# Ruchi Maniar > Senior Product Manager at Floodbase Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ruchimaniar Drawing upon a robust Computer Science background, experience in client relations, and a deep-rooted enthusiasm for UX/UI design, I thrive in steering projects from conception to realization. As a Product Manager at Appian Corporation, I've spearheaded transformative endeavors, notably directing a federal project for the Department of the Airforce. My role involved optimizing operations, architecting intricate data structures, guiding development teams, and fostering enduring relationships with esteemed Air Force clientele. Key accomplishments: - Successfully orchestrating the replacement of over 10 Airforce legacy systems, resulting in 4000+ operational workflows within a year in a single web application - Leading agile ceremonies in collaboration with 30+ high-ranking Air Force stakeholders -Developed complex database architecture in SQL and designed user-centric experiences - Effectively managing a diverse team of 3 developers, spanning both new entrants and seasoned professionals, training them to become managers themselves - Designing shared technical components enabling independent application creation, notably AWS Textract, S3, and AWS Opensearch integration - Spearheading the development of a mobile app tailored for 43K users, expanding our client base - Acknowledged with the UX Award (Q2 2022) and Impact Award (Q4 2022) for significant contributions to project success and user experience enhancement ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Manager @ Floodbase Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Senior Product Consultant @ Appian Corporation Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States Senior Product Manager Integrated an existing Appian Onboarding Application with a newly developed Offboarding Application to create a unified platform, streamlining user experience and functionality. Conducted user acceptance testing to deepen insights into user personas and their interactions with the product, gathering feedback and implementing enhancements to align with user needs. Collaborated cross-functionally with end users, client product owners, developers, UX designers, and delivery teams to ensure a cohesive, user-centered approach throughout the project lifecycle. ### Product Consultant @ Appian Corporation Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States Product Manager - Public Affairs Portal Led consolidation of 10+ client legacy systems and spreadsheets into a unified web-based case management platform, supporting 3,000+ users, from initial planning to sustainment; delivered MVP to production in 3 months, 1.5 years ahead of schedule. Spearheaded Agile ceremonies, working with 30+ senior Air Force stakeholders to align priorities, wrote user stories on JIRA, and built a dynamic product roadmap. Led a team of 3 developers and designers (2 of whom went on to become leads themselves) to deliver high-quality solutions. ### Associate Product Consultant @ Appian Corporation Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | McLean, Virginia, United States UX Lead & Developer, USAF Factory (Summer 2022 – Fall 2022) Developed a suite of shared technical components for the US Air Force, enabling clients to independently create complex applications. This included an onboarding application and seamless integrations with AWS services like Textract, OpenSearch, S3, and NARA encryption. I took ownership of AWS Textract, an AI-driven image reading feature, which has contributed to attracting potential customers. UX Lead & Developer, NAVAIR Connect (Winter 2022 – Summer 2022) UX Lead of a 3-person team, developing a mobile app for displaying and managing internal news content (client: NAVAIR PAO) for 43K users, facilitating expansion opportunities with the NAVAIR Account within Appian. ### Climatebase Fellow @ Climatebase Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Participating in Cohort 3 of the Climatebase Fellowship ### Consultant @ Consulting Group at Virginia Tech Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 Participated in a 9-week long Associates Program to master case competitions and interviews and learn the necessary skills to become a professional consultant, currently working on pro-bono consulting projects for local companies, current member of the PR team to help publicize the group ### Software Engineering Intern @ UBS Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 Worked as a front end developer to create a Skype helper website for virtual audience engagement in an agile environment, utilized React JS, acted as a BA to help develop a technical solution for the slow return back to in-person work with a 3-year roadmap and cost analysis, achieved the Bloomberg Market Concepts certificate, participated in a hypothetical portfolio investment challenge ### Lead Representative @ Adobe Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Employed by Adobe to spread Adobe XD around the community, hold workshops to teach students the program, create graphics to post to social media, connect with faculty members to promote the use of the software in classroom settings. ### User Experience Design Intern @ Appian Corporation Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Washington D.C. Metro Area Immersed in an Agile software development environment, aided in the creation of a more efficient and intuitive deployment process, became an expert at the UX Design process (conducted usability studies and created lo to hi-fidelity mockups), created illustrations in order for Appian to have a more human brand, learned Appian’s coding language “SAIL”. ### Summer Analyst - Credit Risk Transfer @ Freddie Mac Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Washington D.C. Metro Area Interned in the credit risk securitization team at the second largest mortgage issuing agency, reviewed business analyses and participated in management presentations, became familiar with the Bloomberg Terminal. ### Web Development Intern @ Fortessa Tableware Solutions®, LLC Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Washington D.C. Metro Area Helped develop their new website, created graphics/infographics, learned web development, promoted products through blog posts and social media posts, learned how businesses communicate with their clients. ### Graphic Design Intern @ Zenaviv Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Washington D.C. Metro Area ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Business Information Technology & Computer Science Virginia Tech Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ruchimaniar --- Source: https://flows.cv/ruchimaniar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ruchimaniar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29