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Trishka Bisseru Pillay
Product Portfolio — 2026

Trishka
Bisseru Pillay

Senior Product Manager  ·  Fintech  ·  SaaS  ·  Payments  ·  Edtech

6 years of product leadership across payments infrastructure, developer education platforms, and enterprise desktop software — from Johannesburg to global. I build products that scale revenue, ship fast, and earn trust.

6+ Years in Product
17+ Releases Shipped
25% Revenue Growth
3 Industries
Case Studies

Products I've shipped

01 / 06
Certificates.dev · BitterBrains
B2B Team Management Platform
April 2025 – Present
B2B SaaS Edtech Revenue Growth Enterprise

Global developer certification platform · Remote · Delaware, USA

Enterprise companies were managing developer certifications manually — no centralised way to handle hundreds of vouchers, track team progress, or respond to exam retake requests. I identified this gap through direct customer feedback and led the end-to-end design, build, and launch of a full B2B Team Management Platform — unlocking an enterprise channel that became the highest revenue month since the platform launched.

25%
Revenue growth Q4 2025
100s
Vouchers managed per team
Oct '25
Highest revenue month ever
The Problem

Enterprise clients needed a way to manage certification programmes at scale — distributing and tracking hundreds of vouchers across unlimited teams, monitoring exam results and retakes, and receiving automated notifications when developers passed or failed. Team members also needed a self-service way to request retakes directly from their Billing Manager, without manual back-and-forth.

Key Contributions
  • Gathered and synthesised enterprise customer feedback that surfaced the need for a dedicated team management tool
  • Defined the full product scope: voucher management at scale (100s per org), unlimited team structures, exam progress tracking, pass/fail notifications, and retake request workflows
  • Led the build of a Billing Manager role with full visibility over team certifications, voucher assignments, and exam outcomes
  • Designed retake request flow allowing team members to surface requests directly to their Billing Manager
  • Delivered reporting and notification system giving managers real-time visibility of where their team needed improvement
  • Partnered with CEO, COO, and Product Director on pricing strategy and B2B go-to-market
  • Hosted live developer events (e.g. Frontend Nation) to drive B2B pipeline and adoption
Product Screenshot
Certificates.dev Team Dashboard — showing voucher management, team progress tracking, and exam results
Team Dashboard — Voucher management, team progress & exam tracking
02 / 06
Axiom Inc.
Family & View Studio — New Product Launch
Oct 2023 – Mar 2025
BIM New Product Autodesk Revit UX Research AEC Desktop Software

Product Manager · Remote · Florida, USA · Customers: Architects, Engineers & Designers using Autodesk Revit

Led the full product lifecycle for Family & View Studio — a new desktop application built for Autodesk Revit users in the Architecture, Engineering & Construction industry. From discovery through to launch in 6 weeks, this product was shaped entirely by direct customer research and delivered by a focused two-person Revit development team.

6 weeks
Concept to launch
2
Revit developers managed
10%
Product sales growth (6 months)
Discovery & UX Research

Before a single line of code was written, I ran structured research with both existing customers and potential new users — Revit-based engineers, architects, and designers. Through surveys, usability studies, and needs-and-wants sessions, I mapped what was missing from their workflow and translated those insights directly into the product scope and UX design for Family & View Studio.

Key Contributions
  • Conducted usability studies and surveys with existing and prospective customers to define product requirements from the ground up
  • Owned UX design for Family & View Studio — translating research findings into interface decisions and user flows
  • Managed a team of 2 Revit developers end-to-end across the full build and launch cycle
  • Took the product from concept to shipped in 6 weeks — a tight, focused delivery
  • Targeted Autodesk Revit users: architects, engineers, and designers in AEC firms
  • Managed 15 additional desktop products (AutoCAD, MicroStation, Revit) — shipping 17 total releases in 10 months, first PM to do so in 6 years
Product Screenshot
Family and View Studio for Revit — Demo Video thumbnail
Family & View Studio for Revit — The easy way to find and place Revit Families and Views
Video Tutorial
Watch: Family & View Studio for Revit
Product demo · youtube.com
Watch →
03 / 06
Paymentology
MDES — Mastercard Digital Enablement Service
2020 – 2023
Fintech Payments Mastercard Tokenisation Asia Pacific

