Aanand Madhav
Aanand MadhavSenior PM · UX

I’m Aanand. I bring product, UX and engineering together to build things that matter.

Let’s build something →

Open to full-time product leadership roles

The original ink-drawn Aanand Madhav mascot, wearing glasses and a beanie

Good decisions. Real products.

9 yrs in Product, UX & delivery

YAMU Media

$300k+Monthly revenue at some D2C brands

Managing UX and development across D2C ecommerce brands.

My work at YAMU

MediaMen Services

1,000+Qualified leads routed per day

Product, UX and engineering for the UK debt and IVA market. Decision engine, integrations and a purpose-built CRM.

My work at MediaMen

A few things in rotation.

Coffee, a slow ferment and a book I keep coming back to.

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Coffee

Coffee rotation

Explore a sample week with my current coffees.

Weekly coffee rotation: Bhumadivi by Marks Coffee in Pondicherry; MKT Blend by AMA Cafe in New Delhi; Vienna Roast by Third Wave Coffee.
Bhumadivi
Marks Coffee · Pondicherry
Cappuccino · Cold brew

Kombucha

Batch #43

Falsa & Ginger Lemon

Fermentation preview

Day 3 · FermentingSCOBY getting to work
Fermentation stages, from fresh brew to readyMore on brewing

Books

If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir

Om Swami

An honest and unexpectedly gripping account of the path to monkhood. Less about religion, more about what it takes to commit to something completely. The kind of book that makes you sit with uncomfortable questions.

Last noted Jul 2026

Curiosity, put to work.

2026 Webby People's Voice Winner

My First Voice

Use AI to give non-verbal children a personalised voice that sounds like them, preserving local accent and cultural identity.

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Automating WordPress development

Using AI agents, WordPress Studio, WP-CLI, and disposable local sites to build, test, and ship plugins and complete client websites.

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Active

AI marketing activation systems

Personalised video generation, custom graphics, WhatsApp-based flows. AI at production scale.

See the system

Completed

AI UGC & content pipelines

Created video ads with AI for a huge FMCG brand in India - from brief to final assets.

See the system

Some experiments become client solutions. Some stay as internal tools. Some just teach me something useful.

There is life beyond the roadmap.

Coffee, slow ferments, books and the places that make me look at things differently.

More life stories
A travel collage of Aanand among European landmarks
Paris · Nov 2025 · Web Summit

The struggle made the approval sweeter. The uncertainty made the arrival meaningful. Going solo made me realize I don't need perfect conditions to begin.

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