Rewant Prakash

Innovation Lead | Product & Finance Systems

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India

Experience

Sep 2024 - Present
1 year 5 months
India

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
Sep 2024 - Jul 2025
11 months
India

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
Dec 2020 - Aug 2024
3 years 9 months
Bengaluru, India

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
Apr 2020 - Dec 2020
9 months
New Delhi, India

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
Mar 2020 - Nov 2020
9 months
New Delhi, India

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
Oct 2017 - May 2019
1 year 8 months
Shanghai, China

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

English
Advanced
Hindi
Advanced
Chinese
Advanced
German
Elementary

Education

Oct 2013 - Jun 2017

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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