Ajay Merchia is a Group Product Manager based in Cupertino with eight years of cross-functional experience building and scaling consumer and enterprise products at Moveworks and multiple Bay Area startups. Trained in both Business (Haas) and Computer Science at UC Berkeley, he blends technical fluency with GTM strategy—co-founding two startups that generated real revenue and grants, and leading API and multi-platform launches that doubled user engagement. His background includes data-driven pricing and ML-driven demand generation work that cut costs and accelerated sales cycles, plus hands-on product leadership in AGILE teams delivering hundreds of features. Unusually, he pairs product leadership with real estate sales experience, having closed over $5M in transactions and leveraging regression models to price homes accurately. Known for moving ideas to market, he secures funding, structures unit economics, and mentors teams to increase sprint velocity and go-to-market impact.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
Business Administration, Business Administration at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Monta Vista High School
Real Estate, Real Estate at Chamberlin Real Estate School
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