{"id":9,"date":"2010-06-22T18:59:47","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T18:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simplyarun.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-25T06:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:45:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simplyarun.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Arun J. \u00d7  AI \u2022 SEO \u2022 Design \u2022 Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe product growth strategies, user-centered design &amp; platform ecosystems are intensely synergistic. This premise informed the growth, design &amp; strategy of products I&#8217;ve impacted first-hand such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/\">SlideShare<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynda.com\">Lynda.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stackshare.io\/\">StackShare<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/\">Pinterest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/\">Scribd<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\">Zoom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a diverse background in product management and a passion for lifelong learning, I have a track record of success in building and growing products across a range of verticals, including communication tools, subscription growth, product-led SEO, social media, developer platforms, and APIs, data analytics, and SaaS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am passionate about lifelong learning and consider myself an autodidact technologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Writing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invisionapp.com\/inside-design\/design-thinking-seo\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.invisionapp.com\/inside-design\/design-thinking-seo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Design thinking for SEO at scale: Lessons from SlideShare<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Speaking<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>AWS AI Hackathon, San Francisco<\/strong>, 2025<\/li> \n\n\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Product Faculty<\/strong>, Advanced PM cohorts 2021, 2022, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Haas School of Business,<\/strong>&nbsp;Berkeley, MBA 2021 cohort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BayAreaSearch,&nbsp;<\/strong>San Francisco<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SMX,&nbsp;<\/strong>London<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Startup Weekend,&nbsp;<\/strong>New Delhi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Product School,&nbsp;<\/strong>San Francisco<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stanford University&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Seed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Design Day,&nbsp;<\/strong>New Delhi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connect<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/simplyarun\">LinkedIn<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimplyArun\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe product growth strategies, user-centered design &amp; platform ecosystems are intensely synergistic. 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