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Nikil Ramanathan
Senior Product Manager, Newsela
Nikil is a data-driven Product Leader with over 5 years of professional experience building out mobile and web software applications.
During his lucrative career, he gained proven experience delivering internal and external products for both early and late stage companies, including Amazon and WeWork. Nikil’s key accomplishments include developing the first Real Estate deal management application at WeWork, launching the Delivery Service Partner program at Amazon, and building out the Product Analytics team at Prime Video. His main areas of expertise include user research, product strategy, product design, experimentation, go-to-market strategy, and user acceptance testing. He began his professional career as an Academic Tutor at GuideU. Shortly after, he attained Program and Product managerial positions at Amazon, WeWork and today Newsela, an E-Learning source for students. Outside of work, his biggest passion is education. He has completed a part-time class on Front-End Web Development, and moreover has advised, tutored, and mentored for multiple education organizations across the US. Currently, Nikil is working on a side project with regard to improving education for personal finance. He is described by his colleagues as a self-starter who is eager to learn and routinely demonstrates strong business judgment and good instincts. Nikil is an inspirational speaker who continues to develop his skills in Product and Data Analysis.
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