Prateek Tripathy

Prateek Tripathy

Product Manager Intern - IBM | MBA-BM, XIMB

Aspiring AI Product Manager

Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India IBM | Xavier Institute of Management 25+ months experience

Passionate Product Manager with deep expertise in AI product strategy. Currently pursuing MBA at Xavier Institute of Management.

About

Product Manager | AI/ML Enthusiast | System Thinker

I'm an MBA student at Xavier Institute of Management (Batch 2024-26) passionate about using artificial intelligence to solve complex product challenges. As an IBM Product Manager Intern, I worked on AI-driven networking solutions, conducting market research that identified a $2 billion market opportunity, eventually identifying a new product now known as IBM Network intelligence.

With 25+ months of work experience at Infosys as a Specialist Programmer, I've honed my technical acumen and cross-functional collaboration skills. I'm equally comfortable deep-diving into technical architectures (APIs, event streaming, distributed systems) and understanding business expectations.

My strengths lie in identifying market gaps, architecting product solutions, and translating complex technical concepts into business value. I'm also deeply invested in community building —I organize GrabChai networking events across 15+ global cities for Product Managers and AI enthusiasts as Community Manager at The Product Folks.

What drives me: Building intelligent products that scale, understanding AI's potential in enterprise solutions.

Technical Depth

Designed APIs reducing response time by 35%; Kafka implementation

Community Leader

Organized 15+ GrabChai events; X-SEED Co-coordinator

Award Winner

National PM case competition winner; International scholar

Experience

Community Manager

The Product Folks

Feb 2025 - Present

Organizing and scaling GrabChai networking events for Product Managers and AI enthusiasts across 15+ global cities.

  • Organizing offline networking events (GrabChai) across 15+ global cities
  • Building vibrant community of PM and AI enthusiasts
  • Facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration among product professionals
  • Growing community engagement and participation globally

Co-Coordinator, X-SEED

Xavier Institute of Management - Entrepreneurship Cell

Mar 2025 - Present

Leading the entrepreneurship cell at XIMB, fostering innovation and startup thinking among MBA cohort.

  • Coordinating as full Coordinator after Shadow Member role (Sep 2024 - Feb 2025)
  • Fostering innovation and startup thinking among MBA cohort
  • Organizing entrepreneurship events and competitions
  • Mentoring student entrepreneurs and building startup ecosystem

Product Manager Intern

IBM - Software Defined Networking

Apr 2025 - Jun 2025

Led AI integration and market research initiatives across IBM's networking portfolio, identifying billion-dollar market opportunities.

  • Identified and correlated metrics across IBM's Software Networking portfolio products to optimize end-to-end network lifecycle
  • Conducted market scan and benchmark analysis of AI-driven networking, identifying market opportunities and gaps
  • Delivered Generative AI integration ideas with quantifiable business impact in existing products enabling product differentiation
  • Designed AI optimization architecture using RAG, ETL, MCP, and Agentic AI that enabled new product discovery
  • Skills: Product Management, Software Defined Networking, AI Networking, Generative AI, B2B Software

Specialist Programmer

Infosys Limited

Jun 2022 - Jul 2024 • 2 yrs 2 mos

Drove product development across multiple projects, managing agile teams and delivering high-performance backend solutions.

  • Agile Transformation: Drove adoption of agile strategies among 3 cross-functional teams, aligning project outcomes with client expectations
  • API Architecture: Designed robust APIs for backend services ensuring high availability and seamless integration, reducing response time by 35%
  • Technical Documentation: Implemented comprehensive HLD and LLD to enhance client understanding of functionality and improve project documentation
  • Event Streaming: Analyzed and advocated client adoption of Apache Kafka, resulting in reduction of real-time data sharing latency from 2 seconds to 500ms
  • Frontend Execution: Executed frontend technical requirements based on provided wireframes, ensuring 100% adherence to industry standards
  • Skills: Full-Stack Development, Cloud Applications, Spring Boot, Angular, SQL

Software Development Engineer Intern

Airblack

Feb 2022 - Jul 2022 • 6 months

Developed backend services and APIs for an ed-tech platform focused on creative skills education.

  • Backend development and API design
  • Node.js application development
  • Building scalable backend services
  • Skills: Backend Development, Node.js, Application Programming Interfaces (API)

Training and Placement Coordinator

Training & Placement Cell - VSSUT Burla

Jun 2021 - May 2022 • 1 year

Coordinated placement activities and career development initiatives for students, connecting talent with industry opportunities.

  • Coordinated placement activities for students
  • Built university-industry relationships
  • Organized recruitment drives and campus interviews
  • Career counseling and professional development guidance

Machine Learning Intern

Digital Tesseract

May 2020 - Jun 2020 • 2 months

Conducted data analysis and created educational machine learning content for online learning platforms.

  • Data analysis and visualization
  • Machine learning model development
  • Creating educational content for ML implementation
  • Tutorials and documentation development

High Performance Computing Intern

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Pune

Dec 2019 - Jan 2020 • 2 months

Worked on high-performance computing and deep learning projects, gaining hands-on experience with parallel programming and performance optimization.

  • Parallel programming using OpenMP and MPI
  • Performance analysis with Intel VTune Profiler and ITAC
  • Deep learning and HPC optimization projects
  • Computational technique optimization using Quantum Espresso

Skills

Product Management

Market Research Product Strategy Go-to-Market Roadmapping Requirements Definition Competitive Analysis

AI & Technology

Generative AI Agentic AI RAG Architecture Machine Learning API Design System Architecture

Technical Systems

Distributed Systems Event Streaming (Kafka) Backend Development HLD/LLD Design Data Architecture Networking

Leadership & Community

Agile Leadership Cross-functional Teams Community Building Stakeholder Management Public Speaking Mentoring

Education & Credentials

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)

Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla

2018 - 2022

CGPA: 75.60% | Recipient of Linux Foundation International Scholarship

Awards & Recognition

Fidelity International Code Feast 1.0

Fidelity International

Jul 2022

Green Award for developing a browser extension to estimate CO2 emissions from PC usage. Awarded PPO (Pre-Placement Offer).

Credit Suisse Global Coding Challenge

Credit Suisse

Nov 2021

Secured International Rank 84 out of 10,000+ participants in a competitive global coding challenge.

Linux Foundation Scholarship

Linux Foundation

Jun 2021

Merit-based international scholarship awarded among 500 individuals globally for technical excellence.

AlgoZenith Advanced Training

AlgoZenith

May 2021

Completed intensive 16-week live training on Data Structures and Algorithms (AZ-201 course).

Hackathon Judge

NW Hacks & Hack the Mountains

Jun 2021

Served as judge for major hackathon events, evaluating innovative solutions and providing technical feedback.

Community & Leadership

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X-SEED Coordinator

Xavier Institute of Management - Entrepreneurship Cell

Mar 2025 - Present

Leading the entrepreneurship cell at XIMB, fostering innovation and startup thinking among MBA cohort. Organizing events, mentoring student entrepreneurs, and building startup ecosystem.

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Community Manager - The Product Folks

GrabChai Organizer

Feb 2025 - Present

Organizing GrabChai offline networking events across 15+ global cities, bringing together Product Managers and AI enthusiasts. Building a thriving community for knowledge sharing and collaboration.

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Training & Placement Officer

Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT)

May 2022

Coordinated placement activities and career development initiatives for students, connecting talent with industry opportunities and building university-industry relationships.

Let's Connect

I'm interested in conversations about product management, AI applications in enterprise, market strategy, and building exceptional product teams. Feel free to reach out via email or connect on professional networks.