Lead Product Manager @ Parker Hannifin | Master of Engineering Management @ Northwestern University '23 (Product Management) | Director @TechWalk, Silicon Valley | Cat Mom Rupa is a Lead Product Manager at Parker Hannifin where she manages the entire hardware and software product ecosystem for the IoT and Smart & Connected System's division. Rupa completed her Master of Engineering Management with a specialization in Product Management from Northwestern University, Chicago in December 2023. She holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Pune. After finishing her first master's in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Pune, she worked with an automation software startup company, Famic Technologies as a Product Support Manager, where she led business growth across 6 Asian countries, achieving a breakthrough in India's educational sector for Mechanical and Production Engineers. She has expertise in business expansion by identifying new market opportunities and establishing strategic partnerships. With her family business in India, she has grown repeat business for educational institutes and retail operations within 4 districts in the state of Maharashtra. After a successful career in India, she moved to the United States to pursue her dream of learning more from the best industry experts, building highly engaging products, understanding customers on a much deeper level and engaging with tech-minds through community building with TechWalk.