Rewant Prakash
Innovation Lead | Product & Finance Systems
Experience
Innovation Lead | Product & Finance Systems
Independent Product Management
- Led end-to-end design of a centralized financial and operational data system for a K-12 institution serving 2500+ students
- Designed a financial data model tracking ₹10–15+ crore in annual fee flows across due, received, and pending states
- Defined leadership KPIs including collection percentage, ARPU by class, YoY deltas, and pending exposure to support governance and scenario-based planning
- Reduced manual reconciliation and reporting effort by ~40–50% through automation, standardized metrics, and repeatable workflows
- Enabled leadership to move from retrospective monthly reviews to near real-time visibility, forward projections, and budget planning
Senior Product Manager / Product Strategy & Growth
Independent Product Management
- Owned product strategy and delivery for a mobile-first healthtech platform supporting complex, multi-stakeholder caregiver workflows under high edge-case and reliability requirements
- Shaped Release 1 by translating vision and design into 10 core epics and 40+ Jira issues, owning dependencies, acceptance criteria, and healthcare-grade error handling
- Defined primary vs secondary caregiver role architecture, influencing onboarding, permissions, task assignment, and collaboration
- Designed context-aware onboarding and engagement flows, embedding growth and retention mechanics through nudges, squad collaboration, and habit-forming features
- Partnered closely with founders and engineering over a 10-month engagement, supporting grant-based fundraising and contributing to Version 2 roadmap and growth planning
Senior Product Manager, Senior Consultant
Deloitte Digital
- Owned product strategy and roadmap for a flagship smart-restaurant platform within Deloitte Digital’s Edge AI portfolio, deployed across 10,000+ restaurant locations globally
- Served as the primary product counterpart to client product and engineering leadership, translating platform vision into quarterly roadmaps and shipped outcomes
- Led cross-functional execution across a 30+ member global team spanning product, design, IoT, DevOps, GitOps, frontend, QA, and services on a $7M+ annual engagement
- Drove 0→1 platform capabilities and global scale-out, shipping features across cloud and edge components to reduce operational complexity and accelerate deployments
- Designed the end-to-end computer vision enablement blueprint for restaurant operations, connecting CV use cases (order accuracy, drive-thru flow) to the platform capabilities needed for reliable edge rollout and measurement
- Supported platform acquisition diligence through roadmap reviews, technical deep dives, security assessments, and source-code transition, helping prioritize ~500 security and code findings
- Led platform ideation and visioning workshops across IoT, ESG, and operational analytics, producing sales-ready prototypes with AWS, IBM, and GCP partners
- Applied product craft beyond delivery by shaping platform abstractions, internal tooling, and developer workflows to improve operability and long-term maintainability
- Secured $3M+ in annual AI-related work orders; 5x firm awards for client impact
Co-Founder
Waste Collaborative
- Co-founded a data-driven social enterprise focused on reducing landfill waste through information-first behavioral and technical interventions
- Led a COVID-19 waste-pattern research study, analyzing 1,000+ data points across 50 participants nationwide to understand shifts in consumption and disposal behavior
- Spearheaded early development of a computer-vision–based platform to help consumers assess waste impact and make informed online purchase decisions
- Partnered with the School of Active Citizenship to mentor high-school students across policy labs, applying UN-SDG frameworks to real-world sustainability challenges
Product Design Lead
Vihara Innovation Network
Project: Couple Engage – A Family Planning Project in partnership with ICRW and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Led product design and development for digital interventions across mediums to engage men as partners in Family Planning
- Structured human-centered research and led internal and partner teams analysis of findings and insight development (COVID study)
Project: Game of Choice, not Chance – A Direct-to-Consumer Serious Game platform in partnership with USAID
- Led development of data collection and management tools for research on game design
- Designed user-experience and in-game features for young adolescent males aged 15-19 from rural and peri-urban region
Product Manager, Emerging Technology
Charoen Pokphand Group (C.P Group)
- Led emerging-technology product initiatives (MR, VR, AI, IoT) across New Retail, B2B, and B2C use cases for CP Group China, Thailand
- Built a mixed-reality data visualization platform for the CP Foods War Room, enabling leadership to analyze real-time sales, operational, and customer analytics
- Implemented a VR-based retail planogram solution across 30 Lotus Supermarkets, supporting floor planning, shelf optimization, and assortment decisions
- Established an Emerging Media Lab and led a 5-member team, working directly with and advising the CTO (Greater China) on industry 4.0 transformation, innovation, and customer experience strategy
Summary
I bring a unique blend of product innovation, financial systems expertise, and data-driven strategy, honed over diverse industries from education and healthcare to restaurant and emerging technology. I have successfully designed centralized financial systems, defined key performance indicators, and automated processes that significantly improve operational efficiency.
I enjoy leading cross-functional teams and crafting solutions that allow companies to shift from retrospective reviews to agile, real-time decision-making. My experience spans complex ecosystems, ensuring that products are not only innovative but also practical and user-focused.
Skills
- Product Management
- Strategy Consulting
- Rapid Prototyping
- Design Research
- Data-informed Decision Making
- Product & Design Tools: Figma, Miro, Jira, Confluence, Unity, Rhino, Product Analytics & Dashboards
- Technology & Platforms: Cloud & Edge Platforms, Iot Systems, Data Pipelines & Dashboards, Ai-enabled Product, Security & Compliance
- Technical Foundations: Processing, Python, Javascript, Systems & Architecture Collaboration
- Hardware: Microsoft Hololens, Htc Vive, 3d Printer, Laser Cutter
Languages
Education
New York University, Shanghai and New York City
Bachelor of Engineering & Bachelor of Science, Interactive Media (Human Centered Design + Human Computer Interaction) · Interactive Media · China, United States
Humboldt University
Semester-abroad · Berlin, Germany
Certifications & licenses
GrowthX Growth Immersion Program, Data-led Growth Program
GrowthX
Mentor of Change
Atal Innovation Mission
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