Akil Narayana
Founder & Director at The Thoughtful Travel Co
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolAkil Narayana is a pragmatic CX Product Manager with over 15 years of IT experience across banking, government and vendor environments, currently shaping customer-facing and internal Cisco products from Bengaluru. He blends strong product ownership, CBAP-level business analysis and CSM-fueled agile delivery to translate complex stakeholder needs into clear PRDs, roadmaps and prioritized backlogs. Comfortable managing project finances and leading cross-functional teams, he has delivered mobility, MaaS and Salesforce solutions while mentoring consultants through end-to-end implementations. A world traveler who has visited 60 countries, he brings a calm, culturally attuned leadership style that helps in global stakeholder engagement and user research. His background includes board-level chapter leadership at IIBA New Zealand and hands-on tooling experience with JIRA, Salesforce administration and enterprise modeling tools. Akil’s combination of international business education, practical delivery chops and a people-first approach makes him effective at turning ambiguous problems into pragmatic product outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA International Business, Master of Business Administration - MBA International Business at University of BallaratBachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Mechanical Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityChrist High SchoolPre-University - Year 1 & Year 2 Physics, Pre-University - Year 1 & Year 2 Physics at Christ University, Bangalore
Hindi, KannadaProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
akilnarayan/math3150
Mar 2018 - Apr 2021
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
akilnarayan/induced-distributions
Apr 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:2 releases, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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