About

Sachin Yelapure is a seasoned product management professional with over 12 years of experience in the tech industry. He is a former family business entrepreneur who has worked with leading companies such as Bookmyshow and Walmart. At Bookmyshow, Sachin led the growth/retention charter and solved Discovery, Search, and customer support problems. He also built a data science-powered product offering that solved low student retention/graduation problems in higher education. Sachin has conceptualized, co-designed, and delivered a new B2B2C SaaS product offering that was adopted by leading universities in the US. Sachin completed his one-year full-time MBA from IIM Bangalore, one of Asia's top b-schools, where he spent a considerable amount of time working with the startup ecosystem. He has worked with different founders, startups, accelerators, from India and Israel, as part of four different academic projects. Previously, Sachin has managed tech-driven customer engagements, after starting his professional career as a software developer. This includes four years of multi-billion e-commerce application support, customer-focused problem-solving, and leadership experience at a pharmaceutical distribution major in the US. Sachin's expertise lies in product management, data science, software engineering, and UI. He has a strong tech stack that includes Search, product management, Data Scientist, Software Engineer, and UI. Sachin has worked with leading companies such as Barnes & Noble and Walmart, where he has honed his skills in product management and leadership. He has also worked on initiatives such as Mix of growth experiments plus Loyalty program initiative and Strategized and shipped a new, self-serve customer support chatbot, which deflected 35% of customer calls. Sachin is a driven and passionate professional who is always looking for new and innovative ways to solve complex problems.