Curriculum Vitae
I have spent the past 15+ years leading products, teams, and operations across quick commerce, e-commerce, and marketplaces. I enjoy turning ideas into something real, launching from zero, scaling fast, and helping teams work better together through data, clarity, and focus.
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Professional Experience
Founder, Independent Product Manager & Full-Stack Developer
Independent • Remote
Jan 2024 – Present
Focused on building and validating independent product and business ideas, combining product strategy, full-stack engineering, and fast iteration cycles. Emphasised user-first design, rapid experimentation, and shipping real software.
Key Achievements
- •TribeApp - Privacy-First Family & Community Media Sharing Platform: Defined product vision and built MVP for secure platform enabling families and local communities to store and share media; implemented authentication and privacy features using Supabase RLS and secure storage; built responsive prototype in Next.js with real-time flows (sign-up, sharing, permissions) and positioned for future scaling
- •BabyPool - Collaborative Baby Name & Guessing Game App: Created mobile-first product for comparing, voting, and gamifying baby name guesses with family and friends; designed onboarding, invitation, and leaderboard flows to drive retention; ran multiple prototype iterations with real users, refining UX and scoring rules based on feedback
- •Technical Stack: Full-stack development using React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS; Backend & data architecture with Supabase (Postgres, Auth, Storage, Realtime), deployed via Vercel/GitHub Actions; Built features and prototypes using OpenAI APIs, integrated external APIs, and ran lightweight A/B tests to measure user demand
Entrepreneur in Residence
Antler • Germany
Jan 2023 – Dec 2024
Led end-to-end product development from ideation to functional MVP across fintech, retail, and sustainability verticals, conducting go-to-market analyses and customer discovery.
Key Achievements
- •Conducted extensive customer discovery to understand pain points, designed product mockups in Figma, and built business models evaluating market opportunity and go-to-market strategies
- •Collaborated with technical co-founders and developers to build and launch functional MVPs, securing engagement with VCs for pre-seed funding evaluation
Head of Merchant Services DE
DoorDash/Wolt • Germany
Jan 2021 – Dec 2023
American On-Demand Delivery Platform • 16,000 employees • US$ 6B revenue. Launched DoorDash's Germany operations as the first employee in the country, spearheading localisation of operations, content, and product for successful market entry.
Key Achievements
- •Strategic Leadership & Market Entry: Launched DoorDash's Germany operations as first employee, localizing operations, content, and product for successful market entry. Scaled business to >$1M ARR within three months through strategic planning, go-to-market execution, and post-launch performance analyses
- •Team Building & Leadership: Built and led a high-performing team of 50 international managers (30 employees and 150 external contractors), providing direction, mentorship, and support through rapid growth phase and merger with Wolt
- •Change Management: Led team through merger and acquisition, implementing change management initiatives while developing an execution strategies playbook that improved operational efficiencies by 20% in 4 months
Strategy & Operations Manager
Wayfair DE • Germany
Jan 2018 – Dec 2021
American e-commerce company • 16,000 employees • US$ 9B revenue. Led strategic product leadership and operations management.
Key Achievements
- •Strategic Product Leadership: Spearheaded the Customer Experience First program from inception to global rollout, using predictive analytics and machine learning models. Reduced incident rates by 15% and return rates by 30%, resulting in $40M cost reduction. Managed team of 5 analysts, including hiring, onboarding, executing strategic projects, building source of truth data tables in SQL and BigQuery, developing dashboards in Tableau, Power BI and Data Studio, and evaluating opportunities across operations, account management, and finance
- •Product & Data Systems: Engineered customer ranking using LLMs & JS, designing dimensional models supporting product discovery, category performance, and customer navigation analytics. Analysed customer navigation patterns and flows, identifying optimisation opportunities for category browsing and improving conversion performance. Developed real-time dashboards for C-level leadership, providing insights into product discoverability, merchandising performance, and operational KPIs
- •Operations & Process Excellence: Implemented Agile Project Management principles and tools (JIRA, Asana,) including program roadmaps, resource planning, workshops, project documentation, and risk assessments. Executed merchant training rollouts to 5,000+ suppliers with 100+ analysts, providing mentorship, documentation, and training workshops for usage and best practices. Developed big data and AI machine learning models for prediction, optimisation, space reduction, and demand forecasting
Pathways Operations Manager
Amazon DE • Germany
Jan 2017 – Dec 2018
American e-commerce and cloud computing company • 750,000 employees • US$ 250B revenue. Led operations leadership at the fulfillment centre.
Key Achievements
- •Operations Leadership: Managed operations at the fulfilment centre, leading a team of 100 employees, including 50 direct reports. Analysed space utilisation and capacity efficiency by 16% through data-driven process optimization
- •Process Improvement: Designed and implemented performance monitoring tools using Minitab, increasing productivity and reducing costs
- •Reporting & Analytics: Delivered daily reports to senior management, identifying obstacles and action plans
Project Manager, Telecom Payloads
OHB Systems AG • Germany
Jan 2013 – Dec 2016
European developer and manufacturer of space systems • 2,000 employees • €US800M revenue. Led project and product leadership.
Key Achievements
- •Project & Product Leadership: Oversaw spacecraft design and development for communications payloads on satellites valued at US$120M for the European Space Agency
- •Stakeholder Management: Collaborated with a multinational network of customers, subcontractors, and internal design teams; established clear baselines and managed complex project timelines
- •Risk Management: Prepared monthly design and schedule reviews for stakeholders, identifying technical challenges, forecasting schedule impacts, and highlighting risk mitigation activities
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Com Dev Intl Ltd. (Now Honeywell) • Canada/Brazil
Jan 2007 – Dec 2013
Global satellite technology and space sciences company • 1,200 employees • US$185M revenue. Led engineering leadership and product development.
Key Achievements
- •Engineering Leadership & Product Development: Managed programs valued at $50M each, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and implementing processes ensuring on-time project execution
- •Team Leadership: Supervised and mentored a team of 5 engineers, resulting in a 40% reduction in costs and a 200% improvement in team turnaround time
- •Product Innovation: Led development of next-generation spacecraft components, reducing manufacturing costs by 20% and delivery time by 15%
Education
MBA
INSEAD • Singapore/France
2017
Class of July 2017. GMAT 720 (92nd percentile). Member of Consulting Club; Technology, Media & Telecommunications Club
B. Eng, Electrical
McMaster University • Canada
2007
Awarded Dean's Honour List 2005 & 2007
High School Diploma
St. Mary's Catholic High School • Dubai, UAE
2003
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