Siddharth Khatri

About

Sid

Product LeaderAI BuilderSquash Player

I build things at the intersection of strategy, technology, and product craft. Currently driving enterprise product transformation at Commonwealth Financial Network while studying agentic AI at MIT and building local AI systems from first principles.

Sid

Currently

What I'm working on now.

Leading Enterprise Product Transformation
Commonwealth Financial Network
Leading Enterprise Product Transformation

Building the Commonwealth Advisor Management System (AMS) using agile, frugal delivery principles. Driving firm-wide product transformation across 40+ offerings while deploying AI automation agents that are reshaping how the organization operates.

Studying Agentic AI at MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Studying Agentic AI at MIT

Exploring the design, deployment, and enterprise transformation potential of agentic AI systems — and what it takes to move from capability to reliable, production-ready agents.

Building CoachKai
Personal Research
Building CoachKai

Designing and building a local-first AI coaching system for fitness, recovery, and squash performance. Structured knowledge architecture, local model evaluation, and RAG design from first principles.

Competing in Squash
Harvard Murr Center & MIT Tech Club
Competing in Squash

Playing competitive USAR squash at the 5.0 level for the Harvard Murr Center team and 4.5 level for the MIT Tech Club team. Won the 2025-26 league in the 4.5 category and runner up in the 5.0 category. Squash shapes how I think about training, recovery, and performance systems.

Journey

Reverse chronological. Most recent at top.

2024 – Present

Product Development Manager, Corporate Strategy

Commonwealth Financial Network
  • Building AMS, a next-generation platform for independent financial advisors.
  • Helped move 40+ offerings toward a more product-led way of working.
  • Built AI copilots that turned everyday work into faster, smarter workflows.
  • Helped create the firm's Product Playbook and trained 40+ product managers to use it well.
  • Made it easier for Design, Engineering, Research, and Analytics teams to build together.
  • Brought more structure to roadmap planning and product risk across the organization.
Commonwealth Financial Network
2024 – Present
Education

Agentic AI Systems — Executive Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Studying the design, deployment, and enterprise transformation potential of agentic AI systems. Topics span cost management, AI roadmapping, and applying agent-based architectures to real organizational contexts and product decisions.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022 – 2023

Senior Product Manager

Amazon Web Services
  • Led product strategy for five internal AWS platforms used by 500K+ people each day.
  • Launched an A/B testing platform that helped teams validate ideas and ship faster.
  • Built an AI knowledge assistant that made it easier for users to find answers across internal wiki tools.
  • Added real user monitoring and telemetry systems that improved visibility and cut issue detection time by 60%.
  • Worked across engineering, operations, and security to turn product ideas into scalable platform improvements.
Amazon Web Services
2021

Product Development Co-op

SharkNinja (Shark Robotics)
  • Helped launch a key product feature adopted across the Shark vacuum lineup.
  • Redesigned the brush roll system to improve pickup and cut hair wrap by 65%.
  • Wrote product requirements and user stories across 30 touchpoints and 3 robotics products.
  • Built a JIRA-based workflow that kept five cross-functional teams aligned.
  • Improved the robotics app home screen through testing and user feedback, increasing satisfaction by 15%.
SharkNinja (Shark Robotics)
2021

R&D Business Development Consultant

Danfoss Power Solutions
  • Explored new opportunities in autonomous and connected vehicle systems.
  • Built a 5-year market entry strategy and $450M revenue outlook for a new off-highway vehicle line.
  • Helped shape the product roadmap and go-to-market plan for an autonomous vehicle launch.
  • Developed deep expertise in vehicle automation through research, strategy work, and hands-on project delivery.
Danfoss Power Solutions
2020 – 2022
Education

STEM MBA — Business Analytics, ML & Entrepreneurship

Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business

GPA 3.55/4.0. Studied at the intersection of technology, analytics, and entrepreneurship. President, Babson Technology Club.

  • Developed a 5-year, $450M market entry strategy for Danfoss's autonomous off-highway vehicle line — through research, competitive analysis, and cross-functional leadership
  • Created product roadmap and go-to-market strategy for a new Johnson & Johnson consumer health product
Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
2016 – 2020

Project & Operations Manager

Punia Zinox Private Limited, India
  • Led a major plant expansion while managing budget, timelines, and day-to-day execution.
  • Managed a $300K expansion that lifted productivity by 200%, even through COVID disruptions and complex on-ground coordination.
  • Led four engineering teams and 60 foremen to improve execution, raise productivity, and reduce delays.
  • Built stronger operating rhythms through daily standups and Kanban-based planning.
  • Introduced a CRM system that improved client tracking, streamlined account management, and raised customer satisfaction by 20%.
  • Managed 35+ B2B client relationships and helped deliver custom orders on time.
Punia Zinox Private Limited, India
2016 – 2020

Founder & Head of Product

Minium Fitness Pvt. Ltd.
  • Started Minium to bring better fitness into small spaces and everyday life.
  • Built it from the ground up into an omnichannel fitness business with 12K+ monthly users.
  • Helped customers set up awesome home gyms that fit into compact spaces without sacrificing the workout experience.
  • Hit first-year revenue goals and reached profitability by refining the product mix, pricing, and subscription model.
  • Took products from rough idea to real launch across both hardware and digital experiences.
  • Improved ecommerce conversion by 40% through better personalization and customer segmentation.
Minium Fitness Pvt. Ltd.
Intern

Process Innovation Intern

Toyota Material Handling India

Hands-on immersion in JIT manufacturing, lean operations, and Kaizen methodology at one of the world's most rigorous manufacturing environments.

  • Designed and executed a Kaizen improvement project, earning the highest performance grade in the program
  • Applied continuous improvement principles that drove 30% operational efficiency gains
Toyota Material Handling India
2012 – 2016
Education

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology

GPA 8.79/10.0. Engineering foundation in materials science, design for manufacturing, and analytical problem-solving. Research thesis on safer plastics for automobile bumpers.

Vellore Institute of Technology

Areas of Expertise

Where I operate.

Product-Led Growth
Product Lifecycle Management
AI Systems & Automation
Machine Learning & Analytics
Project & Program Management
Customer Experience Strategy
Business Development
Entrepreneurship

Get in touch

Open to the right opportunities.

I'm interested in senior product and AI leadership roles, advisory engagements, and building alongside people doing ambitious work.

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