Yogesh Lalwani

Yogesh Lalwani has extensive work experience in product management and strategy roles. Yogesh is currently working as a Product Lead at Graphite, a gig economy company that connects independent talent with Fortune 2000 companies for freelance work.

Before joining Graphite, Yogesh worked as a Product Manager at Zillow, where they were responsible for building and delivering the Transaction Management Tool and platform for the company's real estate professionals.

Prior to Zillow, Yogesh served as a Principal Product Manager at Poynt, a Google Venture-backed company. Yogesh was responsible for building the next generation Payment Facilitator/Payment Service Provider, leading product management, roadmap, and strategy for various aspects including merchant balances, transaction pricing, settlements, and more.

Yogesh also gained experience at Yapstone, where they worked as a Manager and Senior Product Manager. Yogesh led the product development of Yapstone's API platform and developer portal, as well as built Trust & Safety products for fraud and risk management.

Before Yapstone, Yogesh held roles at Robert Half as a Senior Manager of Product Management and at PRO Unlimited as a Director and Senior Product Manager. At Robert Half, they applied data sciences and machine learning for solving business problems and led the design and management of various products. At PRO Unlimited, they led the design and integration of external VMS feeds into the company's platform and designed analytics dashboards for monitoring time, expense, and billing records.

Yogesh's early career includes roles at Robert Half International as a Supervisor, Business Systems Analyst, where they designed and deployed best practice solutions and processes, and at ITCube Solutions Pvt. Ltd. as an IT Strategy Consultant, where they defined offshore delivery processes for software development lifecycle.

Yogesh began their career at Wipro as a Project Lead, leading offshore projects for the company's Banking vertical. Prior to Wipro, Yogesh worked at KPMG as a Senior Consultant in the Financial Services practice, where they led the analysis, design, and development of web-based systems for financial institutions.

Throughout their career, Yogesh has demonstrated strong leadership and expertise in product management, strategy, and technology.

Yogesh Lalwani holds a Master's Degree in Computer and Information Systems from Savitribai Phule Pune University, which they completed from 1996 to 1998. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Statistics and Finance from the University of Pune, where they studied from 1993 to 1996. Additionally, they completed their ICSE certification from Bishop's School in 1990-1991.

In terms of certifications, Yogesh Lalwani is a Certified ScrumMaster, which they obtained from Scrum Alliance in September 2016. Yogesh also has a certification in Rational Unified Process, though the institution and the date of completion are not provided. Lastly, it is mentioned that they have a Sun Certified Java Programmer certification, but the institution and completion details for this certification are not mentioned.