Data · Digital · Product · Strategy

Prajwal Prasad

I build practical product systems that turn data, analytics, and agentic AI into clearer decisions and faster action.

I work at the intersection of strategy, analytics, product discovery, and information systems. My bias is toward practical tools that reduce manual judgment, clarify decisions, and help teams act faster.

Selected work

Work with a point of view.

The pattern: find the unclear decision, structure the data around it, and ship something usable enough to change how people work.

Pharma analytics

KOL Intelligence Engine

Problem: Teams relied on manual, bias-prone methods to identify influential doctors.

Role: Integrated datasets, configured scoring logic, and led execution of the ML product.

Outcome: Reduced identification time by up to 50% and improved targeting effectiveness by 30%.

50% faster 30% targeting lift
Product strategy

Engagement Pulse

Problem: Medical Science Liaison activity was qualitative, fragmented, and hard to explain upward.

Role: Led discovery, executive interviews, mockups, PRDs, KPI design, and global rollout.

Outcome: Defined 80+ KPIs and deployed executive dashboards across three pharma clients.

80+ KPIs 3 client deployments
Automation

Regulatory Workflow Automation

Problem: Regulatory teams were spending expert time on repeatable, rules-driven work.

Role: Managed five analysts, mapped automation opportunities, and designed RPA workflows.

Outcome: Improved efficiency across 40+ workflows and scaled transformation delivery.

40+ workflows 5-person team
Founder project

Qtumb Booking Platform

Problem: Group dining bookings were offline, unstructured, and difficult for venues to convert.

Role: Built a full-stack MVP through market research, user interviews, and AI-assisted prototyping.

Outcome: Improved operational efficiency by 70% and validated demand with early partner interest.

70% efficiency gain 1 partner onboarded
Experience

A practical path.

The throughline is practical strategy: turn ambiguous business questions into analytics products, prototypes, dashboards, and operating change.

Sep 2025 - Nov 2026

Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering · Master of Engineering Management

Focus: Agentic AI, machine learning, statistics, decision analytics, and business strategy.

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025

Qtumb · Founder

Impact: Built a booking MVP that converted offline group dining demand into structured workflows.

Feb 2024 - Jan 2025

ZS Associates · Decision Analytics Associate Consultant

Impact: Owned $900K in delivery while leading KOL analytics engagements and analyst teams.

Sep 2022 - Feb 2024

ZS Associates · Product Manager, Field Capability Innovation & Analytics

Impact: Led discovery, KPI definition, dashboard design, and global deployment for Medical Affairs analytics.

Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

Mu Sigma · Team Lead, Intelligent Automation

Impact: Managed automation delivery across regulatory business processes and 40+ workflows.

Jul 2019 - Aug 2021

Mu Sigma · Decision Scientist

Impact: Built KOL identification and de-duplication models for profiling 50K+ doctors.

Dartmouth · MEM

What each course changed.

Coursework at Thayer sharpened how I evaluate technology, model decisions, and translate engineering trade-offs into product and business strategy.

Semester 1

Engineering Statistics

What I learned

How to test hypotheses rigorously, interpret variation, and use regression and experimental design to support decisions — not just report numbers.

Marketing

What I learned

How to think in segments, positioning, and customer value — framing products around who they serve, why they win, and how go-to-market choices shape adoption.

Technology Assessment

What I learned

How to evaluate emerging technologies against business value, not hype — mapping capability gaps, timing risks, and investment priorities into a roadmap teams can actually follow.

Semester 2

Principles of Machine Learning

What I learned

How to move from data to predictive models with intention — feature selection, bias–variance trade-offs, and when ML adds value versus when simpler methods are the better call.

Optimization Methods for Prescriptive Analytics

What I learned

How to formulate business constraints as optimization problems — using linear and integer programming to recommend actions, not just describe what happened.

Pricing Strategy

What I learned

How pricing connects to value capture, competitive dynamics, and willingness to pay — designing strategies that align revenue goals with customer perception and market structure.

Operations Management

What I learned

Systems thinking for throughput and bottlenecks — how process design, capacity planning, and operational constraints shape what products and services can scale in practice.

Semester 3

Decision Making Under Uncertainty

What I learned

How to structure choices when outcomes are probabilistic — decision trees, expected value, and sensitivity analysis to act with clearer trade-offs instead of waiting for certainty.

Data Analytics and AI Project Lab

What I learned

End-to-end project delivery: scoping a real analytics problem, building and iterating on models or AI workflows, and presenting results stakeholders can use to make decisions.

Accounting and Finance

What I learned

How to read financial statements, connect operational choices to P&L impact, and speak the language executives use to evaluate investments, margins, and long-term viability.

Semester 4

Summer Internship

What I will learn

How to apply product, analytics, and strategy skills in a live business setting — scoping ambiguous problems, delivering under real constraints, and understanding how organizations actually decide and ship.

Semester 5

Strategy and Organizational Behavior

What I will learn

How strategy and culture interact — aligning incentives, leading through change, and building organizations where people can actually execute on the plan.

Implementing Strategy

What I will learn

How to move from strategic intent to execution — breaking goals into initiatives, managing trade-offs across teams, and keeping momentum when conditions shift.

Third course — TBD

What I will learn

Still deciding the third elective for this semester.

Skills

Simple, useful range.

These are grouped by how I work: shaping products, modeling decisions, building prototypes, and communicating strategy.

Product

  • Product strategy
  • 0-to-1 discovery
  • PRDs and mockups
  • Market research

Analytics

  • Prescriptive analytics
  • Optimization modeling
  • Statistical analysis
  • Experimentation

Tools

  • SQL
  • Excel and PowerPoint
  • AI-assisted prototyping
  • Agent building

Strategy

  • Stakeholder management
  • Consulting communication
  • Insight storytelling
  • Process transformation
Contact

Let’s build something useful.

Open to roles where analytics, product thinking, and business strategy meet: healthcare, pharma, AI workflows, and decision systems.