Jan 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• ekincare is a full-stack enterprise-ready, health benefits platform that is integrated with insurance, preventive health and financing, making healthcare accessible and affordable for hundreds of companies and their employees

Sep 2008 – Aug 2014 · 5 yrs 11 mos · Greater Seattle Area

• Led a team of more than 50 cross functional managers to define Hero devices’ end to end product strategy including customer research, UX, certification, positioning, pricing, promotions, training, merchandising, distribution, PR and lifecycle
• Collaborated with OEMs and cross-functional teams to launch more than 20 Smartphones. Key launches include:
• Moto X First ever build to order smartphone in US
• HTC One® Best mobile device, MWC 2013
• LG Optimus G™ First LTE Quad-core in North America
• HTC One X Best smartphone of MWC 2012 - Laptop Magazine
• HTC Inspire™ 4G AT&T’s first 4G smartphone
• Palm pre™ plus and Palm pixi™ plus AT&T’s first WebOS devices
• Negotiated supplier and new retail partner contract. Lead Supply Chain, IT, Retail Sales Operations and Customer Care to create specialized sales, manufacturing and distribution processes to launch the first ‘build-to-order” smartphone, Moto X. Developed creative merchandising and joint requirements to enable point of sale systems across 5500 AT&T retail stores to sell Moto X
• Represented AT&T at device launch events, press briefings and through blogs
• Launched LG Thrill 4G, the world’s first 3D mobile solution. Collaborated with external partners to build compelling 3D content of games, videos, movies and YouTube channel. Received wide media accolades for the overall product strategy
• Managed more than $20M in marketing budget to develop joint selling programs designed to grow device sales through successful national TV, print, digital, radio, social and experiential marketing campaigns. Launched world’s first user generated 3D Music concert.
• Successfully trained fellow product managers through the device development processes
• Developed departmental policies and procedures to reduce forecasting errors and improve alignment across channels
• Received SVP’s “2012 Intrapreneur” award for improving customer’s device lifecycle experience

Aug 2007 – Sep 2008 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Responsible for Motorola / Kyocera / ZTE mobile devices development and launch
• Point of contact within Alltel with responsibility for vendor product roadmap, feature-set definition and compliance, form factor lock down, monitoring of product quality and schedule
• Manage cross functional teams for the smooth integration of various device applications
• Developed a quantitative metric to score device OEMs for the new product introductions and aligned strategies
• Developed a stage gate process for certifying third party applications on the device
• Successfully mentored a product manager through the device development process

Apr 2006 – Aug 2007 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Responsible for writing detailed requirements and test cases for handset manufacturers and work with OEM engineers to oversee implementation
• Alltel’s technical lead for developing a PC solution, that generated an estimated annual revenue of $3MM through supporting cell phone music accessory sales
• Standardized and improved Alltel’s overall mobile devices user interface
• Responsible for the compliance of handsets with the FCC, Bluetooth consortium and industry requirements

Sep 2005 – Dec 2005 · 3 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• • Developed business plan and go to market strategy to commercialize IdeaBank, an idea sourcing tool

Jun 2005 – Jan 2006 · 7 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Conducted market research to assess the commercial value of Duke’s display technology intellectual property
• Identified appropriate companies to license the display technology portfolio donated to Duke University
• Collected evidences of infringement for a potential patent litigation through reverse engineering a target television

Jan 2005 – Apr 2005 · 3 mos

• Developed a proposal that outlined the approach and plan to establish in-house RFID unit level testing and evaluation laboratory at their facility in Research Triangle Park

Nov 2003 – Apr 2004 · 5 mos

• - Designed an interface frame for mounting an inertial navigation system on a cruise missile