Hello, I’m Ryan.
I shape products around the people who use them. And I can build them too.
I’m a product manager in Limerick with a developer’s background and more than 15 years of building, running and growing web products. I start by finding out what a product is really for, study how people actually use it, then move it forward one measured step at a time. Increasingly, that means putting AI to work inside the product: RAG applications, trained and fine-tuned models, and AI-powered analysis.
- Full-time
- Part-time
- Contract
- Freelance
One habit, every role
Wherever I’ve worked, I’ve done the same thing first: watched how people really use the product, then changed the product to fit them.
- 2019 – 2025 Cybersmarties Students and teachers needed different things from the same platform. So I shaped it for both, with an individual report for every student and teacher.
- 2018 – 2019 Hubbard Broadcasting Millions of user interactions showed me what readers read, where they dropped off and what brought them back. So I let behaviour set the priorities: a fast mobile site, easier subscriptions and better tools for station staff.
- 2025 – 2026 AI financial analysis Clients had plenty of financial data and not enough clarity. So I built AI analysis products, including a fine-tuned specialised model.
- Ongoing horsesales.ie Buyers, sellers and search trends tell me what to build next. So I run the marketplace from evidence, from product to traffic to revenue.
What I bring to your team
Product thinking rooted in behaviour
User research, behaviour analysis, prioritisation and roadmaps. I decide what to build from what people do, and I explain the trade-offs plainly to stakeholders.
Growth across every channel
SEO, paid advertising, content shaped to search intent, promotional videos I script and produce myself with AI, and visibility in AI search such as Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity. A product has to be found.
AI products, end to end
RAG applications that answer from your own content, models trained and fine-tuned for a specialist job, and AI analysis that turns scattered data into decisions. I know when AI is the answer, and when it isn’t.
An engineer’s hands
Node.js, React, TypeScript, PHP and AWS. I talk to developers in their language and, when it’s faster, design and build the feature myself.
Who is Ryan Mahato?
Praveen "Ryan" Mahato is a product manager based in Limerick, Ireland, with a developer’s background and more than 15 years of building, running and growing websites and web products. He shapes products around how real people use them, builds AI products such as RAG applications and fine-tuned models, and can design and build features himself.
What kind of work is Ryan open to?
Ryan is open to full-time and part-time product manager and AI product manager roles, and to contract and freelance work. He is based in Limerick and works on site or hybrid in Ireland, or remotely for teams in Europe and the USA.
What makes Ryan different from other product managers?
He combines user behaviour analysis and growth marketing with hands-on engineering. He has worked as a developer for many years, so he talks to engineers in their language and can build a feature himself when that is faster. He is also fluent in AI, from RAG applications to fine-tuning models.
What has Ryan worked on?
Six years shaping Cybersmarties, a social and monitoring platform for school children; on-site work in the United States for Hubbard Broadcasting, EF Hutton and Energy Dynamics; AI-powered analysis products for financial data; and horsesales.ie, an Irish horse marketplace he owns and runs end to end.
Can Ryan build AI products such as RAG applications?
Yes. Ryan builds and manages AI products end to end: RAG applications that answer from a company’s own content, trained and fine-tuned specialised models, AI-powered data analysis and AI features inside existing products. See mauriya.me/ai.html.
Does Ryan know SEO and AI search?
Yes. He grows traffic through SEO, paid advertising and content shaped to search intent, and optimises sites to be found and cited by AI search and assistants such as Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity.
How can I contact Ryan?
Use the contact form on mauriya.me/contact.html or email promauriya@gmail.com.