Product Manager · Bengaluru, India

Kumar Anku

AI/ML  ·  Telematics, TMS & IoT  ·  Fleet, Logistics, Travel & Supply Chain

Product Manager and former startup Co-founder/CTO with 11 years scaling B2B SaaS, telematics, and supply-chain platforms serving 250K+ daily active users across North America and Europe.

Zero-to-One AI Recommendation Systems P&L Ownership Explainable AI GTM Strategy
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Years of experience
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Daily active users
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ARR portfolio (₹100 Cr)
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Operational efficiency gain
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Global logistics providers
01 — About

Deep technical architecture meets P&L-minded commercial acumen

Product owner for a combined ~$12M (₹100 Crore) ARR portfolio — Sylectus (cloud TMS and collaborative load board) and the Enterprise Services Intelligent Vehicle Gateway (ES-IVG) telematics/ELD platform — and architect of an AI dispatch recommendation engine.

I pair a 0-to-1 execution mindset with commercial rigour to drive double-digit revenue growth, faster release velocity, and up to 70% gains in operational efficiency, while leading cross-functional squads of engineers, designers, and data scientists.

02 — Experience

A track record across telematics, supply chain & travel tech

Product Manager — AI, Telematics & Fleet

Aug 2022 — Present

Solera / Omnitracs · Sylectus TMS & Enterprise-IVG · Bengaluru

  • Own end-to-end product strategy, roadmap, and P&L for a combined ~$12M ARR portfolio — Sylectus (web & mobile TMS and load board) and ES-IVG, an in-cab ELD/telematics device — for 250K+ daily active users across North America & Europe.
  • Scaled an AI dispatch recommendation engine on a production filter–score–rank pipeline, scoring driver/carrier options across 7 weighted business metrics for explainable load assignment that lifted on-time delivery and protected margins.
  • Grew adoption across 5,000+ global logistics providers via the Solera Fleet Platform migration; cut dispatcher/driver support tickets 40% post-launch.
  • Improved compliance rates 35% across a 1,500+ fleet, 150K+ daily-device footprint under strict ELD/HOS mandates.

Technical Product Manager — Supply Chain Planning & Automation

Feb 2021 — Aug 2022

ketteQ · Remote, India

  • Drove a 15% performance uplift across 20+ features on an AI-driven supply-chain platform, reducing customers' excess & obsolete (E&O) SKUs.
  • Reduced release timelines 30% by re-architecting for multi- and cross-platform optimization and establishing the end-to-end release process.
  • Built a dedicated Product Support framework as an IC — a 70% increase in operational efficiency and 40% cost reduction.

Co-founder & CTO

Jan 2020 — Jan 2021

Yespainter.com · Bengaluru

  • Contributed to a 45% revenue increase, guiding content & SEO to 125% organic traffic growth and 50% growth in web-originated leads.
  • Lifted Add-to-Cart rates 12% and product-page views 30% with a story-based mobile content feature.
  • Built and led an engineering team of 7 from 0-to-1, owning architecture, product direction, and go-to-market.

Senior Business / Data Analyst — Management Consulting

Aug 2019 — Jan 2020

Analytics Quotient (now Kantar) · Bengaluru

  • Slashed manual reporting cycles 40% and steered 15% of client strategic planning via scalable, high-performance data models.
  • Built complex Alteryx ETL workflows for multi-source extraction feeding downstream analytics & ML.

Business Analyst & Software Engineer — Travel & Hospitality

Jan 2016 — Jun 2019

Amadeus Labs Pvt. Ltd. · Bengaluru

  • SME for the Altea Inventory & Departure Control System, an enterprise SaaS suite used by global airlines & travel agencies.
  • Architected integration of flight schedules, seat maps & booking classes into the Altea Suite via high-availability APIs — processing millions of transactions daily with zero downtime across Amadeus GDS.
03 — Skills & Competencies

What I bring to the table

🚀 Product Strategy & Delivery

Zero-to-One LaunchProduct Lifecycle (PLM) PRDs & EpicsRoadmap PrioritizationScalable Architecture

📈 Business & Growth

GTM StrategyMonetization & Pricing CAC OptimizationLTVP&L Ownership

📊 Data & Analytics

User SegmentationFunnel AnalysisCohort Retention SQLAmplitude / MixpanelA/B Testing

👥 Leadership

Cross-functional LeadershipExecutive Communication Mentoring PMsVendor Management

🤖 AI / ML & Data

Recommendation SystemsExplainable AIPredictive Analytics LLM / GenAIAgentic WorkflowsPrompt Engineering ML LifecycleDemand Forecasting

💻 Engineering

PythonC++JavaJavaScriptSQL ETL & DatabasesAlteryxAPI IntegrationsCloud Platforms

Domain expertise

Telematics & IoTTransportation Management (TMS) Collaborative Load BoardsSupply Chain Planning ELD / HOS ComplianceAPI & Systems Integration GDS & Travel TechData Engineering & ETL
04 — Education

Foundations

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B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal · 2011 — 2015