Card issuing & processing platform · Hybrid · Johannesburg, RSA

Led the integration of Mastercard's Digital Enablement Service — a token lifecycle management system — into Octopus Pay and Grab across Asia. This enabled secure digital payments and tokenised transactions for millions of cardholders, bringing two major wallet platforms into full Mastercard compliance.

2
Major wallets integrated (Octopus, Grab)
Asia
Primary market
MDES
Token lifecycle mgmt
Key Contributions
  • Scoped and led the full integration of MDES into Octopus Pay and Grab wallets across Asia
  • Managed cross-functional coordination across Paymentology's dev team, Mastercard, and wallet partners
  • Oversaw compliance alignment with Mastercard's certification and testing requirements
  • Collaborated with implementations team to ensure smooth deployment and go-live
Product Screenshot
Octopus Pay with Apple Pay — MDES integration
Octopus Pay × Apple Pay — enabled via MDES Mastercard Digital Enablement Service
04 / 06
Paymentology
Visa Token Service (VTS) — Multi-Region Rollout
2020 – 2023
Fintech Payments Visa Tokenisation Multi-region

Card issuing & processing platform · Hybrid · Johannesburg, RSA

Oversaw the implementation of Visa's Token Service across multiple clients spanning Asia, Africa, and Latin America — a complex multi-region, multi-client rollout that standardised tokenised payment capability across diverse markets and regulatory environments.

3
Regions (Asia, Africa, LatAm)
Multi
Clients simultaneously
VTS
Visa Token Service
Key Contributions
  • Managed the end-to-end rollout of Visa Token Service across multiple geographies simultaneously
  • Coordinated with Visa's technical and compliance teams alongside Paymentology's engineering squads
  • Navigated differing regional regulatory requirements and client-specific implementation nuances
  • Ensured certification milestones and deployment timelines were met across all client accounts
Product Screenshot
Visa Token Service — tokenised card payments
Visa Token Service (VTS) — Tokenised digital card payments across Asia, Africa & Latin America
05 / 06
Paymentology × Standard Bank
First Union Pay Prepaid Card in South Africa
2016 – 2020
Payments First-to-market Union Pay Standard Bank South Africa

Client Executive · On-site · Johannesburg, RSA

Pioneered the establishment and deployment of the first-ever Union Pay prepaid card in South Africa, in collaboration with Union Pay International and Standard Bank. A landmark market-first product that opened the South African prepaid market to Chinese payment network infrastructure for the first time.

#1
First Union Pay prepaid in SA
Market
First-to-market launch
SA
New market unlocked
Key Contributions
  • Pioneered and led the product from concept to deployment — a genuine South African market first
  • Managed the partnership between Union Pay International, Standard Bank, and Paymentology
  • Oversaw card production, personalisation, and prepaid product launch logistics
  • Coordinated API integration, troubleshooting, and go-live with integration partners
Product Screenshot
Shyft Standard Bank UnionPay prepaid card
Shyft × Standard Bank × UnionPay — First UnionPay prepaid card in South Africa
06 / 06
Paymentology × Standard Bank
Standard Bank Prepaid Card Portfolio
2016 – 2020
Fintech Prepaid uCount Shyft Travel Wallet Virtual Card

Senior Client Executive · On-site · Johannesburg, RSA

Owned and grew the Standard Bank prepaid card portfolio — one of South Africa's largest banking groups — across four distinct products: uCount Rewards, Shyft (multicurrency travel card), Virtual Card, and Travel Wallet. Managed the full product relationship, from commercial negotiations through to technical integration support and revenue growth.

