Hi, I'm

Gembali Pavan Kumar

Product Management Intern | MBA Technology Management

I enjoy solving customer problems through user research, structured thinking, and experimentation. My work combines analytical thinking with practical product execution.

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Innovation Lab Selection
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Product Projects
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MBA
Technology Management
Gembali Pavan Kumar — Product Management enthusiast
How I work

A simple loop, run with discipline.

Discover

Talk to users, map jobs to be done, separate symptom from cause.

Define

Sharpen problem statements, write PRDs that engineers actually use.

Measure

Pick a North Star, instrument the funnel, kill what doesn't move it.

Iterate

Ship the smallest thing that teaches the most, then compound.

Featured project

QlickShoot — booking creators in under a minute.

People want professional content instantly, but traditional delivery takes days. QlickShoot is an on-demand marketplace for same-day capture and delivery.

Role

Founder & Product Lead

Duration

Aug 2025 – Aug 2026

Tools

Notion · Google AI Studio · ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini

Outcome

On-demand marketplace connecting customers with creators for same-day capture and delivery.

Projects

Selected work.

Products, case studies and engineering projects spanning startup, coursework and academic settings.

Case studies

Thinking through real products.

Structured teardowns: problem, users, metrics, prioritized bets, trade-offs.

Experience

Internships.

Hands-on product work at an early-stage brand, built on an engineering foundation in telecom and embedded systems.

  1. Product Management Intern

    Aug 2026 to Nov 2026 (hybrid)
    Problem Solving and Co.
    • Led market analysis and benchmarked 4 to 6 competing and adjacent brands for RoleStory, a merchandise brand for working professionals; identified the top 10 interested professional roles for each of 5 product categories.
    • Interviewed 25 working professionals for customer discovery and concept validation; used their feedback to refine merchandise designs and product categories.
    • Defined website requirements, UI/UX expectations and MVP feature priorities, shared them with developers, and tested the implemented website before release.
    • Structured the product catalogue and SKU plan across 5 product types and analyzed pricing and margin trade-offs; worked with founders on launch and marketing planning.
  2. Telecom Intern

    Jun to Jul 2023
    BSNL, Visakhapatnam

    Exposure to telecom network infrastructure and operations; developed structured problem-analysis habits.

  3. Embedded Systems Intern

    Jun to Jul 2024
    L&T Edutech

    Worked on IoT and microcontroller applications; built fluency with the engineering constraints PMs negotiate.

Education

Academic timeline.

From a diploma in electronics to an MBA in Technology Management.

  1. Institute of Product Leadership (IPL), Bangalore

    2025 – 2027
    MBA — Technology Management

    Product strategy, analytics, agile delivery, business of technology.

  2. Dr. Lankapalli Bullayya College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam

    2022 – 2025
    B.Tech — Electronics & Communication Engineering

    CGPA 8.2 · Engineering systems, signal & embedded foundations.

  3. Dhanekula Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vijayawada

    2019 – 2022
    Diploma — Electronics & Communication Engineering

    85% · First exposure to building hardware products.

Skills

What I bring to a product team.

Product Management

Product DiscoveryCustomer DiscoveryUser InterviewsUser PersonasUser Journey MappingRequirement GatheringPRD WritingUser StoriesAcceptance CriteriaProduct RoadmappingFeature PrioritizationMarket ResearchCompetitive AnalysisGo-To-Market Basics

Analytics

ExcelGoogle SheetsSQL (Basic)Google Analytics (Basic)Mixpanel (Basic)Power BI (Basic)Looker Studio

Frameworks

RICEMoSCoWICEKanoHEARTAARRRNorth Star MetricDesign ThinkingJobs To Be DoneBusiness Model CanvasSWOTPorter's Five Forces

Technology

NotionJiraFigma (Basic)CanvaVapi AIClaudeGeminiChatGPT
Certifications & achievements

Continuous learning, documented.

University of Helsinki

Elements of AI

TCS iON

Communication Skills & Presentation

Wadhwani Foundation

Employability Skills

IEEE

IEEE Student Member

Microsoft Learn

Get started with Microsoft Data Analytics (Sep 2026)

Microsoft Learn

Get started building with Power BI (Sep 2026)

Institute of Product Leadership

Top 3 — Innovation Lab

Dr. L. Bullayya College of Engineering

Technical Project Expo Participant

Let's talk

I'm open to hybrid PM intern roles.

I'd love to hear what you're building. Reach out — I respond within a day.