Afreen Bhumgara

About Me

5+ years experience in PM, leadership, software engineering, UI/UX, entrepreneurship. Managed teams of 50 employees, handled $10-80 million budgets.

Location

San Francisco, CA
Evanston, IL
Education
    Northwestern University
    September 2021 - March 2023
    degree
    Master's
    major
    Computer Science
    minor
    Engineering and Technology Management
    coursework
    Data Structures and Algorithms
    Decision Tools for Managers
    Human Computer Interaction
    Human-Centered Product Design
    Advanced Computer Vision
    Statistical Pattern Recognition
    Sports Tech Learning
    Pune University
    September 2016 - May 2019
Work Experience
    Verkada
    Product Manager - User Experience
    San Mateo, CA, United States, 94497
    April 2023 - present
    company
    Verkada
    title
    Product Manager - User Experience
    overview
    Verkada is the largest cloud-based B2B physical security platform company in the world. Only Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform. Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies. Founded in 2016 with more than $360M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 16 offices across three continents, 1,700+ full-time employees and 19,000+ customers across 70+ countries, including 47 companies in the Fortune 500.
    Goalster
    Lead Technical Product Manager
    San Mateo, CA, United States, 94497
    May 2022 - March 2023
    Northwestern University
    Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant
    San Mateo, CA, United States, 94497
    February 2022 - March 2023
    Xelpmoc Design and Tech
    Product Manager - CEO's Office
    Indi, KA, India
    July 2020 - June 2021
    Syncnicia Software Pvt. Ltd
    Software Developer
    Pune, MH, India
    April 2019 - May 2020
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Skills
Languages
EnglishGujaratiHindiMarathi
Technical skills
cc++csshtmljavajavascriptlisppl/sqlpythonsql
Hobbies
Cooking
Traveling
Hiking/Backpacking
Gardening
Yoga
Videos
    How India can be AI-Ready | Afreen Bhugmara | TEDxLakhotaLake
    May 2019
    In this talk Afreen Bhumgara talks about How India can be AI Ready. Afreen is currently pursuing coursework in Computer Science at Savitribai Phule Pune University. An ardent fan of all thing’s technology, she can often be found involved in the world of software development, algorithms, d...
    Simple Steps to improve the Indian Economy | Afreen Bhumgara | TEDxMITP
    November 2015
    10 Simple Steps to improve the Indian Economy Afreen is a social activist. She loves to spend her time reading novels and travelling across the country. With computational algorithms always on her mind and a desire to push the human race forward, she plans to complete her undergraduate s...