Product Manager · Problem solver

Bring me a solution,
I'll find the problem.

I'm Lakshya. I build data platforms for autonomous vehicles at TELUS Digital. Outside work I'm a tech obsessive, a side-project builder, and a gamer who takes Valorant a bit too seriously.

The lesson that changed how I work
People will come to you with solutions. Your job is to find the problem.

My manager taught me this, and it's the thing I come back to most. When someone pitches a fix, I listen, ask a lot of questions, and work back to what's actually hurting. If you skip problem discovery, you ship something nobody adopts.

Selected work

Products I've owned.

Two sides of the autonomous vehicle data business: labeling the data, and collecting it in the first place.

Data annotation

Web apps used by clients, project managers and annotators

Web app

Project and workflow management

Where clients and project managers set up and run annotation projects. Teams build customized workflows for different kinds of annotation work, then track execution from start to delivery.

Custom workflowsProject executionClient-facing
Web app

Annotation and QC platform

One tool for every common raw data and annotation type in AV and computer vision. It renders 3D LiDAR point clouds and sensor fusion tasks, combines 2D and 3D in a single task, and includes a QC tool and ML-assisted features.

3D LiDARSensor fusionCuboids2D & 3D polylinesRectanglesPolygonsKey pointsQC

Field data collection

Tools for running AV data collection fleets

iOS & Android

Operator app

Used by drivers in the field to track routes as they drive them, pick up assigned tasks, and keep the fleet coordinated.

Web console

Fleet and project console

Where clients and internal project managers create and manage projects, assign routes and tasks, and see progress as it happens.

Planning tool

Route planner

Plans routes built around an operational design domain (ODD), so collection captures the variety AV models need. Routes then get assigned to drivers through the console.

Machine learning, on both sides.

I've also led multiple ML projects across the business, both for field data collection and for annotation.

Writing

Things I've written.

Published on TELUS Digital

Field operational testing for L3–L4 autonomous vehicles

Why FOT is the make-or-break step for higher-autonomy vehicles, and what it takes to run it well.

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