Hi! I'm Swapna Malekar.

Product Whisperer. I love creating products that have tangible impact in the world.
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Passionate about #Fintech #Payments #AI & all things Technology.
 

WHAT I DO

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I SPEAK

I've given numerous talks at local events & conferences, sat on various panel discussions and conducted product management workshops over the past few years. 

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I WRITE

I love writing all things technology, innovation, product management, fin-tech and the art of navigating the corporate environment. 

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I GEEK OUT

I stay abreast of what's happening in my world by reading TechCrunch, attending product and industry events/conferences and meeting diverse kinds of people for coffee chats. 

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I MENTOR

I mentor & coach new product managers and upcoming leaders in product management, leadership and self-confidence. 

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I TRAVEL

I'm a zealous traveller, loving both the chaos of the big cities as well as the serenity of a good hike in nature. 

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AI & MACHINE LEARNING

  • Recommendation & Personalization engine for a FinTech platform

  • Contextualized enterprise insights using cluster analysis

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DIGITAL IDENTITY

  • Digital identity solution to bring prospects into the banking ecosystem with a frictionless experience.

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FINANCIAL PLANNING

  • Financial Planning : Retirement and Goal based

  • Expense & Budget Management

  • Business owner planning

  • Cashflow & Networth analysis

  • Advisor-assisted and Robo-Advisor 

  • Investments & Global Asset Management

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BLOCKCHAIN

  • Hyperledger Fabric - opensource blockchain

  • Tokenization of Real Estate

  • Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

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SALESFORCE CLOUD

  • Cloud computing on Salesforce.com - PAAS, SAAS, CAAS

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DIGITAL PAYMENTS

  • Trends & Emerging solutions in digital money movement & Payments

  • Consumer payments, Open Banking, Payment modernization

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SAAS B2B Platforms

  • Data intelligence platform for B2B enterprise clients using Software as a Service & Subscription based pricing

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ECOMMERCE

  • eCommerce channels and platforms for B2B and B2C customers in the publishing industry

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FINANCIAL TRADING

  • Financial trading application for commodities, binary options, crypto, forex, indices, currencies

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Products & TECHNOLOGIES

Products I've shipped & Technologies I've worked on
 
 

Professional Experience

12+ years of product experience with large corporates, mid sized companies and startups across a wide spectrum of industries - Banking, Consulting, Financial services, eCommerce, Publishing, Public Healthcare and Machine Intelligence. Nimble and adaptable to new business models, technologies, products and processes.

Key focus areas - Data driven Product Management. Product Strategy & Launch. Analytics & Insights. Customer Success. Agile Product Operation. Business Analysis. Product Marketing. eCommerce Operations.

2017 - Present

Product Lead

Leading the innovation stream to create products and digital solutions for payments, cards & digital money movement.

2016 - 2017

Head of Product

Responsible for the overall success of the business - from business modelling, product strategy, operations, launch, product positioning to Growth Hacking, Customer Success & Analytics.

2013 - 2015

Product Manager - Ecommerce

Led the launch of Ecommerce channel for Scholastic in the European and Asia Pacific  regions.

2012 - 2013

Marketing Manager

Led the go-to market strategies and business development for financial betting/trading platform. 

2008 - 2011

Business Analyst / Product Owner

Developed and launched products in Finance, Cloud computing and Data storage industries.

 

CONTACT

ME

Get in touch with me if you want to bounce off product and tech ideas, talk about world domination or invite me for a talk or an event.

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Professionally, I write here -
Medium

SubStack

HackNoon

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