Product Innovation / AI Governance / Advisory 2026 Fierce Award Honoree

I build products, the teams that ship them, and the operating systems that make AI deliver.

Product Management Innovation Leader at Revstar. 15+ years scaling SaaS in healthtech, education, and AI. Open to a small number of advisory and fractional engagements alongside the work.

Priya Rudradas

What I'm focused on

Three areas where I'm doing the work and where I write, speak, and advise.

01

Product innovation

Standing up the operating model that turns a founder's vision into a shipped product, sprint by sprint.

02

AI governance

Building the framework that decides what AI gets to do inside delivery, and who decides what's allowed to ship.

03

Advisory

Sitting beside founders and operators on product, AI, and team design when they need a senior pair of eyes.

The work I love sits at the edge of product, AI, and the teams that have to ship it.

I designed the Product Management Innovation Leader role at Revstar to focus full-time on standardizing how we use AI across the product development lifecycle. That means building the AI governance framework, the data models, and the Bedrock-based platform of language models we tune for design, coding, testing, and delivery, on top of Revstar's AWS Premier Partner stack.

Before that I co-founded InnerHealth, a bootstrapped AI emotional wellness platform for K-12. Earlier I was COO at OPIE Software (grew revenue from $8M to $12M, secured Select Medical) and COO at Shadow Health (scaled from $150K to $8M, team from 10 to 80).

You cannot force a bloom. You cultivate the right environment, nurture the roots, and trust the process. Same principle for products and people.

Recognized in the 2026 Fierce Awards of Greater Gainesville as one of 30 women leaders shaping the region. Co-Chair of the Gainesville chapter of Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship. Mentor, lead vocals in a local band, and steward of a garden that has taught me most of what I know about building things that last.

Ways We Can Work Together

Three engagement shapes built around how founders and operators actually use senior product and AI help. Light, scoped, outcomes-oriented.

Tier 1 / Diagnostic

AI Governance & Product Strategy Assessment

A two-hour deep dive into your product, your team, and how delivery is run today. We assess what's working, where AI fits, and where it's getting in the way. Written framework deliverable with prioritized recommendations. Yours to keep.

  • Discovery call and review of your product and AI artifacts
  • Written framework with prioritized actions
  • 30-minute walkthrough with you and your team
  • Optional follow-on engagement based on the diagnostic
Flat fee / delivered in 7 days
Tier 2 / Ongoing

Fractional Product & AI Leadership

Sit beside your founder or CEO as a fractional product and AI leader. Own the product strategy, the AI governance framework, the roadmap, and the operating cadence. Typical engagement is two to three days a week, three-month minimum.

  • Product strategy and roadmap ownership
  • AI governance and delivery pipeline design
  • Team design, hiring, and operating cadence
  • Pricing, packaging, and commercial strategy
Monthly retainer / 3-month minimum
Tier 3 / Board & Workshop

Advisory, Workshops & Speaking

Board advisor seats, founder workshops on AI product delivery, and keynote or panel work at conferences and corporate events. For founders and program leaders who want senior product perspective at the right cadence.

  • Board advisor seats (equity, ~4 hours / month)
  • Half-day or full-day team workshops
  • Conference keynotes and panels
  • Mentorship cohorts and program facilitation
Equity or per-engagement fee

Selected Builds

Four chapters in a 15-year arc of scaling product, teams, and the operating systems that hold them together.

Revstar / 2025 – Present
Product Management Innovation Leader

Designed the role and stood up the AI governance, data models, and Bedrock-based language model platform powering delivery.

Stepped from the Practice Lead seat into a self-designed Innovation Leader role to focus full-time on standardizing AI use across the product development lifecycle. Built the AI governance framework, the data models, and the Bedrock-based language model platform now tuned across design, coding, testing, and delivery on top of Revstar's AWS Premier Partner stack.

40+PRACTITIONERS SUPPORTED
AWSPREMIER PARTNER
End-to-EndAI LIFECYCLE
InnerHealth / 2021 – 2024
Co-Founder

Bootstrapped an AI emotional wellness platform for K-12 to paying revenue inside 12 months.

Founded and led the company end to end. Built the generative AI platform on Python and React, designed around school district procurement realities. Recruited the clinical, educator, and business advisors that grounded the product, and ran the sales motion that closed early-adopter districts.

12moTO FIRST REVENUE
K-12VERTICAL FOCUS
BootstrapFUNDING MODEL
OPIE Software / 2017 – 2022
Chief Operating Officer

Grew a healthcare practice-management SaaS from $8M to $12M and secured Select Medical.

Led strategy and rollout of a mobile-first software solution for O&P practitioners. Stood up product management, quality assurance, and DevOps as first-class functions, with OKR frameworks and operating cadence that pulled the company out of project mode into a recurring product motion.

$8M to $12MREVENUE GROWTH
2xCOMPANY SIZE
Select MedicalANCHOR ACCOUNT
Shadow Health / 2012 – 2016
Chief Operating Officer

Scaled a virtual clinical scenarios platform from $150K to $8M and 10 people to 80.

Co-developed the Shadow Health B2B platform with the CEO, CTO, and co-founders, applying gaming and VR techniques to create simulated patient encounters that improved nursing education access. Built the operating system that turned a research-grade platform into a recurring revenue product.

$150K to $8MREVENUE
10 to 80HEADCOUNT
Nursing EdSECTOR

Recognized for the work. Building the next chapter.

In April 2026 I was honored as one of 30 women recognized by the Fierce Awards of Greater Gainesville, an 11-year program celebrating women leaders shaping the region across industry and community.

I co-chair the Gainesville chapter of Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship, where we keep mentorship, programming, and partnerships dues-free for women across the region. Growing the chapter, building the talent pipeline, and turning local talent into national reach.

2026
FIERCE AWARD HONOREE
Co-Chair
WTE GAINESVILLE
Dues-Free
PROGRAMMING MODEL
Fierce Award Honoree, 2026
Technology is only as strong as the people behind it. The goal is to build a more inclusive, more durable tech ecosystem, one founder and one builder at a time.
Priya Rudradas

Let's talk about what you are building.

If you are a founder, operator, or program leader working in AI healthtech, education, or community-focused software, I would enjoy hearing what you are working on.