Nikunj Sureka Email Address

Director of Product Management

For over a decade, Candystand.com has been regarded as the web's premier ad-supported online gaming destination. Having pioneered and mastered the "Advergame," Candystand.com creates custom branded gaming solutions for many Fortune 500 Companies. Candystand.com is owned by Funtank LLC in New York City.

Experienced in Agile Product Management, with a track record for launching products in the advertising space. My diverse technical background, hands-on approach, and positive 'can do' attitude have led to a track record of proven implementation successes. I have taken that innate passion and applied it to managing complex cross-team initiatives thereby helping startups scale and larger organizations enter digital advertising space. KeySkills: Product Management & Strategy, Data & Analytics, Roadmap Development, Program/Project Management, Digital Media Strategy, Team-building, Digital Analytics/Web Analytics (Strategy and Implementation), Digital Data Privacy and Compliance (GDPR), Multivariate Testing, Customer Insights, Voice of Customer, Data Products, New Media, Data Governance My core values are customer obsession, a bias for action, human connections, investing in people and promote continuous improvements using data driven decision making. - Manage a team of product managers and work with 10+ engineers to ship and scale enterprise products - Manage sprint schedules and quarterly goals with a plan to ship product at a fast pace with constant results that provide ongoing client performance - Lead product communications externally to clients, partners and vendors as well as internally to all departments - Stay on top of industry trends and lead testing and experimentation to guide product development