👋 Hi, I'm Akhil.
eng // design // strategy hybrid
MBA student at Harvard. Previously growth at Cruise, consultant at Bain, and eng/design for million-user products.
Interested in crafting novel product experiences with autonomous vehicles. Enjoy hacking side-projects and teaching technical concepts.
Experience
Senior Analyst, Ridehail
Feb 2023 - Apr 2025Helped scale robotaxi service to 250K+ driverless rides across 4 cities. Boosted roadcraft performance 50% by redesigning customer feedback loops for deeper product & engineering integration
Senior Associate Consultant
Oct 2020 - Feb 2023GTM, product strategy, and digital transformation work for Fortune 500 companies across the software, Enterprise IT, and semiconductor industries.
Design Chair
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019Led website redesign (16M annual pageviews) working with content, engineering, and business teams. Built first design system in Figma (design) and React (eng).
Software Engineer Intern (iOS)
Summer 2018Worked on shared iOS components for Square's suite of Point of Sale apps.
Software Engineer Intern (iOS)
Summer 2017Owned key features for WaPo's white-label iOS news app launch, powering newsrooms like The Global & Mail, Boston Globe, and LA Times.
Software Engineer Intern (iOS)
Summer 2016Built custom React Native onboarding flow. Integrated iOS HealthKit to expand device compatibility.
Projects
Publications
Ofek, Elie, and Akhil Waghmare. “Autonomous Vehicles: Smooth or Bumpy Ride Ahead?” HBS No. 520008. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2019.
Waghmare, A. and Seshaiyer, P. (2017). “ICCM2016: Implementation of the Parareal algorithm to optimize nanoparticle transport in Porous Media Simulations.” International Journal of Computational Methods, 16(05), 1840001.
Waghmare, A. and Seshaiyer, P. (2015). “Enhancing Groundwater Quality through Computational Modeling and Simulation to Optimize Transport and Interaction Parameters in Porous Media.” Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 7, 398-409.