Hi, I'm Durga Halaharvi
Product leader with 10+ years of experience bringing data-driven product principles and AI innovation to drive measurable growth.
My Story
From data engineering to product leadership, here's how I discovered my passion for building products that scale.
I started my career building internal ETL tools and data conversion pipelines. This early hands-on experience with data infrastructure sparked my passion for understanding how data, technology, and business strategy intersect to create meaningful impact.
Over the past 10+ years, I've evolved from technical implementation to strategic leadership—guiding cross-functional teams, managing managers, and owning multi-year roadmaps across diverse industries including financial services, nonprofit technology, tech education, and property management.
I've built Data Product Management functions from the ground up, managing teams to launch GenAI-powered products serving thousands of active users. I've defined product visions, established governance frameworks, and guided architectural decisions that enable AI at scale—all built on curated datasets and robust data governance.
In my current leadership role, I set strategic direction for platform product management and own the data product experience enabling self-service analytics organization-wide. I've introduced data mesh principles, guided foundational migrations to modern architectures, and launched developer portals serving thousands of users.
My approach combines strategic vision with deep technical expertise in Data Engineering, Platform Product Management, and GenAI. I've made the high-stakes architectural decisions, managed the tradeoffs, and guided teams through complex transformations. Now I help founders and Product Leaders navigate these same challenges—leveraging 10+ years of experience to accelerate product-market fit and avoid costly infrastructure mistakes.
Professional Experience
10+ years of experience building and scaling data products, AI solutions, and platform strategies across diverse industries.
Set the foundation for platform product management strategy and championed agile methods. Owned and scaled the data product experience enabling self-service analytics across the organization.
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Built the Data Product Management function and led cross-functional teams across APIs, Integrations, Identity/Auth, and Platform Engineering. Launched Iris, a GenAI conversational AI assistant.
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Led data product strategy for internal data products and managed lifecycle from discovery to pipeline building. Prioritized Redshift to Snowflake data warehouse migration.
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Drove strategic direction and technical product development for dark web intelligence products across 26 partners in 17 international markets.
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International product manager and primary liaison for EMEA and APAC roadmapping. Led 2 scrum teams of 13 engineers for custom Angular.JS development.
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Lead Salesforce global & data product manager for 1000+ users across 49 countries tracking $1B+ yearly revenue. Created global dashboards in Einstein Analytics.
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My Values
The principles that guide my approach to product management and client relationships.
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