Hi there, I’m
Sudeep!
Product Strategy
User-Centered Design
Roadmap & Vision
Building Dream Teams
Customer Obsession
Privacy, Security, Trust
Execution Excellence
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Work Experience 😎
Work Experience
Work Experience 😎
Work Experience
2012 - 2019 | 2022 - Present
Worked at Google for over 11 years across Google Ads , Trust and Safety, Google Payments, Google Maps & Local Search and recently in Android Wear OS & Pixel Watch teams.
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At
Android Wear OS
- Shaped the Wear OS vision, delivering smarter, seamless wearables for millions of users.
- Transformed device setup into a breeze, boosting adoption and satisfaction.
- Delivered power-efficient innovations by uniting hardware, software, and platform teams.
Google Maps & Local Search
- Made Google Maps a go-to discovery hub with engaging new features.
- Improved local search and content visibility, keeping hundreds of millions of users engaged.
- Partnered across teams to unlock growth and scale revenue impact.
Payments Infrastructure
- Secured billions in transactions with user privacy and compliance at the forefront.
- Enhanced tools and workflows to improve speed and efficiency across the board.
- Built scalable, secure systems to handle payments at Google scale.
Trust and Safety
- Built smarter recovery flows and security systems, safeguarding billions of accounts.
- Deployed ML-powered solutions to tackle abuse faster and more effectively.
- Made Google services safer and more trustworthy, protecting users worldwide.
Ads Quality
- Revamped ad reviews with automation magic, making the process faster and better.
- Improved ad quality and review efficiency, balancing advertiser goals and user trust.
- Helped ensure only great ads reach users, reducing costs and boosting satisfaction.
Seamless. Connected. Powerful.
Wear OS
Explore. Discover. Connect. Locally.
Maps & Search
User Trust & Safety
Google Accounts
Zero Bad Ads
Google Ads
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Startup work 💪
Startup work
Startup work 😅
Startup work
August 2019 - May 2022
With the goal to learn, build and launch products rapidly that could one day serve billions of users, started Milkie Way. It's an umbrella company inspired by Alphabet Inc. structure.
2019
- Founded Milkie Way, Inc.
- Made youtube videos in Python
- Experimented with Snapchat APIs
- Started working on consumer product called "Announce"
- Published milkieway.com
2020
- Built dream product team (all remote)
- Built Announce V1 (MVP). Afer two months, scrapped entire code (Why?)
- Re-built and launched Announce (V2) on Web (Mobile and Desktop), Android and iOS. Highly secure, scalable and cost efficient.
- Built and launched Point Address on Web, Android and iOS
- Studied Machine Learning, and deployed some models for internal use
- Built MAIA: an API infrastructure where ML models could be served on pay per call
- Exposed Point Address APIs through Maia framework
2021
- Made several iterations on Announce which led to MAUs upto 135K with zero marketing budget.
- Wrote a number of blogs ([1], [2], [3]), and made several product videos from scratch. ([1], [2], [3]). Also a lot of SEO.
- Built and launched YRL (getyrl.com) in the summer. YRL is a marketing platform where businesses can partner with Content Creators. Feature wise, it's a combination of Adwords, Adsense and Analytics.
- Did sales, marketing and found first paying customers for YRL.
- Studied all things film making and video editing.
2022
- Got ready to get back to the corporate world.
- Published sudcha.com.
- Joined Google again.
Skill set 🤓
Skill set
Skill set 💪
Skill set
Skill set 🧐
Product management
Deeply passionate about buiding scalable products that wow users at every stage of
interaction.
Although difficult to quantify, critical long term thinking, problem solving, building alignment and rapid execution would be my top PM skills.
Although difficult to quantify, critical long term thinking, problem solving, building alignment and rapid execution would be my top PM skills.
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Managing the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and launch to scaling and optimization
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Scaling products across consumer, enterprise, and platform domains (0→1)
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Leading cross organizational alignment across consumer, enterprise, and platform teams on Software and Hardware
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Delivering exceptional user experiences, using data and user feedback to drive product enhancements.
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Leading cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, design, data science, and business stakeholders.
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Driving product and revenue growth through innovative features and strategic product initiatives.
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Communicating complex product strategies and vision to executives, teams, and stakeholders.
Vision & Strategy
Proven ability to define and execute long-term product roadmaps, driving cross-organizational alignment
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Expertise in leading and mentoring high-performing product teams, including product managers, engineers, and designers
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Successfully managed large-scale, multi-year product strategies, balancing short-term deliverables with long-term innovation
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Demonstrated leadership in securing buy-in from senior stakeholders and aligning diverse teams around a shared vision
User Focus
Identifying customer pain points and creating impactful features that improve user satisfaction
and retention
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Driving innovations that enhance user journeys and engagement across multiple platforms
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Delivering exceptional user experiences through data-driven decision-making & iterative product improvements
xFN Management
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Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, design, and business stakeholders
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Managing competing priorities and drive alignment across diverse teams to achieve product goals
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Exec buy-ins and alignment
Execution
Expertise in launching complex products and features with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes (e.g.,
increasing user engagement or reducing churn)
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Ability to scale products across multiple platforms (e.g., consumer, enterprise, and wearables), ensuring a seamless user experience
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Hardware - Software Integration: Experience in delivering cross-device solutions for wearables and other technologies
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Strong track record in executing on time and within budget, while consistently hitting product milestones and KPIs
Publications 🧐
Publications
Publications 🧐
Publications
Some of my publications and mentions of the features I've worked on.
Patents and Defensive Publications
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[US12143457B1] Usage Based Network Connection Management: ensuring wearables last longer per charge
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[Patent Pending] Resumable Wearable Device Setup Using Dynamic Segments: enabling error proof multi-device setups
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[D-Pub] Batching of Communications Between a Phone and a Wearable Device: ensuring power efficient connectivity
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[D-Pub] Dynamic, Context-Aware Personalized User Experiences: powering user delight moments with Wearables
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BLOGPOSTS
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RANDOM FUN FACTS 😅
RANDOM FUN FACTS
RANDOM FUN FACTS
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Right after this video was shot, my team crashed sledging on a gnarly turn around. I was air borne.
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I once made thousands of Youtube videos using Python. They have since received 100k+ views.
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I once challenged myself to build a 100K page static website in under 10 days. I did it. Today it gets over 40K MAU across the world.
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I have pet more kittens than anybody you'd know 😺.
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