About

Balaji Prasad B is a highly skilled Product Manager with over 8 years of experience in the tech industry. Currently, he works as a Committer-Product Manager at Shardeum, an L1 blockchain project that aims to solve the scalability trilemma problem using Sharding technique. Balaji is responsible for the website revamp project, with the aim of making it the best L1 blockchain site out there. He is expected to release the project by the end of April 2022. Balaji is also actively collaborating with the community to drive the project, making Shardeum a unique and exciting experience. Prior to Shardeum, Balaji worked as a Product Manager at WazirX, India's largest Crypto exchange platform with over 10 million users. At WazirX, he was responsible for the Crypto on/off ramp and Growth modules. Balaji identified issues and made crypto D/W 10x ready, streamlined new listings, and revamped the referral module, solving 75% of the issues reported. He also collaborated with marketing for coupons and partnership features, launching various coupon features, crypto ticker, and crypto widgets that have been embedded on MoneyControl, CNBC, Outlook, and other platforms. Balaji's earlier experience includes working as an Assistant Product Manager at Townscript, Asia's fastest-growing do-it-yourself event ticketing and registration platform. He was one of the earliest employees and worked on the end-to-end launch of the product in Dubai with integration of DTCM and PG. Balaji launched Zapier integration, which enabled organizers to use their tools in conjunction with Townscript. He also executed two user studies, which involved interviews of 40 users, helping in validating and improving Marketplace and Topic modeling. Balaji holds a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer Science from Manipal Institute of Technology. He has a strong tech stack, including product management, Web3, Blockchain, and Integration. Balaji's skills and experience make him an exceptional Product Manager, and he is always looking for new challenges to expand his knowledge and expertise.