Ganesh Subramaniam

Ganesh Subramaniam

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Founder | Product & Strategy | Fintech | Darden MBA | Serial Hobbyist
New York, United States

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  • Stealth Fintech Startup
    Founding Product Manager
    Stealth Fintech Startup
    Jan 2025 - Sep 2025 (9 months)
    Early-Stage PM | Fintech Infra | Risk & Compliance •Spearheaded development of embedded microlending infrastructure including fraud detection and risk modeling •Defined product roadmap, integrated open banking APIs, and worked with engineering to ship v1 of core product •Built internal dashboards to track loan performance, compliance, and user behavior in real time
  • GoFundMe
    Product Manager
    GoFundMe
    Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 (3 months)
    Product Management | Growth Strategy | User Experience • Led initiatives to reduce drop-offs in the fundraiser creation flow, unlocking $88M+ in projected annual donations • Implemented new draft system and improved reminder flows, driving higher publish rates and campaign success • Collaborated with design, research, and engineering teams to prioritize features based on impact-to-effort ratio • Proposed roadmap for onboarding personalization using AI and user data to boost engagement and conversion
  • Standard Chartered Bank
    Product Manager, Business Analytics
    Standard Chartered Bank
    Aug 2020 - May 2023 (2 years 10 months)
    Process Automation | Vendor Strategy | Security Systems • Led UX redesign of internal financial tool, improving search speeds by 7x; solution was adopted as the new department standard • Managed a 20-member global team to implement RPA across 600+ daily financial reports, cutting manual processing time from 10 hours to 20 minutes and saving $1M+ annually • Renegotiated $85M+ in vendor contracts (SAP, Capgemini) to improve service quality, reduce downtime, and align support SLAs with business-critical needs • Streamlined security access across five applications by automating role management, reducing man-hours by 60% and saving $15M+ in operating costs • Partnered with internal IT, compliance, and finance stakeholders to identify risk points
  • Caprigo Pharma Solutions
    Founder
    Caprigo Pharma Solutions
    Aug 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 1 month)
    Entrepreneurship | Supply Chain Strategy | Healthcare Markets • Founded a pharma consulting venture connecting Indian manufacturers with West African distributors • Secured $60K+ contract and launched antiviral nutraceuticals in a new market within 4 months • Navigated complex logistics and compliance challenges by identifying reputable manufacturers and adapting GTM strategy • Pivoted product-market focus after supplier issues, preserving client trust and securing new deal in Ghana
  • Standard Chartered Bank
    Full Stack Developer
    Standard Chartered Bank
    Jul 2018 - Aug 2020 (2 years 2 months)
    Enterprise Applications | Internal Tooling | Systems Architecture • Built and maintained full-stack enterprise tools used across internal banking operations, including access control, data reconciliation, and reporting platforms • Developed secure backend systems for employee login and role-based access, handling thousands of users across departments • Created a global trade data reconciliation system to improve reporting workflows, reducing cost and processing time by 70% • Led redesign of file storage architecture across platforms, standardizing processes and enabling $400K+ in annual savings through improved efficiency • Collaborated with internal teams to troubleshoot legacy system issues and ship upgrades without downtime
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  • University of Virginia Darden School of Business
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
    University of Virginia Darden School of Business
    Jan 2023 - Dec 2025 (3 years)
    • Awarded the UVA Community Public Service Fellowship for leadership in inclusion and community health • Built financial, pricing, and marketing strategy for a UVA Health rare disease center, supporting care expansion for underserved patients • Authored a business case on using predictive models to guide content greenlighting decisions in media •Led case-based seminars for incarcerated learners through Darden PREP, equipping them with tools to launch and manage businesses post-release
  • PES University
    Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics and Communications Engineering
    PES University
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2018 (5 years)
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    High School, Science
    Air Force School Hebbal
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2014 (3 years)
  • St Germain High School
    High School, Science
    St Germain High School
    Jan 2002 - Dec 2012 (11 years)
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      Generating Playlists on the Basis of Emotion
      IEEE SSCI
      Nov 2018
      This project aims to understand a user’s emotion conveyed through a textual input, and thereby recommend a personalised playlist of emotionally relevant music to the user, from a pre-classified database of music. The music is classified by identifying unique parts of each music sample, and using a machine learning algorithm to classify sings based on these uniques characteristics