My name is Ritesh Nayak (itsmeritesh@) and I’m passionate about building great products.
Currently a Product Manager at Google.
2020-Present: PM on Gmail responsible for Attention management in the productivity space
- Launched the next generation of Gmail for the enterprise.
2017-‘20: PM on Android for contextual OS experiences
- Built and launched Android P launcher actions. Marquee feature for Android P.
- Launched a flip-to-shh feature for Pixel devices where users can turn on DND by flipping their phone on a flat surface.
- Project co-founder for the Personal Safety app.
- Launched Fast Pair, a seamless way to pair BT headphones with Android devices which ships with Google’s Pixel Buds and several dozen 3P headphones.
- Killed Nearby Notifications a spammy product that caused a lot of user grief.
2015-‘17: PM on Google Search - local search vertical
- Launched Holiday Hours support on all local information surfaces like Google Search and Maps.
- Launched ride hailing straight from Search targeting India, Brazil, SE Asia countries in addition to US and EU.
- Launched support for many Q&A voice queries, and also helped launched V0 of the Google assistant.
Pre-Google
Before moving to the San Francisco bay area, I built, ran and crashed muHive, a customer engagement SaaS company in Bangalore, India.
Prior to starting up I spent 5 years as a Software Engineer at ThoughtWorks, Microsoft Research and other tech companies .
This is my website which has served as a blog, portfolio, resume and also a testing ground for ideas over the last decade. In my free time, I love reading, playing and producing music, photography and traveling.
Feedback sessions
I have started offering limited feedback sessions on product thinking, strategy, finding product market fit, GTM and PM career. You can find more details about it on the feedback & mentoring page. If you or anyone you know is interested, feel free to share this resource with them.
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- Hosted on Google cloud storage and uses Firebase
- Site theme: remix of the Simplest theme created by Fernando Moreira - used under CC
- Code editor: Atom by GitHub
- Text processor: Bear app for Mac
- Console: iTerm2
- Built using iMac 2017
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