Product Execution & Strategy
Product Leader  ·  AI Strategist  ·  Available for Advisory

Aniket
Malvankar

Product leader with 15+ years building AI, software, and hardware products that reach commercial scale. I set the strategy, build the team, ship the product, and own the number.

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$150M+
Acquisitions led
15+
Years in product
$5M+
P&L managed
50+
Team members led
Selected Impact

Products that changed industries

From seed-stage startups to Fortune 500 — strategy built into product, revenue built into outcomes.

IoT / Smart Spaces
Daintree Networks → Current by GE
Led product from first commercial pilot to enterprise scale
$100M
Acquisition by GE · Oct 2010 – Jan 2017
  • Core member expanding Daintree from lighting into full IoT verticals
  • Deployed across large-scale enterprise environments — Fortune 500 smart buildings and campuses
  • Drove multi-million dollar ARR and set the strategy that led to acquisition
AI Camera · SaaS
Vantiva — Peek Platform
AI-powered security camera platform from concept to commercial pilot
50%+
YoY Revenue Growth · Sr. Director of Product
  • Zero to commercial pilot in 10 months — computer vision, ML pricing, automated alerts
  • Built AI pipeline: interpretation, knowledge base reasoning, human-in-the-loop review
  • Managed $5M+ P&L and scaled product org of 50+ across engineering, design, ops
Product Consulting
TopTal / Independent
Product strategy & executive consulting across industries
15+
Startups Advised · Cyber to Biopharma to AI
  • Worked across cyber, biopharma, IoT, AI, and hardware — seed to Series C
  • Grew several products from zero to one: roadmap, team, GTM, and revenue
  • Led and helped build product teams — hiring, structuring, coaching PMs
Expertise

15+ years across the full product stack

From hardware and IoT to enterprise SaaS, AI/ML systems, and executive consulting — I've built at every layer.

15+ years
Software / SaaS35%
AI & Machine Learning30%
Strategy & GTM20%
Hardware / IoT15%
GE / Current Vantiva Bank of America TopTal Network
Credentials

Built to build

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Entrepreneurship — Stanford University
PhD — Florida State University  ·  Published research in IEEE
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Top 3% on TopTal
Vetted product and AI strategy advisor — fractional and advisory engagements
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Product School Instructor
Teaching PM principles and AI product strategy to a global community
Services

Strategy, execution, and AI depth — in one person

I don't just advise — I build. From roadmap to revenue, at every layer of the product stack.

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AI Product Strategy
Turning LLM, computer vision, and agentic capabilities into products customers actually pay for.
  • AI roadmap & prioritization
  • LLM / RAG / agentic system design
  • ML evaluation & A/B frameworks
  • Build vs. buy decisions
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0-to-1 Product Building
From zero to commercial scale with P&L accountability — and three exits to show for it.
  • Customer discovery & validation
  • Pricing, packaging, GTM motion
  • Hiring and building product teams
  • Engineering partnership & delivery
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Fractional CPO / Advisory
Senior product leadership for B2B SaaS companies that need executive thinking without a full-time hire.
  • Fractional Head of Product / CPO
  • AI adoption & digital transformation
  • M&A product due diligence
  • Product org design & coaching
Explore

Everything on this site

Strategy teardowns, side projects, career history, books, and weekly discoveries.

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Articles
Writing on AI, product & GTM
Practical thinking from someone who's shipped it — AI strategy, roadmapping, and building for customer impact.
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Product Work
Deep-dive case studies
GE $100M exit, Vantiva 50%+ YoY growth — the strategy, decisions, and what happened next.
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Vibe Coding
Side projects & experiments
Apps built at the speed of thought — IKIGAI Job Finder, Oogway AI, CPQ assistant prototype.
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Books
Reading list with real takes
No affiliate links. Books I've actually read — with notes on ideas that changed how I build products.
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New Things
Weekly discoveries
Tools, research, and ideas worth paying attention to — what I'm finding interesting each week in AI and product.
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Experience
Full career history
15+ years of product leadership — every role, every company, and the decisions that defined each chapter.
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Speaking & Thought Leadership

Sharing what I've learned building AI at scale

Teaching, speaking, and advising the next generation of product builders.

Product School

Product Leader & Instructor

Teaching PM principles, AI product strategy, and 0-to-1 building to a global community of product managers.

TopTal

Expert Network Member — Top 3%

Vetted product and AI strategy advisor working with top-tier companies on fractional and advisory engagements.

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Ready to build something that delights customers?

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