ADITYA TEJA
BHIMAVARAPU
Product Manager
San Francisco, CA
Aditya Teja Bhimavarapu is a seasoned Product Manager with expertise in AI/ML and enterprise software. He holds a Master of Science in Product Management from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management. Aditya recently spearheaded Projects Yard, a platform he built solo using full-stack technologies before leading a team of three to deliver a product-market fit solution for tech professionals and recruiters. This platform, projectsyard.com, enables candidates to showcase projects in STAR format case studies, onboarding over 1,000 users. He also consulted at PNC Bank, quantifying Small Business Owner financial management pain points and identifying a $2 billion+ opportunity through AI-driven guidance.
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Smart Inventory Management System
Developed an IoT device that measures product consumption using weight sensors, automatically generating and sending reorder requests. Low power SoC. Lithium Polymer battery. Load Sensors. The device uses an IoT setup with a customizable threshold of 85% consumption.
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AI-Powered VMware Management Interface
Developed VMware Natural Language Interface (VNLI), a conversational AI interface designed to replace complex VMware management tools and enable administrators to manage VMs through natural language.AI-Powered Troubleshooting Assistant: Reduces mean time to resolution from hours to minutes.VM Provisioning using Natural Language: Simplifies VM creation for IT admins and developers.Leverages GPT-4 and fine-tuned LLMs integrated wit
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Experience
My professional journey and the amazing teams I've been part of
Product Manager Consultant
PNC Bank
Aug 2025 — Dec 2025
Led mixed-methods discovery (surveyed 90+ SBOs, interviewed 10) to quantify pain points of Small Business Owners in managing finances.
Analyzed 16 competitors & articulated a Service Void - SBOs lacked predictive advisory tools, repositioning the banking app from neat dashboards to differentiated AI-driven guidance.
Unlocked a $2 Bn + opportunity, translated insights into PRDs, service blueprints, and a prioritized backlog; aligning design, data science, & business stakeholders on scope, metrics.
Iterated quickly on customer feedback using rapid UX Prototyping on Figma and Claude Code.
Quantified pain points of Small Business Owners in managing finances.
Unlocked a $2 Bn + opportunity
Repositioning the banking app from neat dashboards to differentiated AI-driven guidance
Founder, AI Product Manager
Projects Yard
Jan 2025 — Feb 2026
Spearheaded from conception to launch, initially developing the full-stack solo before leading cross-functional team of 3 to deliver a platform with strong product-market fit serving tech professionals, recruiters.
Built platform projectsyard.com, a portfolio aggregator and project showcase tool where candidates can display projects in STAR format case studies and build entire portfolio pages in under 15 mins.
Conducted market research (100+ students, 10+ recruiters) and identified gap: Portfolios & Projects take time to create, have low discoverability. For recruiters, it’s difficult to assess skills using just resume.
Onboarded 1000+ users, 3000+ visitors and 17,000+ page views by orchestrating a multi- channel GTM strategy combining University Career Centers, Product Launch (#8/ 400+) and offline booths.
Product Hunt Top 10 of the day; 3k+ visitors, 1k+ users; strong product market fit
Onboarded 1000+ users, 3000+ visitors and 17,000+ page views
Manager, Corporate Banking
ICICI BANK
Apr 2023 — Nov 2024
Managed a portfolio valued at $650M comprising of 45 large corporations including Fortune 20 companies by effectively aligning service to client needs, resulting in annual revenue of $7M.
Led end-to-end product development of REST API-based system to automate cross-border payment reconciliation across 60+ currencies.
Collaborated with engineering to define system specifications and compliance requirements (KYC/AML), reducing processing time by 25%.
Initiated a multi-country taskforce, creating a sales funnel strategy of partnering with foreign companies before their India entry, by clearly identifying and mapping client touchpoints.
Delivered 26 C-Suite business presentations, effectively influencing strategic decisions with clear insights on portfolio growth.
Managed a portfolio valued at $650M comprising of 45 large corporations including Fortune 20 companies, resulting in annual revenue of $7M.
Reduced processing time by 25% for cross-border payment reconciliation.
Scaled to onboard 15 Fortune 500 companies (Micron, Foxconn) in year 1 growing portfolio by $190M in FY 2024.
Delivered 26 C-Suite business presentations.
Marketing Intern
GALDERMA
Apr 2022 — Jul 2022
Performed a deep-dive analysis of acne market by conducting 900 interviews and 10 focus groups resulting in crucial insights about the purchase drivers and impact of sales channel on willingness to pay.
Helped formulate positioning and communication strategy for 4 acne care products – cleansers, face wash and moisturizer based on consumer preferences based on primary & secondary research.
Launched campaign for face cleanser, wash, and moisturizer by benchmarking product to establish positioning.
Conducted 900 interviews and 10 focus groups.
Launched campaign for face cleanser, wash, and moisturizer.
Resulted market share of 2-3.5% in first year of launch.
Senior Analyst
CAPGEMINI
Oct 2020 — Oct 2021
Contributed to development of data warehouse to predict credit card default probability by using fine-tuned gradient boosting model implemented on Apache Spark improving the model accuracy by 3%.
Developed program in PySpark to streamline and semi-automate code documentation, making it more intuitive for users and saving over 1K man-hours annually per team.
Improved model accuracy by 3% for credit card default probability prediction.
Saved over 1K man-hours annually per team by automating code documentation.
Education
Where I built the foundation of my expertise
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Master of Science in Product Management
Class of 2025
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
Master of Business Administration
Class of 2023
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