Vinay Krishnan

About Me

I build product systems people trust.

I'm a Senior Product Manager who gravitates toward high-complexity, high-stakes product problems — the kind where user experience, system architecture, and business mechanics all have to click together perfectly. I've spent 6+ years building products in competitive, real-time, and operationally complex domains: gaming platforms, streaming tools, and poker ecosystems.

What drives me is simple: I genuinely care about how people experience the products I build. I'm not satisfied with shipping features — I want to ship systems that feel trustworthy, performant, and human.

Outside of work, I play chess, poker, and basketball. I run deep on strategy games (Dota 2, Elden Ring). I read about neuroscience, decision theory, and body language — because understanding how people think is the most useful skill a PM can have. I bring that same curiosity to every product I work on.

Career Timeline

Senior Product Manager

2023 – 2026

Baazi Games (PokerBoss)

Built PokerBoss from 0 → launch: full multiplayer poker ecosystem spanning mobile client, real-time backend, and back-office control plane.

Product Manager

Feb 2024 – 2025

Head Digital Works (Cricket.com)

Led onboarding and funnel optimization for Cricket.com's real-money gaming app — improved conversion by 22%, reduced drop-off by 18%.

Product Manager

Mar 2021 – Nov 2023

Loco

Built Loco Studio — the creator-facing product layer including streaming tools, analytics dashboard, and monetization features for India's gaming streaming platform.

Business Development Manager

Mar 2020 – Mar 2021

Rheo

Early-stage BD role at a video-first social platform. Drove creator acquisition and partnership programs.

Management Trainee

Jul 2019 – Feb 2020

Livspace

Rotational program across operations, design, and sales at India's leading interior design platform.

What I Believe

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Systems over features

I think in feedback loops, not task lists.

Features are outputs. Systems are what create durable product value. I design for how things connect — not just what gets built.

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Trust is the product

In real-time systems, fairness and reliability aren't features. They're the product.

Every design decision in PokerBoss came back to one question: would players trust this? Trust is hard to build and easy to destroy.

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Complexity is a gift

The messiest problems are where the most interesting PM work lives.

Easy problems attract generic solutions. Hard problems are where PM judgment creates disproportionate value. I lean in.

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Ship to learn

A soft launch teaches you more than 6 months of planning.

Conviction without evidence is just a guess. I ship to validate, measure relentlessly, and iterate fast.