Karan Khanna

Product @ Microsoft AI | Ads & Search | Mobile | Cornell Grad

San Mateo, California, United States

About

I am a Product Manager leader w/ proven track record in taking products from scratch to scale, delivering $MMs in business value while bridging the gap between the technology, the business and the end-user. Passionate about solving ambiguous problems with bold solutions. Expertise in the following: - Advertising & Ad-Tech platforms - Web Search Technologies for Consumer and Enterprise - AI / ML applications - Privacy, User data & governance - Mobile Dreamer and tinkerer - especially with anything to do with gadgets, cars or real estate.

Experience

  • Microsoft (17 yrs 1 mo)
    • Principal Product Manager Leader @ Microsoft Advertising, part of Microsoft AI
      May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

      Leading the next generation efforts in our Ad-Tech business. My team specifically focuses on Fraud, Privacy focused 3P Advertising products and new areas that drive significant Growth & Revenue for our Ads business.

    • Product Leader, Knowledge Graph @ Bing
      Sep 2018 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Led high impact initiatives impacting core Web Search on Bing.com. I was on the Bing Knowledge Graph Team building towards a mission of becoming the largest encyclopedia of knowledge in the world. Key Initiatives: Universalization - Scaled the scope of our Knowledge experiences on Bing.com from single digit markets to 105 markets around the globe with significant increases in DAU, while maintaining quality Built several differentiating experiences with Knowledge answers on Bing.com driving DAU and engagement. Check out our answer for Taylor Swift on Bing.com Product owner for Food / Recipes segments on Bing.com - Completely rebuilt our strategy for one of the most engaging & winning experiences on Bing.com while delighting users. Our execution was a complete success - we doubled our daily Bing Recipes query volume and increased our DAU by over 50%. Microsoft Search on Bing - led enterprise search efforts to change the way users find things at work

    • Senior Product Manager, Artificial Intelligence & Research Group
      Jan 2014 - Aug 2018 · 4 yrs 8 mos

      Specialized in user data, search & running incubation projects Notable contributions: 1) Privacy dashboard & data governance for GDPR offering control & transparency to our users Product lead for team that built the data platform powering the privacy dashboard for MS that lets MM's of users across 80+ products and services view, delete and export data. 2) Search for OneDrive & OneNote products Built the full stack search solution for MM's of users & BB's of docs involving real-time data ingestion, indexing, image analysis, NLP, ranking, QF, spelling, ... 3) Instant streaming of mobile apps Product to aid discovery & trial of apps by streaming them from the cloud. x% gain in LTV, y% conversion across n app partners generating $xx in overall revenue

  • Cornell University Snakearm Robotics Project Team ()
    • Team Lead
      Sep 2005 - May 2009 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      Led a robotics team of 21 students that designed and built prototypes of robotic arms for remote surgery. Handled all aspects of the product including engineering, business, marketing, ...

    • Undergraduate Researcher
      May 2006 - May 2007 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Worked in Dr. Jason Phipps Morgan's lab performing table-top experiments attempting to simulate aspects of mantle flow.

  • Program Manager Intern at Microsoft
    May 2008 - Aug 2008 · 4 mos

    PM intern on Windows Mobile 6.5. Led a project where we built the migration experience for a product that reimagined email.

  • Technology Intern at Highbridge Capital Management
    May 2007 - Aug 2007 · 4 mos

    Summer intern at a Hedge Fund. Amongst my contributions, I wrote a computer program to identify and manage network connections.

  • Research Assistant at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
    May 2005 - Aug 2005 · 4 mos

    Wrote custom control software for a plasma processing device as part of a Princeton University research project