1.2M
Virtual Card holders in 3 months
R100M+
Spend enabled post-launch
3.6M+
Combined users across portfolio
Key Contributions
  • Managed full commercial and technical relationship for Standard Bank's prepaid card portfolio across four products: uCount, Shyft, Virtual Card and Travel Wallet
  • Virtual Card: 1.2 million cardholders within 3 months of launch, with over R100 million in spend — a landmark result for the prepaid product line
  • Shyft: Grew to over 900,000 users through targeted marketing and P&L-led strategy
  • uCount: Scaled to over 1.7 million users — supported with P&L analysis and marketing initiatives that drove adoption
  • Drove steady revenue growth across the portfolio for three consecutive years through strategic upselling and product expansion
  • Oversaw card production, personalisation, API integration troubleshooting and new feature rollouts with integration partners and the Development Team
Product Screenshots
uCount Rewards — Standard Bank prepaid card
uCount Rewards — Standard Bank prepaid Mastercard
Shyft app — Cards view
Shyft — Multi-card management
Shyft app — Multicurrency wallets
Shyft — Multicurrency wallets (ZAR, USD, EUR, GBP, AUD)
Standard Bank Virtual Card — Manage Cards screen
Standard Bank Virtual Card — prepaid Mastercard managed via the Standard Bank app
Social Proof

What it's like to work with me

"Trishka is a great Product Manager. During our time at Certificates.dev, I was impressed by her ability to navigate high-pressure situations with a positive mindset. Her approachable personality and 'can-do' attitude made collaborating on all sorts of tasks highly effective. Her ability to communicate, understand people, and explain difficult decisions was another major highlight of our collaboration."

Alain Chautard
Alain Chautard
Angular Educator · Google Developer Expert
★★★★★

Trishka knows exactly how to set clear expectations while giving genuine autonomy. She provides sharp direction, defines precise goals, and trusts her collaborators to deliver — which is both rare and incredibly motivating.

Her feedback is always constructive, thoughtful, and growth-oriented. Every interaction felt like an opportunity to improve. Trishka is also remarkably responsive — reviews, decisions, and approvals come quickly, keeping workflow smooth and free of bottlenecks.

I highly recommend Trishka to anyone looking for an inspiring leader and a reliable collaborator.

Martin Ferret
Martin Ferret
Senior JavaScript Developer · Certificates.dev
★★★★★

I had the pleasure of working with Trishka during our collaboration at Standard Bank and her role at Paymentology. In her capacity, Trishka consistently demonstrated exceptional professionalism and expertise in managing IT projects for our Prepaid card products. She played a crucial role in overseeing product deployments into our production environment and ensuring the seamless maintenance of existing systems. Whenever issues arose, she worked diligently with our team, ensuring swift resolution. She was instrumental in maintaining and strengthening our relationship with Standard Bank, navigating a complex prepaid card solution to a fully integrated system with great care. Her dedication, attention to detail, and proactive communication make her an invaluable asset to any organization.

Aaref Mia
Aaref Mia
Solutions Owner — Card & Payments · Standard Bank
★★★★★
Capabilities

What I bring to every product

Methodology
Agile & Scrum
Payments
Mastercard & Visa
Payments
Tokenisation
Compliance
PCI DSS · GDPR
Strategy
Roadmap Development
Growth
B2B & B2C Scaling
Design
UX & Prototyping
Technical
API Integration
Tools
Figma · JIRA · Pendo
Tools
Notion · Asana · Miro
Tools
Confluence · Productboard
Analytics
Metabase · Google Analytics
Data
SQL · Reporting
Testing
Postman · API Testing
Testing
Postmark · Email QA
Leadership
Cross-functional Teams
Emerging
AI in Product
Documentation
PRDs & Product Docs
Get In Touch

Let's connect

I'm open to Senior Product Manager roles, consulting opportunities, and interesting conversations about product. Book a call or drop me a message — I'd love to hear from you.

