The short version

I'm a systems engineer turned product leader, obsessed with shipping calm, credible software.

My career started in aerospace hangars building fail-safe systems for Airbus and Boeing. Learning to think clearly, ship carefully, and hunt for weak spots carried into every AI platform, compliance-heavy pivot, and workflow I have led since.

Away from the roadmap I'm a dad, Product School Toronto organizer, and a host to travelers from more than 40 countries because curiosity should stretch beyond work.

Mayank with community members at a Product School event

Beyond the work

Mayank with his daughter
Mayank speaking at a Product School event
Mayank exploring a new city with fellow travelers
Mayank during an analog weekend project

Right now

A dad to a 6-month-old. Shipping products and raising humans both depend on clear feedback loops, frequent iteration, and accepting that “good enough” beats chasing perfect.

Community

I organize for Product School Toronto, mentor through TPMA, and contribute to the Atlassian community. Teaching forces clarity—if you can't explain your strategy to a room of PMs, you probably don't have one.

Small rituals

Morning coffee. Evening walks. Weekend projects that have nothing to do with work. These fuel creativity far more than most meetings.

How I got here

The Aerospace Years

Started in aerospace engineering, building systems for Airbus and Boeing where failure isn't an option.

Learned to think clearly, ship carefully, and obsess over what breaks.

Those habits still anchor how I build AI and SaaS products today.

The Shift

MBA in Engineering Management because I realized I cared more about what we built than how we built it.

Moved to Canada in 2017 and traded hardware constraints for software speed, empathy, and iteration.

The Pattern

I've founded (FastDoc), pivoted (Protexxa), scaled (Tempo), and built something that never launched (Solution Tek).

Living all four taught me how to read signal, make bets, and keep teams aligned when pressure mounts.

My approach

I care about

  • Clear thinking over clever frameworks
  • Shipping over perfecting
  • Asking "why" until the real problem emerges
  • Being demanding without being difficult

I value

  • Empathy (products are for humans)
  • Curiosity (the best PMs ask relentless questions)
  • Calm problem-solving (panic spreads, so does clarity)

I avoid

  • Consensus-driven mediocrity
  • Strategy theater (PowerPoint isn't execution)
  • Building things nobody asked for

What I'm thinking about

"How do we make AI agents debuggable, not just capable?" The bottleneck in AI products isn't the model. It's trust. And trust requires transparency.

Building

Intelligent workflows with n8n

Studying

Observability for AI agents, MCP servers for LLMs

Exploring

Where the next wave of AI product value comes from (hint: it's not better models)