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Sid Nayak

New York City, New York, United States ********@*****.*** 917-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidnayak/ SUMMARY

As an experienced Senior Product Manager with a strong background in digital product management, my objective is to leverage my skills and expertise to lead product strategy and execution, drive growth and revenue, and deliver exceptional user experiences for innovative companies at the forefront of technology.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Product Owner, Blockchain Axispoint, Inc. May 2022 - January 2023, New York, NY

• Lead product owner for blockchain-enabled GameFi project in metaverse environment, which successfully launched in December 2022.

• Manage development of user portal, NFT marketplace, land-map, and blockchain-based game world.

• Collaborate with client stakeholders to define product vision, gameplay mechanics, and token infrastructure.

• Advise on feasibility, risk, and development estimates for new feature ideas.

• Define and integrate Web3 and Web2 components of game world to align with smart contract functions and internal databases. Product Manager Celsius Network

August 2020 - April 2022, New York, NY

• Lead product strategy for internal systems and solutions serving institutional counter-parties and corporate clients.

• Create and execute a strategic roadmap for in-house system used for institutional asset deployment, loan management, reconciliation, and decision support.

• Design cryptocurrency-aligned institutional payment management and margin/reverse call functionalities and collaborate with retail app team to identify high-impact solutions to shared problems and initiatives.

• Manage and direct product team, including business analyst, data analyst, and UI/UX resources. Successfully led the team to deliver products and services on time and within budget.

Solutions Manager (Contract) Pearson

December 2017 - April 2020, Hoboken, NJ

• Ensure long-term architectural, financial, and product goals are met by collaborating with engineering leads and partner solution managers.

• Manage development and roadmap for Content Transformation microservices (XHTML/JSON/InDesign/ePUB) and integrate learning objective metadata with narrative and assessment authoring tools.

• Address gaps in authoring and student-facing player applications by developing new microservices.

• Define and prioritize requirements for digital-first narrative content authoring and assembly platform.

• Spearhead application refactor/rewrite initiative, identifying minimum viable product, and driving UI/UX ideation and proposed solutions. Senior Product Manager (Contract) OneAccess.io (acquired by Visible Alpha) June 2017 - November 2017, New York, NY

• Manage requirements for sell-side entitlements reporting/administration product that supports global client compliance with EU MiFID II regulation needs.

• Provide support to sales team; assist with client queries, enhancement requests, and product demos as well as client on-boarding and support.

Senior Product Manager (Contract) Penton Media

November 2015 - November 2016, New York, NY

• Developed product roadmap with input from stakeholders to leverage semantic enrichment for new functionalities.

• Documented editorial workflows, content strategy, and reviewed category vocabularies. Managed engagement with Penton publications to revise taxonomy datasets, accounting for content strategy, SEO, usability, and navigation.

• Designed and led a multiphase process with senior management and brand SMEs to create custom taxonomies and ontologies. Process included training, concept modeling, and final definition based on domain, industry, brand significance, and taxonomy effectiveness. Senior Business Analyst (Business Analyst II) John Wiley and Sons February 2013 - January 2015, Hoboken, NJ

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• Defined requirements for AI-driven technology solutions and process changes to support enterprise-wide adoption of knowledge models, natural language processing (NLP), taxonomy and ontology management, and semantic content enrichment.

• Developed standards to measure quality in AI-based semantic entity identification and extraction, and worked with vendor to improve extraction accuracy.

• Collaborated with senior management to implement strategies for achieving goals of “smart content” digital transformation initiative,.

• Contributed to the decommissioning strategy for legacy CMS systems and next-generation Wiley CMS platform planning, with a focus on integrating semantic technology.

Senior Product Manager Applico, Inc.

January 2012 - December 2012, New York, NY

• Led mobile product strategy, discovery, design, and development for multiple concurrent client engagements.

• Launched 10+ apps across various verticals, including LevelUp, eMarketer, PopcornFlix, and ABC, on the App Store and Google Play.

• Successfully delivered mobile applications for consumer and enterprise markets on iPhone, Windows Phone, Android, and Blackberry platforms.

Product Manager (Contract) Thomson Reuters

January 2010 - December 2011, New York, NY

• Ideated, developed, and managed next-gen Web, iPhone, iPad, and Blackberry versions of Reuters Insider video content creation, management, and distribution tool.

• Led UI/UX by preparing use cases, storyboards, and mockups and managing external design resources.

• Successfully led mobile and web-based content products from early stage prototype to beta and launch.

• Optimized real-time content transfer and delivery across multiple client enterprise networks by determining feature and implementation strategies.

Director, Product Management Praxell, Inc.

December 2008 - November 2009, New York, NY

• Defined and prioritized product release plan and roadmap and prepared detailed product requirements for new features and enhancements for the launch of US localized version of the platform. Product Manager, AVP Albridge Solutions (acquired by BNY Mellon) August 2004 - December 2008, Jersey City, NJ

• Oversaw Product Management during Albridge's strongest customer acquisition and growth phase prior to acquisition by BNY Mellon, resulting in Albridge's inclusion in Inc. 500 rankings in both 2005 and 2006.

• Collaborated with Business Development to define and document product pricing, unique selling propositions, and competitive landscape analysis.

• Presented product solutions to prospective customers in sales engagements and industry conferences.

• Managed core reporting platform and developed new product strategy for multiple products and services.

• Organized and chaired product development steering committee composed of top clients, improving product strategy focus through direct and web-based dialogue.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Bayes Business School London, United Kingdom, 2004

Bachelor of the Arts in Economics Wesleyan University Middletown, CT, 1997

COURSEWORK

Product Management University of Maryland

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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies University of California, Berkeley 2020

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INVOLVEMENT

Founder, Chair and Chief Organizer NYC Software Product Management Meetup Group January 2010 - December 2012

SKILLS

Stakeholder and User Engagement Product Management and Strategy Requirements Gathering and Prioritization Business and Data Analysis Roadmapping and Project Planning User Interface and User Experience Design Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Content Management and Transformation Natural Language Processing and Semantic Enrichment Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications Agile Methodology Vendor and Partner Management

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