About

Ganeshram Mahalingam is a highly skilled Product Manager with over 8 years of experience in the tech industry. He is currently the Co-Founder of Crash Course, a platform that helps students prepare for job placements by training them in industry-relevant skills. Ganeshram is responsible for the development and launch of their first product, which helps students learn the basics of C programming and solve commonly asked interview questions. Ganeshram believes that a Product Manager is responsible for three key areas: understanding customers, shipping products, and getting users for the products. He has conducted over 200 user studies to understand customer pain points and has a framework to uncover insights, not just feature requests. He has experience delivering tech-heavy developer-facing products, shipping new features and APIs, revamping UX, and improving user engagement. Ganeshram has also utilized SEO, keyword research, and content marketing to get users for the features he has built. Prior to his current role, Ganeshram worked as a Senior Product Manager at Plivo, where he owned the core voice product and APIs and contributed to other product lines, including SIP trunking, payments, and internal tools. He also served as the Director of Product Management at BrowserStack, where he owned the core voice product and APIs and contributed to other product lines, including SIP trunking, payments, and internal tools. Ganeshram has an impressive educational background, having completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, an MBA Exchange program from McGill University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the Madras Institute of Technology Campus, Anna University. He also completed his High School Certificate in Science from Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya. Ganeshram's technical skills include product management, testing, and research science. He believes that the soft skills and influence of a Product Manager are only as good as the hard skills, and he enjoys shipping products from scratch. With his extensive experience and educational background, Ganeshram is a highly competent Product Manager who can drive product success.