Nikesh Bhakta

Experience

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  Evolve

  Principal Product Manager

  Nov 2023 - Present

  Evolve is reimagining the vacation rental experience with our modern approach to property management and guest experiences. Our passionate team adds next-level care to all that we do — from helping owners reach their financial goals and giving guests stress-free stays, to supporting our fellow Evolver teammates in their careers and beyond. To us, hospitality goes beyond fluffy towels and turn-down service. It means treating every interaction with empathy and inclusion, creating a support system that is ready to help however and whenever we can, and empowering everyone we work with to embody our values. With tens of thousands of properties across North America — and with a hybrid workforce that collaborates between our Denver headquarters and cross-country coworkers — we’re changing the landscape of the vacation rental industry. We’re always looking for the next guests, owners, and Evolvers to keep us moving forward. Ready to find your home at Evolve? To view current opportunities, click the Jobs tab in our profile.

  • Owned strategy and roadmap for $1B+ portfolio of revenue-focused products.
  • Led initiatives in dynamic pricing, revenue management, and third-party merchandising.
  • Conducted build-vs-buy analysis for pricing algorithm, reducing anomalies.
  • Expanded internal revenue management levers and increased owner pricing settings.
  • Built a cross-team culture of experimentation, increasing annualized revenue by $XXM.
  • Improved Owner NPS and retention through strategic initiatives.
  • Involved in Owner Acquisition, improving landing page conversion and lead capture.
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  WOMBO

  Angel

  Jan 2021 - Present

  WOMBO makes products that millions love. Over 200 million downloads, billions of creations, and always experimenting at the edge of AI.

  • Developed innovative AI-driven entertainment products.
  • Contributed to over 200 million downloads and billions of creations.
  • Focused on user engagement and product experimentation.

• Bhakta Consulting

  Product Growth + Analytics Consultant

  Mar 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Wombo
  • Spearheaded experimentation efforts that were instrumental in the company achieving profitability and scaling to 6-figure MRR. This included optimizing the First-Time User Experience (FTUX), Image Generation and Sharing flows and monetization via premium upsells, paywalls, ads, trials and subscriptions.
  • Established the analytics stack using Google Analytics, Firebase, Mode, Avo, Growthbook, Stripe Atlas, AdMob, AppAnnie etc, and mentored two analysts, fostering a data-driven culture.
  • Worked directly with one of the engineers to build the "Avatars" feature in Wombo Dream, which later evolved into a standalone app.
  • OathCare
  • Helped launch and iterate on MVP of AI-powered parenting support (ParentGPT) leveraging OpenAI to fine-tune RAG models on curated medical data
  • Drove increased engagement via prompt suggestions, re-engagement campaigns and community engagement based push notifications
  • Improved new user acquisition by providing early preview of ParentGPT on landing pages
  • Early-Stage Startup Growth (Avenue, Klikit, OathCare, Wombo, Proov)
  • Built and implemented comprehensive product analytics and marketing automation stacks using tools like Mixpanel, Amplitude, Segment, Hightouch, Branch, Metabase and Customer.io.
  • Developed and managed targeted user engagement and re-engagement campaigns across email, SMS, and push notifications.
  • Designed and implemented improved onboarding flows and first-time user experiences to boost activation and retention.
  • Created detailed dashboards for leadership to provide clear visibility into key metrics such as engagement, retention, and user funnels.
  • Go-to-Market Strategy (MynaSwap)
  • Developed and executed a successful pre-launch waitlist strategy to generate early excitement and user acquisition.
  • Built roadmap for Beta launch across a cross-functional team of contractors include designers, mobile and web developers, backend engineers and blockchain developers
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  BigSpring (evolved into Reps)

  Lead Product Manager

  Sep 2020 - Nov 2023

  Follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/repsai.