Book a call
Schedule time with me →
calendly.com/trishka-bisserupillay
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Trishka Bisseru Pillay — Product Portfolio
PM
Trishka Bisseru Pillay
Product Portfolio — 2026

Trishka
Bisseru Pillay

Senior Product Manager  ·  Fintech  ·  SaaS  ·  Payments  ·  Edtech

6 years of product leadership across payments infrastructure, developer education platforms, and enterprise desktop software — from Johannesburg to global. I build products that scale revenue, ship fast, and earn trust.

6+ Years in Product
17+ Releases Shipped
25% Revenue Growth
3 Industries

Products I've shipped

01 / 06
Certificates.dev · BitterBrains
B2B Team Management Platform
April 2025 – Present
B2B SaaS Edtech Revenue Growth Enterprise

Global developer certification platform · Remote · Delaware, USA

Enterprise companies were managing developer certifications manually — no centralised way to handle hundreds of vouchers, track team progress, or respond to exam retake requests. I identified this gap through direct customer feedback and led the end-to-end design, build, and launch of a full B2B Team Management Platform — unlocking an enterprise channel that became the highest revenue month since the platform launched.

25%
Revenue growth Q4 2025
100s
Vouchers managed per team
Oct '25
Highest revenue month ever
The Problem

Enterprise clients needed a way to manage certification programmes at scale — distributing and tracking hundreds of vouchers across unlimited teams, monitoring exam results and retakes, and receiving automated notifications when developers passed or failed. Team members also needed a self-service way to request retakes directly from their Billing Manager, without manual back-and-forth.

Key Contributions
  • Gathered and synthesised enterprise customer feedback that surfaced the need for a dedicated team management tool
  • Defined the full product scope: voucher management at scale (100s per org), unlimited team structures, exam progress tracking, pass/fail notifications, and retake request workflows
  • Led the build of a Billing Manager role with full visibility over team certifications, voucher assignments, and exam outcomes
  • Designed retake request flow allowing team members to surface requests directly to their Billing Manager
  • Delivered reporting and notification system giving managers real-time visibility of where their team needed improvement
  • Partnered with CEO, COO, and Product Director on pricing strategy and B2B go-to-market
  • Hosted live developer events (e.g. Frontend Nation) to drive B2B pipeline and adoption
Product Screenshot
Certificates.dev Team Dashboard — showing voucher management, team progress tracking, and exam results
Team Dashboard — Voucher management, team progress & exam tracking
02 / 06
Axiom Inc.
Family & View Studio — New Product Launch
Oct 2023 – Mar 2025
BIM New Product Autodesk Revit UX Research AEC Desktop Software

Product Manager · Remote · Florida, USA · Customers: Architects, Engineers & Designers using Autodesk Revit

Led the full product lifecycle for Family & View Studio — a new desktop application built for Autodesk Revit users in the Architecture, Engineering & Construction industry. From discovery through to launch in 6 weeks, this product was shaped entirely by direct customer research and delivered by a focused two-person Revit development team.

6 weeks
Concept to launch
2
Revit developers managed
10%
Product sales growth (6 months)
Discovery & UX Research

Before a single line of code was written, I ran structured research with both existing customers and potential new users — Revit-based engineers, architects, and designers. Through surveys, usability studies, and needs-and-wants sessions, I mapped what was missing from their workflow and translated those insights directly into the product scope and UX design for Family & View Studio.

Key Contributions
  • Conducted usability studies and surveys with existing and prospective customers to define product requirements from the ground up
  • Owned UX design for Family & View Studio — translating research findings into interface decisions and user flows
  • Managed a team of 2 Revit developers end-to-end across the full build and launch cycle
  • Took the product from concept to shipped in 6 weeks — a tight, focused delivery
  • Targeted Autodesk Revit users: architects, engineers, and designers in AEC firms
  • Managed 15 additional desktop products (AutoCAD, MicroStation, Revit) — shipping 17 total releases in 10 months, first PM to do so in 6 years
Product Screenshot
Family and View Studio for Revit — Demo Video thumbnail
Family & View Studio for Revit — The easy way to find and place Revit Families and Views
Video Tutorial
Watch: Family & View Studio for Revit
Product demo · youtube.com
Watch →
03 / 06
Paymentology
MDES — Mastercard Digital Enablement Service
2020 – 2023
Fintech Payments Mastercard Tokenisation Asia Pacific

