About

Prahlad Modi is a Senior Product Manager at PayPal with a passion for data science and machine learning. He is a multipotentialite with experience in leading product development and management, having previously worked at OpenText and Deloitte. Currently, Prahlad is responsible for the development and management of several platforms at PayPal, including the Activity Lifecycle Platform, Intelligent Communications Platform, and Server Presentation Framework platform. These platforms are built on the principle of Server Driven UI and are leveraged for several Digital Wallet programs under the Super App initiative at PayPal. Prahlad's expertise in product management, search, UI, web, ML, data science, mobile, backend, Java, test, research scientist, Python, and AngularJS has enabled him to successfully manage the Ingestion, Search, Scheduler, and Fanout capabilities of the Activity Lifecycle Platform. This platform currently serves 5B search requests and 7B ingestions monthly. The Intelligent Communications Platform, managed by Prahlad, is responsible for managing product-related communication through channels such as push notifications, email, SMS, notification center, and badging. Additionally, the Server Presentation Framework platform enables clients to fetch templates for UI components and data required to be rendered on the screen. SPF serves approximately 100M monthly requests for templates with sub-second latency from various User experience teams, and roughly 50% of experiences on the PayPal super app are powered through SPF. Prahlad holds a PGP in Management from the Indian School of Business and a Master of Technology in Computer Science from Thapar University. He also holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from LHST and a Masters in Technology from Budha Dal Public School. With 6.78 years of relevant experience, Prahlad is a skilled product manager and data scientist with a passion for developing innovative solutions that drive business growth.