Good morning
I'm Udhayaprakash, a product leader focused on AI infrastructure and distributed systems. Currently at DigitalOcean, managing AI Inference and Network product portfolio. Being a 0 to 1 builder, I built Nool, a local book sharing marketplace to help book lovers grow their community.
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Building
Nool
Book Sharing Marketplace
Hyperlocal book sharing marketplace starting
with college communities. Enabling students
to discover, share, and exchange books
within their campus networks.
Exploring
AI Ops Toolkit
Developer Tools
Developer tools and utilities for managing
AI operations, model deployment, and
inference optimization. Focused on improving
DevOps workflows for ML teams.
Concept
Guild Network
Builder Community
Community platform for builders, makers, and
operators to connect, collaborate, and share
knowledge. Focus on quality over quantity.
Experience
Feb 2022 — Present
DigitalOcean
Lead Product Manager, AI Inference &
Networking
Leading 0→1 launch of AI
inference-as-a-service positioning
DigitalOcean as go-to LLM hosting platform
for SMBs. Launched serverless inference
moving topline by $2M within 1 year. Built
GenAI platform for context-aware chatbots
and architected 200 Gbps VPC supporting 100+
enterprise AI customers. Launched 8 critical
cloud infrastructure primitives (VPC
Peering, Global Load Balancers, BYOIP, NAT
Gateways) resulting in 35% MRR growth and
increasing NDR by 102%.
Dec 2022 — Dec 2024
Part-time
2x Founder
Explored startup ideas hands-on to sharpen
product thinking, sales and go-to-market
instincts. Created thenool.com, a
peer-to-peer marketplace for college
students to buy/sell used books—launched MVP
and tested across 2 Denver campuses.
Bootstrapped maternaa.com, an infant-wear
brand to $10K MRR in 12 months, optimizing
supply chain across three countries and two
retail channels.
June 2021 — Dec 2021
Dialpad AI
Sr. Product Manager, Carrier UX
Led cross-functional delivery of
mission-critical cloud infrastructure for
E911 location services. Architected
AWS-based microservices infrastructure
meeting FCC compliance while reducing
service failures by 80%. Implemented
infrastructure as code (Terraform) cutting
provisioning time by 70% and operational
costs by $2M annually.
Jan 2019 — May 2021
Twilio
Product Manager, Email UX
Architected AI-driven email deliverability
platform serving 3+ trillion emails
annually, increasing customer engagement 60%
and reducing bounce rates 30%. Managed $40M
cloud-native platform with 99.999% SLA. Led
cost optimization reducing cloud spend by
$8M annually while improving performance.
Jan 2012 — May 2018
Qualtrics, Amazon, Qualcomm
Network Engineer
Designed LAN/WAN, Wi-Fi, and data-center
topologies for 40+ global facilities.
Executed large-scale Juniper/Cisco rollouts
supporting 100K+ devices, achieving <0.1%
packet loss. Introduced open RADIUS auth
improving security posture 60%.
Skills & Expertise
LLMs
ML Training & Inference
MLOps
IaaS Compute
Storage & Networking
Leadership
Story Telling
Strategy & Communication
0→1 Product Development
Cloud Infrastructure
Go-to-Market
Pricing Strategy