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Akshay Pradhan

@akshaypradhan

Product Manager at Stride Inc. who delivered a CMS with 500+ new features and an AI-powered educator platform.

At Stride Inc., I own an AI-powered upskilling platform for educators, districts, and administrators, from strategy and discovery through launch and adoption. I define search, recommendations, and personalized results with Engineering and Data.

I evaluate AI story-generation quality and review A/B test results to guide product decisions, while keeping FERPA and other student-privacy requirements in scope. I also delivered the Standards Mapping application, eliminating 400+ hours of annual manual processing, and led the build-vs-buy and delivery of a CMS with 500+ new features.

Earlier at Stride Inc., I owned the migration and upgrade roadmap for 450+ digital courses across mobile platforms, increasing enrollments by 24%. I also led UAT efforts that reduced product defects by 42% and developed Section 508 accessibility action plans.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Product Manager

Current

Stride Inc.

Jan 2020 - Present (6 years 9 months)

Owns the AI-powered upskilling platform for educators end to end, including strategy, roadmap, discovery, launch, and adoption. Delivered the Standards Mapping application, eliminating 400+ hours of annual manual processing, and led build-vs-buy and delivery of a CMS with 500+ new features.

AI Product Owner Search Recommendations Personalization AI Output Evaluation A B Testing FERPA Product Analytics KPIs Roadmapping Agile Scrum Jira Aha!Confluence Miro Trello ChatGpt Claude Microsoft Office

Senior Product Owner

Stride Inc.

Jul 2016 - Dec 2019 (3 years 5 months)

Owned and executed the roadmap for migration and upgrade of 450+ digital courses across mobile platforms, increasing enrollments by 24% through improved accessibility and user engagement. Defined KPIs and led UAT efforts, reducing product defects by 42% through structured acceptance testing and collaboration with engineering and offshore vendor teams.

Product Ownership Roadmapping KPI Definition UAT defect reduction Content Migration Flash Conversion Assessment Upgrades Agile Scrum Jira Confluence

Senior Business Analyst

Stride Inc.

Jul 2014 - Jun 2016 (1 year 11 months)

Developed accessibility compliance action plans (Section 508) with product development, ensuring platform usability for all learners. Led content deployment for 300+ courses to the Brightspace platform, managing technical requirements and designing new layouts, question types, and third-party integrations.

Section 508 Accessibility Content Deployment Brightspace LMS Technical Requirements Layout Design Third Party Integrations

Business Analyst

Stride Inc.

Jun 2012 - Jun 2014 (2 years)

Created process-improvement tools including course-comparison reporting, increasing product support efficiency by 75%. Supported CMS feature releases through rigorous user acceptance testing and stakeholder reporting.

Process Improvement Reporting User Acceptance Testing Stakeholder Reporting CMS