Resume

Kavir Kaycee Applied AI Lead | Product Manager | Writer | Startup Advisor

Bombay, India

kavir@hey.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | GitHub

Summary

Product person with 11+ years of experience across B2B and B2C in auto, fintech, AI, collaboration tools, and media. Currently building AI-powered solutions at Table22. Previously led product at CarDekho and Hashnode. Ex-founder. ISB and On Deck alum.

Experience

Applied AI Lead — Table22

Table22 helps restaurants, wine shops, and specialty F&B retailers build subscription programs and grow revenue. Backed by Lightspeed Ventures and Forerunner Ventures. Working with hundreds of independent brands across the US.

Senior Product Manager — Hashnode

Accel-funded blogging platform with 3M+ MAUs.

• Defined the comprehensive product roadmap for 2023, aligning with business goals and collaborating with founders, engineering leads, designers, and marketing
• Led product for an 80% increase in new sign-up growth rate
• Achieved a 52% increase in retention of monthly active registered users
• Launched enhanced personalized feed, Discussions, and Following feed features

Co-Founder & Head of Product — Quantum Careers (2017-2019)

HR-tech startup focused on building products in the careers space.

Founding Product Manager -- Bord.com (2020-2022)

Remote whiteboarding tool for management consultants.

• Built MVP with templates, auto shapes, and presentation markup
• Early users from McKinsey, Bain, and BCG
• Conducted user research yielding 800+ data points

Senior Product Manager -- Emtropy Labs (2019-2020)

Early-stage ML startup for customer service quality.

• Built QA automation analyzing 30K monthly support tickets; 15% quality increase
• Generated $400K cost savings for client Whoop
• Created feedback/recognition products used by 400+ employees

Program Director -- The Product Folks (2021-2023)

4-week no-code cohort program for non-technical people.

• Launched first paid cohort-based course
• Ran 3 cohorts selecting 100 applicants from 1,080+
• Participants from 5 continents -- companies like Polygon, UNICEF, AngelList, Bumble

Senior Product Manager — CarDekho (2015-2017)

Sequoia Capital and CapitalG funded company -- India's leading auto portal, valued at $700M+.

• Facilitated 3,000+ used car loans valued at $12M by building a platform across mobile (Android + iOS) and web -- now operating at $1B+ annual disbursals
• Reduced loan application processing time by 60% through an innovative camera UI for document capture
• Led a cross-functional team of 7 Engineering, 2 QA, 2 Design, 1 Junior PM, 50+ Sales and Operations in 5 cities

Software Engineering Analyst -- Accenture (2010-2014)

Started my career in software engineering at Accenture, Mumbai.

Side Projects & Impact

• COVID-19 Relief App -- Built a no-code app in 2 days with 200+ volunteers that helped 150K people access life-saving resources; donation website visited by 3M users, raised $500K
• The Discourse -- Newsletter on product and AI with 5,000+ subscribers
• No-Code Shots -- Newsletter on no-code with 2,000+ subscribers
• Templates & Products -- 4,500+ sales on Gumroad; 1,500+ users of PM, productivity, and design templates
• Audience -- 10,000+ across Twitter, LinkedIn, newsletter, and email lists
• Custom GPTs -- Product Manager GPT, No-Code News GPT, UX Copywriting GPT, Tweet Optimizer
• Published in Product Craft and Mind The Product

Advisory

• Startup advisor at 3 startups
• Program director of The Product Folks No-Code cohort program -- learners from 5 continents, companies including Polygon, UNICEF, AngelList, Bumble, Cornell University, and Duke University

Education

Indian School of Business (ISB) — 2014-2015

Post Graduate Program in Management (MBA equivalent), Marketing & Strategy

• Finalist of 2 Global Case Competitions -- IESE Barcelona (Impact Investing) and CEIBS Shanghai (INNOVATE China)

University of Mumbai — 2006-2010

Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology

Product Consulting (2024 -- Present)

Advising early-stage startups on product and growth. Building AI-powered applications including resume writing platform, sales enablement tools, and mental health bot.

Skills

Product Management, AI/ML Product Development, Growth Strategy, No-Code Development, Content Strategy, User Research, Cross-functional Leadership, B2B SaaS, B2C Platforms, Fintech

Tools

Product Management and Design: Notion, Figma, Linear, Amplitude, Intercom, JIRA, Miro, Mixpanel, Segment, Userbrain

No-Code: Glide, Zapier, Webflow, Carrd, Softr, Bubble, Make

For a detailed view of my work, see Proof of Work. For my writing, see Writing Portfolio.