working on now.

Leading Enterprise Product Transformation
Commonwealth Financial Network
Leading Enterprise Product Transformation

Building the Commonwealth Advisor Management System (AMS) using agile, frugal delivery principles. Driving firm-wide product transformation across 40+ offerings while deploying AI automation agents that are reshaping how the organization operates.

Applying Agentic AI in Enterprise Contexts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Applying Agentic AI in Enterprise Contexts

Designing and deploying agentic AI systems for enterprise use while focusing on reliability, evaluation, cost tradeoffs, and production-grade workflows.

Building CoachKai
Personal Research
Building CoachKai

Designing and building a local-first AI coaching system for fitness, recovery, and squash performance. Structured knowledge architecture, local model evaluation, and RAG design from first principles.

Competing in Squash
Harvard Murr Center & MIT Tech Club
Competing in Squash

Playing competitive USAR squash at the 5.0 level for the Harvard Murr Center team and 4.5 level for the MIT Tech Club team. Won the 2025-26 league in the 4.5 category and runner up in the 5.0 category. Squash shapes how I think about training, recovery, and performance systems.

Journey

2024 – Present

Manager, Product Development

Commonwealth Financial Network
  • Building a next-generation platform for independent financial advisors, enabling scalable operations through structured workflows, integrated tools, and AI-driven insights.
  • Driving the firm's shift to a product-led operating model by defining the Product Playbook and training 40+ product managers to adopt standardized product development practices.
  • Building AI copilots that transform everyday workflows into faster, more intelligent, and automated decision-making systems.
Commonwealth Financial Network
2024 – Present
Education

Agentic 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.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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%.
Amazon Web Services
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%.
SharkNinja (Shark Robotics)
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.
Danfoss Power Solutions
2020 – 2022
Education

STEM MBA

Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
  • Double Major in Business Analytics & Machine Learning and Entrepreneurship
  • President, Babson Technology Club
Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
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.
Punia Zinox Private Limited, India
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.
Minium Fitness Pvt. Ltd.
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
Toyota Material Handling India
2012 – 2016
Education

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology

Developed systems thinking and applied engineering skills to real-world product and manufacturing challenges.

Vellore Institute of Technology

Areas of Expertise

Where I operate.

Product-Led Growth
Product Lifecycle Management
AI Systems & Automation
Machine Learning & Analytics
Project & Program Management
Customer Experience Strategy
Business Development
Entrepreneurship

Let's Connect

Let's Connect

Interested in connecting with people building products that solve real consumer problems in meaningful, scalable ways.

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