Sherean Ali
AI Product and Strategy
Hello! I am a Product Manager at Affectiva, a Boston-based Emotion AI company and the first woman in my family to achieve corporate success. Throughout my 7 year career as a PM and Deloitte Consultant, I have built several world-class AI-backed products in both B2B and B2C. In 2020, I founded a Muslim alumni network at my alma mater the University of Pittsburgh and set up a scholarship in my late father’s name for Muslim students in STEM. I’ve also organized an award winning conference for Women leaders and acts as a mentor to many women interested in careers in tech, product, and consulting.
When I am not working, I love to run competitively, build out her photography portfolio, travel, and binge dramedy’s on Netflix
Product Manager
Affectiva
November 2021 - Present
Bring leading Emotion AI technology to market and be the customer voice for development and AI teams:
• Executed and met 2022 product roadmap every quarter at a 95% completion rate
• Established 3 year product strategy by defining success metrics, delivery timeline, and business case
• Shipped new product featureset unlocking $2M in commercial sales
• Deployed releases consistently and successfully on global product used by 25% of Fortune 500
• Built consensus, earning executive leadership approval, with frequent roadmap status presentations
• Lead development on new platform migration and built 6 month migration plan, removing technical debt
• Delivered new metrics for core tools, like conversational valence, conversational expressiveness and machine learning models, by coordinating and managing applied AI and data science teams
• Leveraged full product lifecycle to dictate requirements prioritization and coordinate resources
Senior Associate - Product Manager
Capital One
May 2021 - November 2021
Define and deliver the destination for customer data within Bank to enable advanced analytics:
· Manage and deliver customer data roadmap by translating business goals into product functions
· Collaborate and communicate across cross-functional teams to ensure legacy systems are retired
Consultant - Product Manager
Deloitte, US Innovation
February 2020 - May 2021
Identified, drove, and resolved product issues for Intelligent Automation Services on Deloitte CortexAI:
· Designed and implemented features that improved customer engagement by bringing the end-user into focus while solving business case to commercialize and scale Robotic Process Automation services
· Managed process to assess, track, and debug features and functionalities to streamline priorities from being feature-driven to problem-focused and evidence-driven
· Defined backlog, user testing strategy, and key performance indicators for three subsequent releases
· Collaborated with cross-functional teams from Deloitte Consulting, Engineering, and Design to ideate and create product vision
Consultant - Product Strategist
Deloitte, US Innovation
August 2018 - February 2020
Incubate and design products that transform Deloitte’s core businesses through the use of artificial intelligence technologies
· Commercialized Robotic Process Automation services across Deloitte by building on top of Deloitte CortexAI platform
· Drove delivery from creation to scale of Deloitte CortexAI storefront, marketplace to purchase AI products and services
· Earned 92% approval from end users executing product vision grounded in human centered design principles
· Stimulated $2M in cost savings for client relations business by delivering 5 year product roadmap
· Improved business operations by 25% with AI and data driven transformation strategy for multi-billion dollar business
· Centralized customer touchpoints and operations by 20% with Cloud Services strategy
· Partnered with design and engineering teams on design concepts and product iterations to launch CortexAI platform
· Established Design Center of Excellence to frame client’s strategy on design principles and methods
Business Analyst - Product Strategist
Deloitte, US Innovation
January 2016 - August 2018
Implemented strategies that leverage automation, artificial intelligence, and new business models
· Compressed 5 days of work down to 5 clicks by building a graph-based data analytics product
· Conducted a pilot of AI technologies to increase customer engagement, resulting in $1M of new business
· Generated 15% increase in sale of 3rd party data for automation by formulating data monetization strategies
· Reduced client effort by 25% with automation and data analysis strategy
· Accelerated $250K investment in augmented and virtual reality technology by conducting a six-month study on the enterprise viability; acknowledged by senior level management with publication on Deloitte University Press
· Championed the strategy for US Innovation’s internship program, with a sustainable design to support future classes
Summer Intern
Deloitte, US Innovation
June 2014 - August 2014
Developed firm’s strategic roadmap within life sciences and healthcare space by identifying value-add projects
· Recommended Artificial Intelligence software engineering tools to enhance Fortune 500 healthcare client
· Conducted research and analyzed findings as part of a business case to determine the viability of leveraging a health startup
Pitt Muslim Alumni Network at the University of Pittsburgh
Co-Founder and Vice President
March 2020 - September 2022
· Created and led affinity network to provide Muslim Alumni a safe space to connect
· Chartered a $10,000 scholarship fund for Muslim students, raising $1,500 within the first 3 months
· Led, facilitated, and founded Pitt’s inaugural Women in Leadership Conference
Muslim Women in Technology
Co-Founder of NYC Chapter
January 2021 - Present
· Established NYC Chapter for Muslim Women in Technology to build presence, brand, and engagement