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    Rahul Bafna

    Rahul Bafna

    Product Manager with extensive experience in data management, audience analytics, digital advertising and machine learning algorithms.

    Product Manager New York City Carnegie Mellon Unive...
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    Experience
    Flurry
    Flurry
    Employee
    Google
    Google
    Employee
    DoubleClick
    DoubleClick
    Employee
    Drawbridge
    Drawbridge
    VP of Product Management & Partnerships 2013 - Present (almost 13 years)
    Product Management  Partnerships
    Product Management Partnerships
    San Francisco Vice President 2013 - Present (over 13 years)
    Drawbridge
    Head of product / Sr. Director, Product Management 2013 (about 1 month)
    cross-device identity and programmatic advertising solution overseeing product development product marketing and user experience teams. * Negotiated licensing terms and led... more technology integration for 50+ strategic industry partnerships and product licensing deals. Represented company at numerous industry speaking events related to identity management attribution analytics consumer privacy and more. Flurry (acquired by Yahoo!)
    Mobile Advertising
    Mobile Advertising
    Employee 2011 - 2013 (about 2 years)
    * Product lead for analytics-driven mobile ad platform, with publisher ad-serving, network mediation and programmatic demand-side platform capabilities. * Established and... more grew Flurry's New York office across product, engineering & sales.
    Google  DoubleClick
    Google DoubleClick
    Lead Product Manager 2011 (about 1 month)
    Display Advertising
    Display Advertising
    Employee 2010 - 2011 (about 1 year)
    EMEA * Product development lead for new AdSense publisher network product, introducing major improvements in functionality, usability and speed. * Managed EMEA market product... more development for various display advertising products, including DoubleClick, Teracent, & Invite Media.
    Senior Product Manager, DoubleClick Ad Exchange 2006 - 2010 (about 4 years)
    * Developed product vision for global auction-based online ad marketplace, including industry-first implementation of real-time bidding. * Managed engineering development... more on Google & DoubleClick technology platforms, with multiple teams across 4 countries. DealerTrack New York
    Sales Solutions
    Sales Solutions
    Senior Product Manager 2004 - 2006 (about 2 years)
    * Managed development, launch and sales of company's fastest selling product and developed industry first real-time auction platform for customer leads. * Negotiated licensing... more terms with several automotive data partners.
    Goodyear
    Goodyear
    Marketing Manager 2004 (about 1 month)
    Dunlop Tires
    Dunlop Tires
    Employee 2002 - 2004 (about 2 years)
    * Managed annual marketing plans and revenue forecasts for $300mm tire brand with 600+ SKUs and global production facilities. * Implemented pricing & supply chain optimizations... more driving $10mm in annual profit.
    FordDirect
    FordDirect
    Various Engineering 2000 - 2002 (about 2 years)
    Marketing  Planning
    Marketing Planning
    Vehicle Integration Engineer: benchmarking and evaluation of vehicle dynamics 2000 (about 1 month)
    NVH and craftsmanship of Lincoln LS. Led vehicle through factory production and marketing/press launches. * Marketing Analyst: proposed pricing and standard feature content... more for 1999 Mustang. * Business Analyst: evaluated financial & manufacturing feasibility of future vehicles. * Launch Engineer: responsible for production of door assembly on 1997 F-series truck.
    Employee 1996 - 2000 (about 4 years)
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    DoubleClick, Google, Flurry, Drawbridge, FordDirect, Marketing Planning, Dunlop Tires, Goodyear, Sales Solutions, Display Advertising, Google DoubleClick, Mobile Advertising, Product Management Partnerships
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    About
    Achievements

    I’ve progressed in my career developing products using a range of technologies for use in both online and mobile environments, across a variety of applications - probabilistic models based on big-data algorithms, large-scale data analytics and programmatic advertising. I also have prior experience in the automotive industry, both in engineering and business roles. Having worked at both large companies and small startups, I enjoy wearing many hats - at Drawbridge, I oversaw Product Development, User Experience, Product Marketing and Strategic Partnerships. I truly thrive in an environment where no two work days are the same, juggling multiple projects and priorities, and thinking deeply about solutions to complex problems.

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    Skills
    Advertising Automotive Benchmarking Business Analysis Business Analyst Data Management Engineering Integrity Licensing Management Manufacturing Marketing Management Microsoft Exchange Planning Pricing Product Development Product Management Product Marketing Supply Chain Management
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