Gaurav Shashikant Sonawane

Directed Agile team of 20+ developers, delivering enterprise-grade features including Microsoft SSO, fully automated client onboarding, AI intrusion alerts, and 10+ API integrations, improving onboarding efficiency by 30%. Curated and centralized 50,000+ industry-specific datasets on Hugging Face, enabling scalable computer vision models customized for Indian retail, logistics, BFSI, QSRs, and education, reducing model training time by 25%. Benchmarked and optimized model performance across Florence, YOLO, and Moondream, achieving a 15% improvement in real-time object detection accuracy and 20% reduction in false positives through iterative dataset refinement. Spearheaded end-to-end product lifecycle of AI video analytics solutions, driving 40% increase in enterprise adoption and enhancing operational efficiency across multi-industry deployments.

Led marketplace integrations and onboarded partners such as IAS, DV, and Data 360, generating additional revenue per card used. Developed a comprehensive notification module and admin analytics for both internal and external triggers. Conducted 22+ client interviews to identify pain points across Product, Pricing, Sales, and Marketing. Performed detailed analysis on key accounts across verticals, implementing feedback into product sprints and setting SOPs for cross-functional teams. Generated reports including NPS, SD, and Top 2 box ratings.

Managed IoT applications for the dashboard of autonomous vehicles, conducting Threat and Risk Analysis (TARA) based on industry standards. Successfully completed the MVP and launched GTM in 6 months, delivering TARA assessments and Security Compilation for a major automotive client. Led product and stakeholder management, including requirement gathering, stakeholder coordination, and maintaining tracking documents for the IoT division. Performed primary and secondary research, as well as product analysis for clients such as NISSAN and Indian Oil.