  • Implemented tools like Segment, Mixpanel, Intercom, and more.
  • Managed customer success, marketing, analytics, and product roles.
  • Shipped foundational features like self-serve admin portal and embedded analytics.
  • Developed internal business dashboards and automated certificates.
  • Enhanced learner and admin lifecycle communications and in-app support workflows.
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  Clutter

  Product Manager

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Supply Chain:
  • Leveraged insights to drive >99% reduction in missing items and helped reduce our missing claim payouts per item returned by ~90%.
  • Defined roadmap, set priorities, and drafted specs and designs for the team of 3 engineers
  • shipped projects that reduced our rate of damaged items by >50% and a reduction in damage claim payouts per item returned by ~55%. Released tooling to improve performance management that continue to be leveraged across the entire business.
  • Growth
  • Measured viability and incrementality of new product offerings
  • Led projects to improve our online funnel and overall CRM strategy in order to reduce customer acquisition and operating costs to drive sustainable growth while improving payback period to increase TAM
  • Ran A/B tests in collaboration with sales team across our online funnel and our phone and email outreach
  • Automation
  • Built various python scripts to help simplify manual processes i.e. reduced time needed to build CSVs to generate location data for our Warehouses; pulled iOS Analytics events from a 3rd party tool and ingested daily into Snowflake via Airflow
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  Uber

  Lead Product Analyst

  Mar 2017 - Sep 2019

  • Provided insights and helped drive product strategy as lead product analyst on several Eats product teams across SF and NY including Eater Delivery Experience, Marketplace Intelligence, Menus, Restaurant Acquisition, Restaurant Delivery Integrations and Restaurant Marketing Tech
  • As one of the founding members of the Eats Product Analytics team, helped onboard and mentor new product analysts across the Eats org and assisted in defining interaction models and competencies for the team. Served as a lead for the restaurant product analytics team.
  • Led coordination between multiple engineering teams to fix and upgrade a real-time internal dashboard for Eats used by RGMs and executives across the world to monitor the health of the business. Learned Javascript and AQL to build many of the updates due to lack of engineering resources.
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  Stanford Health Care

  Reporting Analyst II

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Optimized existing report queries and materialized views to reduce overall report run times and unnecessary load on database
  • Developed reporting solutions in collaboration with revenue cycle team to help reduce denials, increase copay collections and track opportunities to optimize collection rate from patients and payers
  • Mentored new analysts and consultants on team
  • Promoted within first 3 months
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  Cedars-Sinai

  EIS Associate Reports Specialist

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  Cedars-Sinai offers world-class specialty care from expert physicians. We're pioneering research and education while setting new standards for patient care.

  • Recognized as Employee of the Month (November 2015).
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  Combustion Associates, Inc.

  Project Coordinator

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

  CAI specializes in engineering and manufacturing of gas turbine power generation packages, auxiliary process systems and environmental solutions for the oil and gas, chemical processing, agriculture, food and beverages and other industrial and commercial facilities. It is an ASME Certified Production Facility Turn-key Solutions: Engineering, Manufacturing and Testing under one roof ! Power Generation: One of our core capabilities is the design, fabrication, testing and installation of modular, containerized gas turbine power generation systems from simple cycle to combined heat and power applications. These distributed generation systems provide reliable 24/7 power close to point of consumption, on-shore and off-shore. Auxiliary Systems: CAI also specializes in developing process systems that are utilized in power, oil and gas, and LPG industries to expedite complex core processes. These modular, high-efficiency solutions are designed for process optimization, greater productivity, stable and safe operation, and enhanced profitability. CAI has provided products and services to clients in the United States and overseas in Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Asia and South America. Awards: 2016 | 2011 Presidential “E” Star & “E” Awards for Excellence in Exporting Presented by: U.S. Department of Commerce 2009 Exporter of the Year Award for Sub-Saharan Africa Presented by: U.S. Export Import Bank 2009 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award for Technology Presented by: Cal. State University, San Bernardino, CA 2008 National Minority Person of the Year Award Presented by: U.S. Small Business Administration