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CONSULTING SERVICES

I offer independent consulting for SaaS product teams, founders, and technology organisations who need someone who can operate across product strategy, technical design, and execution — without hand-holding. Engagements are scoped precisely to what you actually need.

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Product Strategy & Discovery

Structuring ambiguous product challenges into clear direction. From raw customer signals to scoped features, roadmap inputs, and prioritisation frameworks.

  • Customer feedback synthesis & scoring
  • Feature opportunity framing
  • Roadmap input & prioritisation
  • Problem statement definition
  • GTM-aware feature packaging
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SaaS Integration & App Design

End-to-end design of SaaS integrations, marketplace apps, and middleware workflows — from concept through documented, buildable specs.

  • Integration architecture & field mapping
  • Marketplace app concept & scoping
  • Middleware workflow design
  • Deduplication & sync logic
  • Embedded app UX planning
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Technical Requirements & Docs

Turning fuzzy asks into structured documentation that engineering, QA, and stakeholders can move on without playing guessing games.

  • PRDs, BRDs, SOWs
  • Integration design documents
  • Acceptance criteria & edge cases
  • Implementation & onboarding plans
  • Stakeholder-facing summaries
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Cross-Functional Alignment

Bridging customers, product, engineering, CS, and go-to-market teams. I translate between business goals and technical execution without losing either.

  • Stakeholder discovery & alignment
  • Customer ↔ product translation
  • GTM ↔ engineering bridging
  • Internal enablement materials
  • Solution walkthroughs
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Product Operations & Workflow

Building repeatable internal systems that improve how product work gets done — feedback pipelines, intake frameworks, AI-assisted workflows.

  • Feedback operations & pipelines
  • Feature intake & scoring systems
  • AI-assisted PM workflows
  • Documentation frameworks
  • Process design & optimisation
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Fractional Product & BA Support

Ongoing fractional support for teams that need product and technical analysis depth without the overhead of a full-time hire. Retainer-based or sprint-scoped.

  • Fractional PM or Technical BA
  • Weekly sprint support
  • Advisory retainer
  • On-demand documentation
  • Implementation review & QA support
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ABOUT ME

I'm an independent consultant who works where product strategy, technical analysis, and execution actually meet.

My background combines product thinking, business analysis, solution design, customer-facing discovery, and hands-on technical problem solving. I have spent years working across SaaS, AI, HRTech, CRM, ITSM, and marketplace ecosystems, helping teams turn messy business requirements into structured products, integrations, workflows, and customer-ready solutions.

I consult with SaaS founders, product teams, and technology organisations who need someone who can go deep on both business logic and technical design — translating between customer pain, product direction, and engineering reality without losing the thread.

I'm not interested in shipping theater. I care about whether the work solves a real problem, reduces operational friction, and can be explained clearly to every stakeholder in the room.

Consulting Positioning
Hybrid product + technical operator who works across discovery, design, and execution
Core Domains
SaaS · AI · HRTech · CRM · ITSM · Marketplace
Typical Clients
SaaS founders · Product teams · Platform & integration teams · Early-stage startups
Availability
Remote globally · India-based · Async-friendly · Open to engagements now
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WHAT I DO BEST

Four areas where my consulting work creates the clearest, most consistent value.

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Product Discovery From Real Customer Signals

I work from actual customer friction — synthesising signals from conversations, support data, churn analysis, and implementation bottlenecks to identify what should actually be built, and why.

Feedback SynthesisFeature Scoring Problem FramingRoadmap Input
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Technical Requirements & Execution Readiness

I turn fuzzy asks into structured documentation that engineering, QA, and stakeholders can move on without guessing. Every assumption explicit. Every edge case mapped before it becomes a production incident.

PRDs / BRDsIntegration Mapping Edge CasesQA Readiness
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SaaS Integrations & Marketplace Apps

I design and document custom apps and integrations across SaaS platforms — marketplace concepts, middleware architectures, iframe-based app experiences, and go-to-market positioning for platform products.

App ArchitectureMiddleware CRM SyncApp UX Design
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Cross-Functional Product Operations

I bridge teams that all want different things and often describe them badly — customers, CS, product, engineering, QA, and founders — without losing the thread between business value and technical execution.

