Hello, I'm

Prateek Tripathy

Open to Product Manager roles
$2B
Market Opportunity
35%
API Improvement
15+
Global Events
Prateek Tripathy

About Me

Product Manager with deep technical roots and AI expertise

IBM Experience

As a Product Manager Intern at IBM, I identified a $2B market opportunity in Network Intelligence, designed a GenAI-powered product strategy integrating RAG, Agentic AI, and MCP, and orchestrated cross-product collaboration across three IBM platforms.

Infosys Background

With 25+ months as a Specialist Programmer at Infosys, I led the adoption of Apache Kafka to reduce response latency by 75%, optimized REST APIs improving performance by 35%, and managed cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.

Technical Depth

API design, Kafka, Spring Boot, and deep system architecture knowledge driving product decisions

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Community Leader

Organized 15+ GrabChai events across global cities, building PM communities worldwide

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Award Winner

National winner at Prodalytics PM case competition at XLRI, featured for excellence

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AI Product Strategy

Identified $2B market opportunity with GenAI, RAG, and Agentic AI integration at IBM

What I Bring

Case Studies

Product management work that drove measurable impact

Network Intelligence Discovery
IBM 2024

Role

Product Manager Intern

Challenge

Enterprise network management was fragmented across multiple IBM products with no unified intelligence layer, creating operational inefficiencies and missed cross-sell opportunities.

Solution

Designed an AI-driven network correlation framework integrating RAG for knowledge retrieval, ETL pipelines for data unification, MCP for multi-product orchestration, and Agentic AI for autonomous decision-making.

Impact

$2B
Market Opportunity
New
Product Created
3
Products Integrated
Market Research AI Product Strategy Technical Architecture
Backend Performance Optimization
Infosys 2022-23

Role

Specialist Programmer (Technical PM)

Challenge

Legacy REST APIs faced critical latency issues with 2-second average response times, impacting user experience and system scalability for a major client application.

Solution

Led Apache Kafka adoption for event-driven architecture, redesigned API endpoints with optimized data models, implemented caching strategies, and established performance monitoring dashboards.

Impact

75%
Latency Reduction
35%
API Performance
3
Teams Led
Technical PM Performance Optimization Kafka API Design
X-SEED Startup Ecosystem
XIMB 2024-25

Role

Co-Coordinator

Challenge

Limited collaboration between MBA students and startups, with no structured platform for experiential learning through real-world product and business challenges.

Solution

Built partnership program connecting startups with student talent, designed project frameworks for product strategy, market research, and go-to-market initiatives, organized pitch events and mentorship sessions.

Impact

15+
Live Projects
Growing
Ecosystem
Multiple
Events
Platform Strategy Community Building Program Design

Experience

From development to product management

Product Manager Intern
IBM
Apr 2025 - Jun 2025
  • Identified $2B AI market opportunity in Network Intelligence
  • Designed GenAI-powered product strategy with RAG, MCP, and Agentic AI
  • Established cross-product metrics framework across 3 IBM products
Product Management AI/ML Market Research
Specialist Programmer
Infosys
Jun 2022 - Jul 2024
  • Optimized REST APIs, improving performance by 35%
  • Led Apache Kafka adoption, reducing response latency by 75%
  • Managed cross-functional teams in Agile environment
Full-Stack Dev Spring Boot Kafka
Community Manager
The Product Folks / GrabChai
Feb 2025 - Present
  • Organized 15+ PM meetups across global cities
  • Built thriving product management community
Community Events Networking
Co-Coordinator, X-SEED
XIMB
Mar 2025 - Present
  • Fostered innovation through startup-student collaboration
  • Built thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem
Leadership Entrepreneurship
SDE Intern
Airblack
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
  • Developed backend systems and REST APIs
  • Contributed to scalable architecture design
Node.js Backend API

Skills

From strategy to execution

Market Research & Competitive Analysis 90%
Product Strategy & Roadmapping 85%
Go-to-Market Planning 80%
Opportunity Identification 90%
AI/ML Product Strategy (GenAI, RAG) 85%
API Design & Architecture 90%
Distributed Systems (Kafka) 85%
HLD/LLD Documentation 80%
Agile Leadership 90%
Cross-functional Management 85%
Requirements & User Stories 85%
Stakeholder Management 90%
Product Metrics & KPIs 80%
Data-Driven Decisions 85%
A/B Testing 75%
BI & Reporting 80%

PM Toolbelt

Tools and frameworks I work with

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Product Management
  • JIRA
  • Aha!
  • ProductBoard
  • Figma
  • Miro
  • Notion
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Data & Analytics
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Tableau
  • Google Analytics
  • Excel
  • Power BI
  • Jobs-to-be-Done
  • OKRs
  • RICE
  • Lean Canvas
  • Design Thinking
  • Scrum
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Development
  • Git
  • Agile/Scrum
  • API Design
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • CI/CD

Awards & Recognition

Milestones and achievements

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Prodalytics PM Case Competition
XLRI
Nov 2024

National winner in premier PM case competition. Featured for solving complex product challenges.

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Fidelity Code Feast 1.0
Fidelity Investments
Jul 2022

Green Award for building CO2 footprint reduction browser extension. PPO awarded for impact.

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Global Coding Challenge
Credit Suisse
Nov 2021

International Rank 84 out of 10,000+ participants worldwide. Problem-solving excellence.

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Linux Foundation Scholarship
Linux Foundation
Jun 2021

Merit-based scholarship. One of 500 selected globally for open-source excellence.

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Hackathon Judge
NW Hacks & Hack the Mountains
Jun 2021

Evaluated innovative tech solutions. Mentored teams on product thinking and execution.

Education

Academic background and certifications

Education

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MBA - Business Management
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
2024 - 2026 (Current)

Focus: Systems Business Transformation using AI, IT Strategy, B2B Marketing

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B.Tech
VSSUT Burla
2018 - 2022

CGPA: 75.60% | Linux Foundation Scholar

Certifications

Aha! Product Management
Aug 2025
McKinsey Forward
Jul 2025
AWS Academy
Dec 2021
Cisco CCNA
Jul 2021
SAP ABAP
May 2021
Linux Foundation
Jun 2021

Get In Touch

Let's discuss product opportunities