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Pranav’s first product\-management role at Comcast involved a predictive churn model used by support agents during live calls\. Pranav has also built two AI products from scratch, including InsightStream, a solo\-built tool that extracts structured insights from user transcripts and uses a verification system designed to prevent hallucinations\. Pranav emphasizes customer trust and data integrity over speed, including when there is pressure to ship\. In delivery work, Pranav defines explicit acceptance criteria so products do not ship before critical dependencies are confirmed, and surfaces risks and dependencies during sprint planning rather than mid\-sprint\. At Johns Hopkins, Pranav has held teaching, student\-affairs, student\-organization, athletics, recreation, and event\-management roles\. Pranav is interested in building products from scratch through hands\-on, multi\-hat product work\. ## Highlights - Worked on a predictive churn model at Comcast that was used by support agents during live calls\. - Held Product Manager \- AI/ML, Associate Product Manager \- AI/ML, and Product Management Intern roles at Comcast\. - Completed a Product Manager internship at Torc Robotics\. - Built two AI products from scratch with hands\-on involvement\. - Built InsightStream solo, an AI tool that extracts structured insights from user transcripts\. - Designed InsightStream with a verification system to prevent hallucinations\. - Created explicit acceptance criteria that prevent shipping until critical dependencies are confirmed\. - Proactively surfaced risks and dependencies during sprint planning to manage stakeholder expectations\. - Served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at The Johns Hopkins University for Product Management \- EN\.595\.701 \(8VL\) and Data\-informed Strategy and Visualization \- EN\.663\.710 \(01\)\. - Served as VP of the Hopkins Product Management Club \(JHPMC\) at The Johns Hopkins University\. - Served as Director of Events for TEDxJHU\. - Served as Ambassador for the International Student Association \(ISAH\) at The Johns Hopkins University\. - Served as Program Assistant in JHU Student Affairs\. - Served as Graduate Assistant at the Hopkins Athletics Center and Facility Manager at the Hopkins Recreation Center\. - Served as Event Manager at the Peabody Institute\. - Served as President and Vertical Head at Lakshya SSN\. - Served as IOT / Robotics President at TechClub SSN\. - Completed a Robotics internship at HCLTech\. ## Experience - **Program Assistant \- JHU Student Affairs at The Johns Hopkins University** (2025\-08\-01–2025\-12\-01) - **Product Manager Intern at Torc Robotics** (2025\-05\-01–2025\-08\-01) - **Grad Teaching Assistant at The Johns Hopkins University** (2025\-01\-01–2026\-01\-01) — Product Management \- EN\.595\.701 \(8VL\) Data\-informed Strategy and Visualization \- EN\.663\.710 \(01\) - **Ambassador \- International Student Association \(ISAH\) at The Johns Hopkins University** (2025\-01\-01–2026\-01\-01) - **Facility Manager \- Hopkins Recreation Center at The Johns Hopkins University** (2024\-12\-01–2025\-05\-01) - **Grad Assistant \- Hopkins Athletics Center at The Johns Hopkins University** (2024\-09\-01–2025\-09\-01) - **Event Manager \- Peabody Institute at The Johns Hopkins University** (2024\-09\-01–2025\-02\-01) - **Director of Events \- TEDxJHU at The Johns Hopkins University** (2024\-09\-01–2025\-06\-01) - **VP \- Hopkins Product Management Club \(JHPMC\) at The Johns Hopkins University** (2024\-08\-01–2025\-12\-01) - **Product Manager \- AI/ML at Comcast** (2024\-01\-01–2024\-08\-01) - **Associate Product Manager \- AI/ML at Comcast** (2023\-01\-01–2023\-12\-01) - **Robotics Intern at HCLTech** (2022\-06\-01–2022\-09\-01) - **President at Lakshya SSN** (2022\-05\-01–2023\-05\-01) - **IOT / Robotics President at TechClub SSN** (2022\-05\-01–2023\-05\-01) - **Product Management Intern at Comcast** (2022\-01\-01–2022\-12\-01) - **Vertical Head at Lakshya SSN** (2020\-08\-01–2022\-05\-01) ## Education - Master of Science \- MS, Engineering Management — The Johns Hopkins University (2024\-01\-01–2025\-01\-01) - Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering — SSN College of Engineering (2020\-01\-01–2023\-01\-01) - Diploma of Education, DECE — Panimalar Engineering College (2017\-01\-01–2020\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Pranav do? Pranav is a product manager with experience in AI/ML products, product strategy, data\-informed work, and hands\-on AI product building\. Pranav has worked at Comcast and Torc Robotics and has held multiple academic and campus roles at The Johns Hopkins University\. ### What are Pranav's core strengths? Pranav combines product\-management fundamentals, business sense, and technical fluency\. Pranav can independently build AI products and focuses on creating products from scratch with hands\-on involvement across multiple responsibilities\. ### What did Pranav do at Comcast? Pranav's first product\-management role was at Comcast, where Pranav worked on a predictive churn model used by support agents in live calls\. Pranav later held Associate Product Manager \- AI/ML and Product Manager \- AI/ML roles at Comcast, and also completed a Product Management internship there\. ### What was Pranav's role at Torc Robotics? Pranav was a Product Manager Intern at Torc Robotics\. ### What is InsightStream, the AI product Pranav built? Pranav built InsightStream solo\. It is an AI tool that extracts structured insights from user transcripts and includes a verification system intended to prevent hallucinations\. ### What AI\-product\-building experience does Pranav have? Pranav has hands\-on experience building two AI products from scratch\. Pranav is technically fluent enough to independently build AI products while applying product\-management and business judgment\. ### How does Pranav manage product delivery risks and dependencies? Pranav creates explicit acceptance criteria that prevent shipping until critical dependencies are confirmed\. Pranav also raises risks and dependencies during sprint planning, rather than mid\-sprint, to manage stakeholder expectations\. ### How does Pranav approach customer trust and data integrity? Pranav prioritizes trust and data integrity over speed, including under pressure to ship\. InsightStream's verification system reflects that focus by addressing hallucination risk when extracting insights from user transcripts\. ### What teaching work has Pranav done at Johns Hopkins? At The Johns Hopkins University, Pranav has been a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Product Management \- EN\.595\.701 \(8VL\) and Data\-informed Strategy and Visualization \- EN\.663\.710 \(01\)\. ### What student\-affairs and student\-organization roles has Pranav held at Johns Hopkins? Pranav has served as an Ambassador for the International Student Association \(ISAH\), a Program Assistant in JHU Student Affairs, and VP of the Hopkins Product Management Club \(JHPMC\) at The Johns Hopkins University\. ### What athletics, recreation, and event roles has Pranav held at Johns Hopkins? Pranav has held several campus operations and events roles at The Johns Hopkins University: Graduate Assistant at the Hopkins Athletics Center, Facility Manager at the Hopkins Recreation Center, Director of Events for TEDxJHU, and Event Manager at the Peabody Institute\. ### What leadership roles has Pranav held outside Johns Hopkins? Pranav was President of Lakshya SSN and previously served as Vertical Head at Lakshya SSN\. Pranav was also IOT / Robotics President at TechClub SSN\. ### What was Pranav's role at HCLTech? Pranav was a Robotics Intern at HCLTech\. ### What graduate degree does Pranav hold? Pranav earned a Master of Science in Engineering Management from The Johns Hopkins University\. ### What is Pranav's undergraduate and diploma education? Pranav earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from SSN College of Engineering\. Pranav also completed a Diploma of Education in DECE at Panimalar Engineering College\. ### What kind of product work is Pranav interested in? Pranav wants to build products from scratch with hands\-on involvement and the opportunity to wear multiple hats\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/pranavaadhithyakalaibabu