About

Rakesh R. is a highly skilled and experienced Product Management professional with over a decade of experience, including 8+ years dedicated to developing B2B and B2C products. He is a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO®) with an impressive track record of success in building and launching products. Rakesh has experience in building and managing platform products, customer-facing products, growth products, API products, data products as well as Saas products across various startups. Throughout his career, Rakesh has specialized in conceptualizing and building products in E-commerce and Fintech startups, delivering multiple high-visibility strategic products. He is a seasoned leader who has successfully led ideation, product strategy, UI/UX design, product development, delivery, and iterations of various products. His achievements include the international launch and expansion of a SaaS platform, an industry-first credit underwriting product, and a zero-to-one auction platform. He has also built products for both seller and customer experiences for a vast user base of over 300 million. Rakesh's leadership skills are second to none. He works closely with cross-functional teams to achieve product objectives and has a keen ability to identify market needs and transform innovative ideas into successful products that deliver value to end-users. Moreover, he possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills, which enable him to effectively collaborate with stakeholders, clients, and team members. Rakesh is confident in his ability to articulate product visions, goals, and strategies clearly, a skill that has proven to be critical to the success of many of the projects he has undertaken. Rakesh is currently working as a Principal Product Manager at absolute®, a 0 to 1 Global Agri Trade marketplace. Prior to this, he has worked as an Associate Director - Products at blackbuck, where he led Financial services, Payments, and Fastag, and as a Senior Product Manager at ace turtle, where he led the Customer (Client) Experience track for SaaS platform. Rakesh holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, with a specialization in General Management and Business Administration and Management, General. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. Rakesh is proficient in product management, design, mobile, and UI and has relevant experience of 9.79 years.