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{
"personal": {
"name": "Rishi Athanikar",
"linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/in/rishiathanikar",
"website": "https://www.rishiathanikar.com"
},
"summary": "Product leader with 10+ years delivering B2B SaaS, consumer, and AI-enabled platforms in regulated fintech and insurance operations. Deep expertise in ML-powered automation, risk assessment systems, and end-to-end product lifecycle management. Currently leading underwriting model development and championing AI adoption at Justworks. Proven track record of coaching product analysts and collaborating across cross-functional teams to drive innovation, operational efficiency, and revenue growth in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.",
"experience": [
{
"title": "Senior Product Manager",
"company": "Justworks",
"location": "New York, NY",
"duration": "05/2023 - present",
"achievements": [
{
"description": "Drove AI-enabled platform transformation with ML-powered underwriting model",
"metrics": ["92% automated risk assessment accuracy", "85% manual workload reduction"],
"tags": ["AI/ML", "automation", "risk-assessment"]
},
{
"description": "Architected risk diversification strategy across multiple PEO entities",
"metrics": ["8% increase in risk-adjusted margins"],
"tags": ["risk-management", "strategy"]
},
{
"description": "Shipped automated compliance system across 50 state jurisdictions",
"metrics": [">99% compliance rate", "90% operational overhead reduction"],
"tags": ["compliance", "automation", "regulatory"]
},
{
"description": "Redesigned financial service infrastructure",
"metrics": ["$5M in new revenue"],
"tags": ["revenue", "infrastructure"]
},
{
"description": "Automated NetSuite GL routing",
"metrics": ["20 hours saved per quarter"],
"tags": ["automation", "efficiency"]
},
{
"description": "Championing AI adoption across organization",
"metrics": ["Claude Code/Cursor implementation", "LLM content discoverability"],
"tags": ["AI", "leadership", "innovation"]
}
]
},
{
"title": "Lead Product Manager",
"company": "Stash Financial",
"location": "New York, NY",
"duration": "07/2021 - 05/2023",
"achievements": [
{
"description": "Led migration of 92% active accounts to proprietary banking platform",
"metrics": ["Zero service disruption"],
"tags": ["migration", "platform", "banking"]
},
{
"description": "Shipped in-app transactional dispute resolution workflow",
"metrics": ["60% reduction in CX calls", "14 days to 3 days resolution time"],
"tags": ["customer-experience", "efficiency"]
},
{
"description": "Launched optimized Direct Deposit solution",
"metrics": ["7% increase in monthly deposits", "95% reduction in CX contacts"],
"tags": ["payments", "customer-experience"]
},
{
"description": "Redesigned new bank account onboarding",
"metrics": ["14% conversion increase", "150% increase in first deposit ($43)"],
"tags": ["onboarding", "conversion", "growth"]
}
]
},
{
"title": "Senior Product Manager, Retail & Digital Experience",
"company": "Casper Sleep, Inc.",
"location": "New York, NY",
"duration": "10/2019 - 07/2021",
"achievements": [
{
"description": "Launched custom Point-of-Sale to 72 stores",
"metrics": ["450+ retail employees adopted in 1 week"],
"tags": ["retail", "POS", "launch"]
},
{
"description": "Launched POS integration with Affirm for financing",
"metrics": ["$4M in incremental retail revenue"],
"tags": ["partnerships", "revenue", "financing"]
},
{
"description": "Led 0→1 product development for connected devices (IoT)",
"metrics": ["New revenue stream"],
"tags": ["IoT", "innovation", "hardware"]
}
]
},
{
"title": "Product Manager, E-commerce and Mobile",
"company": "Peet's Coffee & Tea",
"location": "San Francisco, CA",
"duration": "07/2017 - 09/2019",
"achievements": [
{
"description": "Delivered iOS and Android loyalty apps from 0→1",
"metrics": ["300K MAU", "$20M mobile payment volume in 3 months"],
"tags": ["mobile", "loyalty", "payments"]
},
{
"description": "Launched peets.com redesign",
"metrics": ["12% conversion improvement", "10% subscription increase", "$800K over target"],
"tags": ["e-commerce", "conversion", "revenue"]
},
{
"description": "Led enterprise Identity Management platform implementation",
"metrics": ["1.5M user accounts migrated"],
"tags": ["platform", "migration", "identity"]
}
]
},
{
"title": "Technical Product Manager",
"company": "Wunderman Thompson",
"location": "Seattle, WA",
"duration": "07/2013 - 07/2017",
"achievements": []
},
{
"title": "Technical Cofounder",
"company": "Beander",
"location": "Seattle, WA",
"duration": "05/2014 - 12/2016",
"achievements": [
{
"description": "Two-sided marketplace for green coffee",
"metrics": ["3 major importers", "100+ roasters", "Successful exit 2016"],
"tags": ["entrepreneurship", "marketplace", "exit"]
}
]
},
{
"title": "Associate Product Manager",
"company": "Wunderman Thompson",
"location": "Seattle, WA",
"duration": "07/2011 - 06/2013",
"achievements": []
}
],
"skills": {
"product_strategy": [
"End-to-end product lifecycle management",
"Market analysis",
"Product launch",
"Optimization and scale"
],
"ai_ml": [
"ML-powered automation",
"Predictive modeling",
"Human-in-loop workflows",
"AI adoption strategy",
"Claude Code/Cursor",
"LLM implementation"
],
"technical": [
"SQL proficiency",
"API design",
"System integration",
"Platform architecture",
"IoT product development"
],
"domain": [
"Fintech compliance",
"Insurance operations",
"Multi-state regulatory frameworks",
"Automated compliance systems",
"Risk assessment",
"PEO entities"
],
"analytics": [
"A/B testing",
"Funnel analysis",
"Business intelligence",
"Predictive analytics",
"Looker",
"Amplitude",
"Mixpanel",
"Tableau"
],
"leadership": [
"Cross-functional collaboration",
"Stakeholder management",
"Team coaching",
"Vendor management",
"Executive communication"
]
},
"education": [
{
"degree": "Masters, Information Systems",
"institution": "University of Cincinnati, College of Business",
"years": "2009 - 2011"
},
{
"degree": "Bachelor's, Computer Science",
"institution": "University of Mumbai",
"years": "2005 - 2009"
}
],
"key_metrics": {
"revenue_impact": ["$5M new revenue", "$4M incremental retail", "$20M mobile payments", "$800K over target"],
"efficiency_gains": ["85% workload reduction", "90% overhead reduction", "60% CX call reduction", "95% contact reduction"],
"scale_achieved": ["92% account migration", "300K MAU", "1.5M users", "450+ employees", "72 stores"],
"accuracy_rates": ["92% ML model accuracy", ">99% compliance rate"],
"time_savings": ["14 to 3 days resolution", "20 hours/quarter saved"]
},
"ai_experience": {
"models_built": ["ML-powered underwriting model with 92% accuracy"],
"tools_used": ["Claude Code", "Cursor", "No-code AI tools"],
"initiatives_led": ["AI adoption champion at Justworks", "LLM content discoverability", "Training PMs on AI-assisted coding"],
"design_patterns": ["Human-in-loop workflows", "Automated risk assessment", "Predictive modeling"]
},
"unique_value_props": {
"for_ai_pm_role": [
"Hands-on experience building and deploying ML models in production",
"Proven track record in regulated environments (fintech, insurance)",
"10+ years of product management with strong technical foundation",
"Experience scaling products from 0→1 and optimizing existing platforms",
"Champion of AI adoption with practical implementation experience",
"Strong quantitative impact: $29M+ in revenue generation/optimization"
]
}
}