Shriram Bhandari

Product Manager

bandu007@gmail.com7032912375

Summary

Technical PM with 12+ years bridging deep network engineering and product strategy. Rare dual fluency in Cisco/Juniper infrastructure and Agile product delivery — enabling translation of complex engineering constraints into customer-centric product decisions without losing precision on either side. Additionally completed MERN full stack development training and built personal projects using MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js.

Experience 15 yrs 2 mos

Mafoi Strategic Consultancy, Bangalore
Product Manager1st August 2025 - Present (1 yr 3 mos)
  • Conducted customer interviews to identify key business requirements and market opportunities, improving requirement clarity by 30%
  • Drove Agile (Scrum/Kanban) execution to enable feature delivery, improving sprint predictability and on-time delivery by 30%
  • Authored PRDs and user stories, reducing requirement ambiguities and lowering development rework by 35%
  • Eliminated delivery bottlenecks through structured cadence calls, improving sprint velocity by 20% and backlog readiness by 30%
  • Strengthened product adoption through customer engagement and GTM collaboration, contributing to a 25% increase in user onboarding
  • Defined and tracked key KPIs, leveraging data insights to prioritize features and improve adoption rates by 30%

Skills: Product Management, Product Strategy & Roadmap, Agile / Scrum, Sprint & Milestone Planning, Product Lifecycle Management, Feature Prioritization, User Story Writing, PRD / Product Documentation, Stakeholder Management, User Research Customer Interviews, Competitive Analysis, Market Research, User Journey Mapping, Product-Market Fit, Customer Feedback Analysis

Tech Mahindra, Hyderabad
Senior Product ManagerNov 2014 - Aug 2024 (9 yrs 10 mos)
  • Executed call flow analysis to resolve recurring one-way audio issues in VoIP systems via QoS prioritization and BGP route optimization, achieving a 90–100% reduction in repeat incidents
  • Transformed network-level failures (RTP drops, routing inefficiencies) into actionable product improvements through engineering collaboration
  • Diagnosed time-sensitive IP phone outages through DHCP lease policy assessment, eliminating 100% of peak-hour disruptions
  • Established scalable configuration standards (QoS, DHCP, firewall rules), reducing support ticket volume by ~90%
  • Led cross-functional collaboration to resolve high-impact customer pain points, improving SLA performance using Wireshark
  • Drove insights from incident and user-impact data to inform proactive service design, achieving an 80%+ reduction in recurring incidents
  • Organized ideation workshops that strengthened team collaboration, reducing coordination-related mishaps by 50%
  • Matched team members' strengths to suitable tasks, increasing engagement by 25% and productivity by 20%
  • Optimized routing, QoS, and DHCP policies based on real-world usage patterns, reducing service disruptions by 25%
  • Fostered an inclusive, feedback-driven team culture, increasing engagement by 17% and ownership by 22%
HCL, Noida
Associate Product ManagerOct 2012 - Jul 2014 (1 yr 10 mos)
  • Assessed CPU utilization and fine-tuned protocols via log analysis with Cisco RTMT, accelerating VOIP product speed by 20%
  • Engineered VOIP product improvements that drove a 30% reduction in customer support needs
  • Reduced product functionality impediments by 50% by adjusting SIP trunk settings on the Cisco Call Manager
  • Validated SIP trunk functionality against a 75% reliability requirement, elevating customer satisfaction
IPsoft, Bangalore
IPT EngineerJul 2010 - Sept 2012 (2 yrs 3 mos)
  • Interpreted user stories and implemented engineering solutions incorporating SNMP monitoring, increasing user satisfaction by 25%
  • Streamlined product integration and resolved interoperability issues using Cisco Call Manager, cutting delivery time by 50%

Education

CMRIT, B.Tech, Electrical and Electronics
2004 - 2008

Bangalore, Grade: 7.4

Duke University, MBA, Product Management
2023 - 2024

USA, Grade: 8.6

Skills

MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, REST APIs

Certifications

  • PMP, PMI, 16 June 2022 credly.com/badges/b5af6491-2db6-48d3-b72a-44c5467a308e

Languages

  • English, Professional
  • Hindi, Fluent
  • Telugu, Native
  • Kannada, Conversational