Stakeholder AlignmentGTM Bridge Cross-functionalClarity
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CORE COMPETENCIES

Product Mgmt

Problem Framing
Feature Prioritisation
Feedback Operations
Roadmap Input
Customer-Centric Thinking
GTM-Aware Packaging

Tech Analysis

Requirement Gathering
Use Case Definition
Edge Case Identification
Workflow Design
Acceptance Criteria
Implementation Review

Solution Design

API Integration Thinking
Middleware Workflows
Data Flow & Sync Logic
Field Mapping
System Behavior Docs
Operational Reliability

Documentation

PRDs
BRDs
SOWs
Implementation Plans
Architecture Notes
Stakeholder Summaries

Execution

QA Thinking
Onboarding & Demo
Solution Walkthroughs
Internal Enablement
Process Refinement
AI-Assisted Workflows
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SELECTED WORK

Freshworks Ecosystem Solutions & Apps

Worked across Freshdesk, Freshservice, and Freshsales — custom marketplace app planning, configuration pages, sidebar apps, full-page app experiences, and platform-aware solutioning for complex customer use cases including a Freshdesk + ClickUp integration PRD.

FreshdeskFreshserviceFreshsales Custom AppsPRDClickUp Integration

Enterprise Integration & Middleware Design

Integration-heavy initiatives requiring reliable sync logic and data correctness. Student/application data sync into CRM, deduplication rules, field transformation, opportunity matching, and Node.js middleware infrastructure scoping with uptime and access control planning.

CRM SyncNode.js Middleware Deduplication LogicField MappingInfra Scoping

HRTech & Employee Experience Product Work

Product consulting in HRTech contexts focused on organisational feedback, adoption, and engagement. Customer feedback collection systems, workflow design for employee engagement platforms, feature gap analysis, and advanced analytics requirements.

HRTechFeedback Systems Feature Gap AnalysisAnalyticsAdoption

Internal Product Systems & AI-Enabled Workflows

Builder mindset applied internally: PM copilots, Customer Pulse workflows, AI-assisted research and planning pipelines, feature request intake and scoring frameworks, markdown-based documentation systems — force multipliers for product operations.

AI WorkflowsPM Copilot Customer PulseAutomationIntake Systems
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CONSULTING CASE STUDIES

Integration · CRM Ops

CRM Record Deduplication & Matching Logic for Admissions

Duplicate contacts and deals were being created in a CRM as student applications synced from an external system — matching rules were unclear and field values inconsistent across platforms.

Mapped the end-to-end record flow, defined field-level matching priorities, documented deduplication logic for contacts and opportunities, and translated business rules into a spec engineering could implement safely.

Reduced ambiguity in record creation, improved sync reliability, and prevented duplicate records that were distorting admissions follow-up, reporting accuracy, and downstream workflows.

Support Ops · Automation

Ticket Routing & SLA Automation for Support Operations

Support teams were manually triaging every incoming request — slower response times, inconsistent ownership, and unnecessary SLA risk across categories of work.

Designed the full ticket flow: intake, categorisation, assignment logic, priority handling, round-robin routing, and SLA-based automation triggers across agent groups.

Cleaner support workflow with better ownership, faster first response, and more predictable handling of incoming service requests — without manual triage overhead.

Enterprise · Procurement

Infrastructure & Security Documentation for Enterprise Procurement

Enterprise buyers needed detailed infrastructure, access-control, and uptime answers before approving an integration project — but the technical scope wasn't documented in buyer-friendly language.

Translated infrastructure details into structured documentation covering hosting, access controls, processing boundaries, operational responsibilities, and service expectations for security and procurement review.

Improved stakeholder confidence, reduced approval friction, and gave commercial teams stronger material to move deals through security and compliance review.

Product · Roadmap

Customer Feedback to Product Prioritisation System

Customer pain points were spread across calls, emails, churn notes, and CS conversations — making roadmap decisions too anecdotal and inconsistent to defend to stakeholders.

Designed a workflow to collect feedback from multiple sources, classify themes, score requests by account value and business impact, and convert recurring signals into structured prioritisation inputs.

Moved feedback handling from scattered opinions to a repeatable decision framework — making roadmap conversations more evidence-based and easier to defend.

