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Published July 26, 2024

Employee Spotlight: Neil Kumar

Meet a Senior Product Manager.

By Ocient Staff

Neil Kumar

The Product Team leads the strategic planning and execution of the product’s lifecycle, from inception through to its launch and beyond. It is the bridge between different departments, ensuring that the product meets ever changing market demands and aligns with the company’s goals.

In this employee spotlight, we highlight our Senior Product Manager, Neil Kumar. Neil works closely with our Query Processing and Storage Teams and continues to develop our Machine Learning and Geospatial offerings. Let’s learn more about Neil’s background and see how he fits into his role here at Ocient.

Where are you based and how do you take advantage of our remote first policy

I’m based in Chicago and live right downtown. In terms of our remote work policy, I definitely make the most of it! As things opened from covid lockdowns, and as Ocient transitioned to a fully remote first culture, I took advantage of our policy and spent extended periods of time in Barcelona, and Mexico City amongst a few other cities, working remotely and studying Spanish!

How long have you been with Ocient? 

I have been with Ocient for a bit over 7 years. 3 offices, 4 company off-sites, and 150+ new faces – an amazing journey that continues!

What’s the next place you’d like to check off your travel bucket list?

I can never just pick one, so my top three are: I really want to go skiing in Hokkaido, Japan, I’d love to eat at Gagaan and Gaa in Thailand, and I’d love to go bike-packing in the South of France.

What is one of your proudest career moments while working at Ocient?

Watching our first production customer go live. Seeing the years of development, the late nights grinding away, and all that stress lead to the “It worked for real!!” moment was something I will never forget.

Describe your growth journey at Ocient.

My journey at Ocient began on the heels of me shutting down my last startup, a device to track concussions in youth athletes, called the NWTN. Upon closing that down, I made it a mission of mine to join the top entrepreneurs in Chicago that were working on core software technology in order to learn how to be a world class engineer and learn what it really took to start a successful business. For my first 3.5 years at Ocient, I worked as an engineer, growing to be a Senior Software Engineer on our Tools and Infrastructure Teams. As Ocient evolved from early-stage startup to growth stage, I was given an opportunity to move into Product Management to continue my development as an entrepreneur and haven’t looked back.

What career advice would you give your younger self?

Smile!! Life is so much more fun when you take a positive and optimistic attitude throughout your day.

Would you like to give an employee shoutout?

I want to give 3 people a shout out: Dylan Murphy, Greg Papadopoulos, and Jason Arnold. The three of them have been incredible mentors and peers, and have helped me grow significantly as an engineer, product manager, entrepreneur, and most importantly: as a human being.

Interested in learning more?

Ocient is a remote-first company full of efficiently effective & craft driven contributors. We are passionate about delivering the very best in hyperscale data solutions to our customers. Meet other members of our team on our Meet the Team page or explore our partnership opportunities.