Summary
Akash Poddar is a product manager with eight years of experience building user-centric, data-driven products across consumer platforms and edtech, currently driving roadmap and growth for an AI-powered UX prototyping startup. He has a strong track record at Pathao and SciTech of improving conversion, retention, and operational efficiency—delivering double-digit lifts in search and order conversions while reducing manual ops and onboarding time. Comfortable with both strategy and execution, Akash designs scalable architectures for half a million+ users and leads cross-functional teams to reliably ship high-quality releases. He pairs rigorous A/B experimentation and cohort analysis with empathy-driven user research to turn analytics into actionable product changes. A former STEM educator and research assistant, he brings a rare mix of technical depth, teaching ability, and hands-on machine learning/data-analysis experience to product problems. Based in Dhaka, he’s particularly adept at simplifying complex workflows and building monetization models that improve relevance without degrading user experience.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Science, Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Science at Notre Dame College
Bachelor of Science - BS, computer science and engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, computer science and engineering at Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)
Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Science, Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Science at St. Joseph Higher Secondary School
English, Bengali