Nikhil Pandya

Senior Product Manager

Takes (Sports Media Startup) · San Francisco, CA · 03/2026 – Present

• Led a collaboration with engineers to develop a web-based version of the iOS app to expand platform accessibility and enabled the launch of new game modes.
• Built and launched the company's first tournament-style game during March Madness that attracted hundreds of players to a new, unique experience.
• Redesigned the company website to better highlight the app's primary features, strengthening the product presentation and overall user appeal.

Product Manager

Takes (Sports Media Startup) · San Francisco, CA · 10/2025 – 03/2026

• Drove product strategy resulting in a 200% growth in app downloads and increasing daily active users by 300%.
• Worked directly with the founders and CEO to define the product vision and user experience for a fan engagement trivia sports iOS application.
• Collaborated with engineers to build core interactive daily game modes that feature AI-customized quizzes on recent sports news and user-created content.
• Managed the product backlog in Jira, prioritizing features and bugs across sprints to keep the team focused on high-impact work.
• Partnered with designers in Figma to prototype and iterate on new features before handing off to engineering, reducing revision cycles.
• Led user product reviews and feedback to identify areas of improvement, resulting in the redesign of features and onboarding flows that improved retention.
• Conducted research, A/B testing, and analysis of new features with Mixpanel metrics to align with roadmap priorities.

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Aries Health IT Solutions, LLC (Healthcare Consulting Startup) · Miami, FL · 12/2022 – 10/2025

• Assisted with 50,000+ patient admissions for dozens of counties across Florida that receive hospice services with weekend and on-call coverage.
• Developed a patient-to-physician web application to enhance the admission process, enabling healthcare companies to instantly have a physician see the patient.
• Transformed the web application to a native Android solution to work more effectively with EHRs used by our two largest customers, VITAS Healthcare and Empath Health.
• Integrated an AI-powered tool to automatically process admission forms and generate concise reviewable documents for physicians.
• Managed day-to-day operations, including client relationships, across multiple county contracts to ensure efficient patient admissions.
• Defined product requirements and roadmaps to balance clinical workflow needs with technical constraints.

Organizational Performance Analyst

MicroHealth, LLC (Healthcare IT Company) · Vienna, VA · 03/2022 – 11/2022

• Designed and implemented a metrics system with 25+ parameters to measure project performance, providing executives with real-time visibility into progress.
• Optimized departmental performance to improve alignment with organizational goals and compliance with industry standards.
• Managed Confluence documentation to standardize how teams report KPIs and create SOPs, improving consistency across departments.
• Facilitated Scrum sessions including daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, building on earlier Agile experience.

Technical Intern

MicroHealth, LLC (Healthcare IT Company) · Vienna, VA · 12/2020 – 03/2022

• Prepared and deployed a help desk system integrated with an EHR for the Department of State and other government agencies to streamline support operations.
• Implemented a multi-tier support system to categorize support tickets by urgency, improving resolution time for critical issues.
• Resolved 20+ low-tier issues by coordinating with cross-functional teams.
• Assisted managers to identify recurring issues and allocate resources more effectively.
• Participated in sprint sessions and contributed to backlog ticket creation, gaining hands-on experience with Agile workflows.

Master of Business Administration – Concentration: AI

Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 08/2023 – 08/2025

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 08/2019 – 05/2023