Product · SaaS Platform

Marketplace App Design for Real Workflow Gaps

Teams using adjacent SaaS platforms were stuck in manual workarounds because key workflows stopped at tool boundaries and no off-the-shelf integration covered the use case properly.

Identified workflow gaps, validated demand, defined app scope, user flow, and functional requirements — shaping the concept into an implementable, marketplace-ready product direction.

Turned vague integration ideas into concrete product opportunities with clear user value, practical scope, and stronger commercial viability for the marketplace.

Support Ops · Automation

Ticket Routing & SLA Automation for Support Operations

Support teams were manually triaging incoming requests, leading to slower response times, inconsistent ownership, and unnecessary SLA risk across categories of work.

Designed a ticket flow covering intake, categorisation, assignment logic, priority handling, and automation rules across groups, round-robin routing, and SLA-based triggers.

Created a cleaner support workflow with better ownership, faster first response, and more predictable handling of incoming service requests.

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TOOLS & PLATFORMS

SaaS Platforms

Freshdesk
Freshservice
Freshsales
ClickUp
Zendesk
Monday.com
Shopify
Google Workspace

Technical Context

APIs & Webhooks
Node.js Middleware
Microservices Patterns
DB-backed Integrations
Queue & Async Processing
Embedded SaaS Apps

Documentation

PRDs / BRDs
SOWs
Implementation Plans
Architecture Notes
Backlog Systems
Feature Intake Frameworks

Automation & AI

Operational Automation
Feedback Pipelines
AI-Assisted Analysis
Markdown Workflows
PM Copilot Systems
Process Optimisation
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HOW I WORK

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Problem First

Customers are right about the pain, often wrong about the solution. I capture underlying friction first, then shape the right response — not the requested feature.

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Clarity With Receipts

Structured docs, explicit assumptions, field-level logic, concrete workflows, clear ownership. Ambiguity is expensive. I reduce it systematically.

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Systems Thinking

I naturally map dependencies, failure points, upstream inputs, downstream impact, and operational overhead — before they become surprises in production.

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Bridging Teams

I work across customers, CS, product leaders, developers, QA, and founders without losing the thread between business value and technical execution.

Leverage Over Volume

I build reusable frameworks, repeatable workflows, and systems that improve outcomes at scale — not just outputs for a single sprint.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED

Shab offers independent consulting across four areas: product discovery and strategy, technical requirements and execution readiness, SaaS integration and marketplace app design, and cross-functional product operations. Engagements can be project-based, fractional, sprint-embedded, or advisory retainer — scoped to what the client actually needs.
Deep expertise in the Freshworks ecosystem (Freshdesk, Freshservice, Freshsales), ClickUp, Zendesk, Monday.com, Shopify, and Google Workspace. Broader experience across CRM, ITSM, HRTech platforms, and marketplace-style SaaS ecosystems. Strong domain knowledge in integration architecture regardless of the specific platform stack.
Yes. Based in India and available for remote consulting engagements worldwide. Engagements are async-first and can be structured as fixed-scope projects, fractional product and BA support, or ongoing advisory retainers. Time zone overlap is flexible.
Typical deliverables include: Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Statements of Work (SOWs), integration design documents with field mapping and sync logic, workflow architecture documents, app strategy and marketplace scoping documents, implementation plans, QA acceptance criteria, and stakeholder-facing summaries. Deliverables are structured for engineering, QA, and business stakeholders.
Ideal clients include: SaaS founders and early-stage product teams who need structured execution without a full-time PM; platform and integration teams designing cross-system workflows; technology organisations navigating ambiguous product or technical requirements; and companies in the Freshworks, CRM, HRTech, or ITSM ecosystem looking for specialist product and integration expertise.
The hybrid depth across product strategy and technical execution. Most consultants sit on one side of that boundary — either product thinking or technical analysis. Shab operates across both, which means product direction that engineering can actually build from, and technical design that is grounded in real business and customer value. Strong documentation muscle and systems-oriented working style make deliverables that hold up under implementation scrutiny.

WORK
WITH
ME.

Open to consulting engagements for SaaS product teams, founders, and technology organisations. Fixed-scope, fractional, or advisory — let's scope it properly and get started.

Preferred first step: a 30-minute scoping call via LinkedIn message or email. I'll confirm availability within 24 hours.