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I’m Akhila Jagarlapudi 👋
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ABOUT
Master’s student at Carnegie Mellon (MISM), graduating Dec 2025.
I build products at the intersection of humans, data, and “why is this workflow like this?”
SKILLS
- Product: PRDs, roadmaps, sprint planning, stakeholder wrangling
- Data: SQL, dashboards, experimentation / A/B testing
- Tech: Java, Python, HTML/CSS/JS, APIs, Git, Jenkins
EXPERIENCE
- Tech Product Manager, Qbeast (Pittsburgh) — 0→1 Customer Portal MVP
- Technology Analyst, Citi (India) — fintech + compliance systems
- Research/TA work at CMU — analytics, data viz, and lots of debugging
HIGHLIGHTS
- Improved query latency by ~30% and reduced compute cost by ~14% (benchmarking + prototyping)
- Authored 3 IEEE papers (deepfake detection, leaf disease ML, migraine tech)
- Led global tech/community initiatives (Citi Global Tech Fest site lead, DEI work)
PROJECTS
- Mobile‑to‑Cloud apps (Android + Java services + MongoDB dashboards)
- Social listening analytics for NVIDIA GTC (segmentation + metrics + insights)
- Product experiments inspired by art ✨
EDUCATION
- Carnegie Mellon University — MISM (Dec 2025)
- Undergrad: engineering + research publications