About

Mahesh Sobale is a Lead Product Manager with over 10 years of experience in product development. He has 8 years of experience in product management with companies such as Mastercard, Western Union, and Practo, and 2 years of experience in software development with companies such as NVIDIA and Calsoft. Mahesh has a diverse skill set that includes product roadmap and strategy, user experience and research, growth, A/B testing, payments, data-driven decision-making, KYC, compliance, microservices, and REST APIs. Mahesh holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Pune University-VIT. He also has a strong educational background in science, having completed his HSC from S.P. College Pune. Currently, Mahesh is a Senior Product Manager at Western Union, where he manages product initiatives for multiple platforms, including app, web, kiosk, and APIs. He has successfully launched the Stage & Pay product in top 8 markets, generating XY million US$. Mahesh has also improved registration conversion by 1.5% by introducing typeahead search in more than 40+ countries for C2C digital channel, resulting in revenue X US$. He has improved the conversion funnel by conducting A/B testing and has increased app installs by partnering with the marketing team to bring in channel shift from retail to digital by using deep linking. Mahesh's past experience includes working as a Product Manager for WU Digital growth team, where he improved login, conversion, and resend funnels by doing optimization in digital flow. He was also responsible for leading the online booking experience on the web at Zenoti, a SAAS startup backed by Accel and Norwest Venture Partners. Mahesh's tech stack includes product manager, test, web, search, research scientist, microservices, software engineer, and mobile. With 13.18 years of relevant experience, Mahesh is a skilled product manager with a proven track record of delivering successful products and improving conversion rates.