Meera Manek

Hi! I’m Meera. Computer science student at the University of Michigan, aspiring product manager, business analyst, entrepreneur, barista, dancer, and more!

Experience

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Currently building a RAG based chatbot hosted using Azure and openAI, trained on University of Michigan computer science course data. Can answer any course-related questions and create study materials for students, providing a textbook citation and the LLM’s thought process.

  • University of Michigan students taking computer science courses

  • Creating flashcards based on content, self-quizzing content, asking questions when office hours are full, assistance on practice exam questions, generating practice exam questions... the options are endless!

  • Currently in the process of beta testing and scaling for production

Product Intern @ KLA

Working to create and launch an internal AI chatbot. Currently building a minimum viable product which is being scaled to engineers in 6 different continents, proving to reduce time to issue resolution by over 30 percent.

  • Defining objectives and key results for the alpha launch of a new SAAS product, researching target demographics, and driving feature development and feature analytics to build a product tailored to product service engineers.

  • Creating and monitoring a data pipeline to feed into the AI tool, validating dataset quality and scripting for data feedback, and building a PowerBI Dashboard to monitor current and future product progress.

  • Collecting UX feedback and testing different interfaces to understand the user response and ease of use.

Business Analyst Lead @ APEX Consulting

Working to bridge the gap between Business Analysts, Project Managers, and clients, as well as crafting uniquely client focused solutions and building forecasting models from client data and market research to diagnose and monitor client issues.

  • Researched the Ann Arbor subleasing market, building a growth forecasting model in Tableau and a marketing strategy to assist the client onboard 40,000 new users on their AirBnb adjacent subleasing web application.

  • Provided the client a revamped interface to assist in growing the platform's student reach by over 10,000 users.

Event Choreographer

Running my own event choreography business in Southeast Michigan for weddings, graduation parties, birthdays, retirement parties, etc. Building connections with clients and making their special event all the more beautiful by connecting them to their culture and bringing them the immense joy of expressing their emotions through dance and music.

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A series of 3 projects resulting in a client-side dynamic, full-stack Instagram clone with the user flows of a social media app

  • Built the front-end using React, Jinja, HTML, CSS, and Python’s Flask framework

  • Utilized SQLite database and Flask to build the backend, and deployed using AWS EC2 instances

  • Prototyped a UX Flow in Figma to collect insights and improve user interface

Additionally…

I thrive by enriching my life with experiences, both familiar and new.

I’ve been a dancer for over 15 years, learning the importance of leadership and community as the captain of both my high school and college dance team. In many ways, my first experiences with building a product from end to end comes from my years of creating choreographed productions with my team.

I love TED talks and TEDX riddles… so much so that I gave multiple TEDEd talks myself!

Being a barista was one of the most fulfilling jobs i’ve ever worked! It taught me to carry extreme attention to detail and quality and build a customer-focused mindset. And, of course, an exquisite taste for coffee!

Let’s connect.