Ashank Bhandari is a versatile professional with 14+ years of experience across diverse industries. He most recently served as the VP of Product Management at toothsi, a company specializing in medically backed dental and skincare solutions. In this role, he led a team of 20+ PMs and designers and was responsible for various key initiatives, including customer acquisition, lead generation and conversion, customer support, retail store enablement and international market expansion. As a PM coach, Ashank has facilitated 50+ sessions at multiple avenues including Master's Union, CII, Jio Institute, GGI, and XLRI, consistently earning ratings of 4.7+/5. He has also provided tailored consulting services to growth-stage startups. Before joining toothsi, Ashank worked at Amazon as the India marketplace lead for #FoundItOnAmazon, a content-led engagement destination aimed at enhancing product discovery and inspiration for customers. His responsibilities included strategy development, roadmap planning, design, operations and stakeholder management. He led initiatives in areas such as content feed experience, content distribution, and content acquisition, with a focus on improving user engagement and revenue generation. Prior to Amazon, Ashank worked at Flipkart where he significantly contributed to customer search data insights and deep tech projects, leveraging his expertise in query understanding and search relevance. He also played a key role in revamping the Books and Precious Jewelry categories, driving user engagement, conversion rates, and customer return rates. Additionally, Ashank led platform launches for Flipkart Wholesale and 2Gud (now Shopsy), focusing on catalog, merchandising, search, and recommendations. Ashank holds an MBA from ISB Hyderabad and has previous experience as the VP of Product and Technology at Lazaro Advertising, where he led product management and development efforts for web-based modules in the digital advertising and marketing space. Ashank also gained experience as a corporate trainer at Training Sideways where he facilitated experiential learning and art based management skills workshops for various clients, consistently receiving high ratings for his work. Beginning his career as a Systems Software Engineer with Hewlett-Packard, Ashank achieved notable accomplishments, including receiving two patents. Additionally, he has been an active professional Theatre Practitioner since 2006, led two theatre troupes, performed internationally, directed award-winning productions, and has featured on National Television.