About
A glimpse into Renjith Ponnappan’s journey and Expertise
Biography
Renjith Ponnappan is a Product Manager with over 15 years of experience in EdTech, AI (Artificial Intelligence), HealthTech, low-code/no-code platforms, and streaming services. With a strong engineering background and a passion for product strategy, UX/UI, and SaaS, he has dedicated his career to building product teams, launching impactful products, and delivering technology platforms that drive real value for businesses and users alike.
He thrives on collaboration and innovation, believing in making technology accessible through intuitive design and user-centric solutions. Whether it’s orchestrating a product roadmap, leading cross-functional teams, or analysing consumer behaviour, he is driven by the challenge of transforming ideas into high-impact products.
Work Experience
Here’s a snapshot of Renjith Ponnappan’s journey so far – expertise refined, impact delivered
- Product Consulting for products in AI, Edtech, HealthTech, Waste Management, Streaming and anything tech related
- Built and launched the workflow builder for the AI based Low Code/No Code platform
- Played a key role in the building of the Learning Management Solution using the Low Code No Code platform at Brane
Enterprises - Mentored and managed PM’ s for building the developer experience and prebuilt solutions for LMS, EHR and HRMS
on the Low-Code / No-Code Platform
- Built, managed and Scaled product teams for handling Whitehat Jr Post Class for assignments, projects, assessments and games.
- Developed and launched a configurable Quiz Platform, supporting 500K quizzes per month with customizable UI, attempts, and live quiz features.
- Launched PTM as a Functionality on Whitehat Jr Platform to increase student renewals by 100%.
- Reduced dropouts from exam registrations by 40% through the launch of registration service.
- Consolidated components across verticals and decreasing manpower needs by 50%.
- Onboarded 70% of the companies under the Byju’s Umbrella on the new Quiz platform included objective and
Subjective assessments. - Live Quiz with leaderboard scaled for 20K user results to be shown simultaneously on the dashboards
- Put together the first product team for Wadhwani Foundation to address Entrepreneurship, Opportunity and Advantage Verticals
- Led the development of a global platform coaching 50K young entrepreneurs annually, providing mentorship and access to incubators and funding opportunities
- 100K Underprivileged students coached for earning a sustainable income.
- Trained 60K Healthcare workers during Covid-19 Pandemic from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
- 50K Young entrepreneurs coached on the course platform annually across the world
- Introduced an integrated content management system, scaling to serve 10 million students and a 2K-member authoring team monthly.
- Enabled crowd sourcing of Questions on the platform leading to 10K Question creations per day.
- Moved all practice, tests and solutions on the company website to the new platform
- Integration with AI / ML based API’s for Smart Tagging & Ontology Mapping.
- Launched India’ s first activity-based school content delivery platform (XSEED Max), achieving measurable learning outcomes. Scaled operations to 350 schools, generating annual revenue of INR 10 Crores.
- Reduced cost of 60 Lakhs per year through tech enablement for OMR Scanning at the teacher side. Scan Center decommissioned and Ops overhead removed. (XSEED Learnometer).
- Launched XSEED Parent app and Improved School renewals through Parent Engagement by 15%.
- Raised Student Learning outcomes by 16% through Lab based assessments, offline tests, progression across grades and corrective measures for delivering positive outcomes across students.
- Conceived Scalable digital lesson prototypes used for creating ~900 movies in 3 Months.
- Opened 3 new Engineering accounts with billion $ clients in the medical devices and healthcare domain.
- Aligned company service offerings with presales, sales, marketing and Engineering for 2.3 Million $ worth of sales impact from 0 under the
“Medical Devices & Healthcare” vertical. - Proof of Concepts developed with Engineering teams for sales enablement and pitching new products
- Mentored and managed marketing team across geographies to align to inbound marketing guidelines.
- Restructured the establishment and Identified 6 Million $ in receivables missing post restructuring of Accounting.
- Reorganized Accounting department to recover 2.4 Million $ in Receivables.
- Moved Meditab and 5 subsidiary companies into a single CRM and built a contract creation module that could generate contracts in under 10 minutes for sales enablement.
- Increased revenue by 200K through websites and digital strategy for healthcare providers.
- Built and Launched broadcast industry’ s first Audio transport protocol (4 ms) delivering multi-channel audio over IP ,TDM or Radio links and networks simultaneously. Solution showcased at ARM developer’ s conference.
- Implemented internet Low Bitrate Codec in fixed point on C64x and ARM9E Architecture for use in software phones.
- Developed 4 way Conferencing support for Audio / Video Channels for Video phones.
- Part of Ittiam Quality Steering team (IQST) for Panasonic In-flight entertainment server project.
- Optimized and Scaled 20 odd Speech and Telephony Components (Codecs, Multiplexers, Voice Activity Detectors,Comfort Noise Generators, Transmission Protocols) on C64x and ARM9E architecture to be used on hardware chips
Branding Internships
- Pitched 20% revenue improvement for Brand GANT through venturing into perfumes and defined Digital Strategy for
Kenzo, Remy Cointreau & Marie Claire.
- Created Marketing Plan for Pan-India launch of Captain Morgan Rum and ran promotions in 40 outlets.
Publications
Android developers can seize the day in wearable devices
8 Factors to consider before taking the open-source software leap
A guide to next-generation medical imaging products
Photography
Photography has been Renjith Ponnappan’s gateway to experiencing and celebrating India’s rich art and culture. Each photograph captures a story – whether it’s the intricate craftsmanship of traditional architecture, the vibrant energy of festivals, or the dynamic pulse of street life. Through his lens, he seeks to showcase the beauty, diversity, and spirit that make India truly unique. Explore his photography portfolio, a curated collection of moments that highlight the country’s deep heritage and the everyday narratives that continue to inspire his journey.