{"id":8203,"date":"2024-09-25T15:09:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T23:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pactrans\/?p=8203"},"modified":"2024-09-26T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:52:58","slug":"new-fellow-spotlight-pranav-manem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pactrans\/new-fellow-spotlight-pranav-manem\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet 2024-2025 PacTrans Fellow: Pranav Manem"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today we’re spotlighting Pranav Manem, one of our upcoming 2024-2025 PacTrans Graduate Fellows starting in Fall 2024. Pranav has always been a problem-solver whether it was as a consultant, product manager, or acro yoga-enthusiast! He wants to bring that type of creative thinking when it comes to the development of public and multi-modal forms of transit for sustainability, health and economic reasons. Congrats on starting your Transportation Masters with our consortium partner, University of Washington.<\/p>\n

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What’s your current role?
\n<\/strong>I am a Product Manager at OneTrust in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s your favorite college memory?
\n<\/strong>Technically this was right after graduation, but I spent six weeks volunteering in Rabat, Morocco. I met people from all over the world, fasted during Ramadan, rode a camel in the Sahara, and even got stung by a scorpion!<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s your career path been like and what are some career goals?
\n<\/strong>Upon graduating from Georgia Tech, I started at NCR in their rotational program as an analyst. After two years on various teams, I joined the Retail Transformation practice as an industry consultant. In 2022, I moved over to OneTrust where I was a strategy analyst for a year and am now a product manager on the Third Party Management team. In early 2023, I made the decision that the problems I want to solve reside in the realm of transportation, where I would like to develop public and multi-modal forms of transit for sustainability, health and economic reasons. Longer term, I also find the idea of being the director of a local DOT to be extremely appealing!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s your greatest professional accomplishment?
\n<\/strong>Recently I was promoted from an Associate Product Manager to a Product Manager. While I don\u2019t put too much stock in titles, this change has given me a bit more confidence in my ability to manage continuously improving systems that require working with various stakeholders, and I believe this will be a valuable skill to have for a career in transportation. <\/span><\/p>\n

How will PacTrans benefit you?
\n<\/strong>I believe the most significant way PacTrans will benefit me and my career is providing exposure to the industry in the Pacific Northwest. I am extremely excited to meet transportation professionals as well as learn about all the research and innovative development being done in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are some hobbies or interests you have? A fun fact?
\n<\/strong>As a relatively active person, I spend a lot of my time playing soccer, doing acro yoga, working out, doing obstacle course races, and bouldering. I also ride motorcycles, listen to podcasts, read, play board games, do jigsaw puzzles, and follow the NFL and Premier League! Fun fact: In 6th grade, I attended a boarding school at a yoga center in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Want to know more about Pranav? Connect with him on LinkedIn<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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About the PacTrans Graduate Fellowship<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The PacTrans Fellowship is focused on students interested in pursuing a master\u2019s degree and with aspirations of being industry leaders in the transportation field. In addition to receiving a quality education, PacTrans fellows also participate in an internship, allowing for their knowledge obtained in the classroom to be supplemented with practical knowledge of the transportation industry.<\/p>\n

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