Card issuing & processing platform · Hybrid · Johannesburg, RSA

Led the integration of Mastercard's Digital Enablement Service — a token lifecycle management system — into Octopus Pay and Grab across Asia. This enabled secure digital payments and tokenised transactions for millions of cardholders, bringing two major wallet platforms into full Mastercard compliance.

2
Major wallets integrated (Octopus, Grab)
Asia
Primary market
MDES
Token lifecycle mgmt
Key Contributions
  • Scoped and led the full integration of MDES into Octopus Pay and Grab wallets across Asia
  • Managed cross-functional coordination across Paymentology's dev team, Mastercard, and wallet partners
  • Oversaw compliance alignment with Mastercard's certification and testing requirements
  • Collaborated with implementations team to ensure smooth deployment and go-live
Product Screenshot
Octopus Pay with Apple Pay — MDES integration
Octopus Pay × Apple Pay — enabled via MDES Mastercard Digital Enablement Service
04 / 06
Paymentology
Visa Token Service (VTS) — Multi-Region Rollout
2020 – 2023
Fintech Payments Visa Tokenisation Multi-region

Card issuing & processing platform · Hybrid · Johannesburg, RSA

Oversaw the implementation of Visa's Token Service across multiple clients spanning Asia, Africa, and Latin America — a complex multi-region, multi-client rollout that standardised tokenised payment capability across diverse markets and regulatory environments.

3
Regions (Asia, Africa, LatAm)
Multi
Clients simultaneously
VTS
Visa Token Service
Key Contributions
  • Managed the end-to-end rollout of Visa Token Service across multiple geographies simultaneously
  • Coordinated with Visa's technical and compliance teams alongside Paymentology's engineering squads
  • Navigated differing regional regulatory requirements and client-specific implementation nuances
  • Ensured certification milestones and deployment timelines were met across all client accounts
Product Screenshot
Visa Token Service — tokenised card payments
Visa Token Service (VTS) — Tokenised digital card payments across Asia, Africa & Latin America
05 / 06
Paymentology × Standard Bank
First Union Pay Prepaid Card in South Africa
2016 – 2020
Payments First-to-market Union Pay Standard Bank South Africa

Client Executive · On-site · Johannesburg, RSA

Pioneered the establishment and deployment of the first-ever Union Pay prepaid card in South Africa, in collaboration with Union Pay International and Standard Bank. A landmark market-first product that opened the South African prepaid market to Chinese payment network infrastructure for the first time.

#1
First Union Pay prepaid in SA
Market
First-to-market launch
SA
New market unlocked
Key Contributions
  • Pioneered and led the product from concept to deployment — a genuine South African market first
  • Managed the partnership between Union Pay International, Standard Bank, and Paymentology
  • Oversaw card production, personalisation, and prepaid product launch logistics
  • Coordinated API integration, troubleshooting, and go-live with integration partners
Product Screenshot
Shyft Standard Bank UnionPay prepaid card
Shyft × Standard Bank × UnionPay — First UnionPay prepaid card in South Africa
06 / 06
Paymentology × Standard Bank
Standard Bank Prepaid Card Portfolio
2016 – 2020
Fintech Prepaid uCount Shyft Travel Wallet Virtual Card

Senior Client Executive · On-site · Johannesburg, RSA

Owned and grew the Standard Bank prepaid card portfolio — one of South Africa's largest banking groups — across four distinct products: uCount Rewards, Shyft (multicurrency travel card), Virtual Card, and Travel Wallet. Managed the full product relationship, from commercial negotiations through to technical integration support and revenue growth.

1.2M
Virtual Card holders in 3 months
R100M+
Spend enabled post-launch
3.6M+
Combined users across portfolio
Key Contributions
  • Managed full commercial and technical relationship for Standard Bank's prepaid card portfolio across four products: uCount, Shyft, Virtual Card and Travel Wallet
  • Virtual Card: 1.2 million cardholders within 3 months of launch, with over R100 million in spend — a landmark result for the prepaid product line
  • Shyft: Grew to over 900,000 users through targeted marketing and P&L-led strategy
  • uCount: Scaled to over 1.7 million users — supported with P&L analysis and marketing initiatives that drove adoption
  • Drove steady revenue growth across the portfolio for three consecutive years through strategic upselling and product expansion
  • Oversaw card production, personalisation, API integration troubleshooting and new feature rollouts with integration partners and the Development Team
Product Screenshots
uCount Rewards — Standard Bank prepaid card
uCount Rewards — Standard Bank prepaid Mastercard
Shyft app — Cards view
Shyft — Multi-card management
Shyft app — Multicurrency wallets
Shyft — Multicurrency wallets (ZAR, USD, EUR, GBP, AUD)
Standard Bank Virtual Card — Manage Cards screen
Standard Bank Virtual Card — prepaid Mastercard managed via the Standard Bank app

What it's like to work with me

"Trishka is a great Product Manager. During our time at Certificates.dev, I was impressed by her ability to navigate high-pressure situations with a positive mindset. Her approachable personality and 'can-do' attitude made collaborating on all sorts of tasks highly effective. Her ability to communicate, understand people, and explain difficult decisions was another major highlight of our collaboration."

Alain Chautard
Alain Chautard
Angular Educator · Google Developer Expert
★★★★★

Trishka knows exactly how to set clear expectations while giving genuine autonomy. She provides sharp direction, defines precise goals, and trusts her collaborators to deliver — which is both rare and incredibly motivating.

Her feedback is always constructive, thoughtful, and growth-oriented. Every interaction felt like an opportunity to improve. Trishka is also remarkably responsive — reviews, decisions, and approvals come quickly, keeping workflow smooth and free of bottlenecks.

I highly recommend Trishka to anyone looking for an inspiring leader and a reliable collaborator.

Martin Ferret
Martin Ferret
Senior JavaScript Developer · Certificates.dev
★★★★★

I had the pleasure of working with Trishka during our collaboration at Standard Bank and her role at Paymentology. In her capacity, Trishka consistently demonstrated exceptional professionalism and expertise in managing IT projects for our Prepaid card products. She played a crucial role in overseeing product deployments into our production environment and ensuring the seamless maintenance of existing systems. Whenever issues arose, she worked diligently with our team, ensuring swift resolution. She was instrumental in maintaining and strengthening our relationship with Standard Bank, navigating a complex prepaid card solution to a fully integrated system with great care. Her dedication, attention to detail, and proactive communication make her an invaluable asset to any organization.

Aaref Mia
Aaref Mia
Solutions Owner — Card & Payments · Standard Bank
★★★★★

What I bring to every product

Methodology
Agile & Scrum
Payments
Mastercard & Visa
Payments
Tokenisation
Compliance
PCI DSS · GDPR
Strategy
Roadmap Development
Growth
B2B & B2C Scaling
Design
UX & Prototyping
Technical
API Integration
Tools
Figma · JIRA · Pendo
Tools
Notion · Asana · Miro
Tools
Confluence · Productboard
Analytics
Metabase · Google Analytics
Data
SQL · Reporting
Testing
Postman · API Testing
Testing
Postmark · Email QA
Leadership
Cross-functional Teams
Emerging
AI in Product
Documentation
PRDs & Product Docs
Get In Touch

Let's connect

I'm open to Senior Product Manager roles, consulting opportunities, and interesting conversations about product. Book a call or drop me a message — I'd love to hear from you.

Book a call
Schedule time with me →
calendly.com/trishka-bisserupillay
Send a message