Feb 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Aug 2019 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Microsoft is committed to supporting and empowering startups around the world as they build innovative, inspiring new products and businesses. We, at Microsoft, are reinventing ourselves and our programs on how we support startups and engage local startup ecosystems. My key focus is to accelerate the growth of startups by enabling the startups with the right programs, platforms and services which help them scale locally and globally.
• I am responsible for working with startups and also with various stakeholders in the startup ecosystem to help startups at every stage evangelize and grow leveraging the various Microsoft programs we have to offer

Feb 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Jul 2015 – Feb 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Responsible for Go-To-Market strategy and execution for ISV partners.
• Creating structured marketing offers for ISV partners across all segments
• Planning PR and awareness campaigns and launching 'properties' for ISV GTM
• Creating GTM campaigns for ISV partners to help them scale their business on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform

Oct 2014 – Jul 2015 · 9 mos

• Responsible for Windows App Store and driving adoption of consumer apps and marketing for Windows Platform

Oct 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Responsible for developer outreach activities and evangelizing Nokia as a preferred partner in the local ecosystem.
• Responsible for localizing product marketing contents and campaigns to developers, executing outreach initiatives including online and social presence, conferences, training,
• Business Optimization: Business owner of the outreach targets and budget, optimize outreach activities to generate the best ROI and work to maintain a healthy developer funnel, tracking developers and key apps.
• Marketing and Outreach: Create local developer campaigns and additionally communicate and extend programs and services, such as technical support, training, marketing and monetization opportunities
• Evangelism: Outbound: engage developers through events and online Nokia developer community forums - blogs, discussion boards, etc. Inbound: Represents the voice of the Nokia developer internally.
• Launched Nokia Asha 501 with Stephen Elop and Peter Skillman

Feb 2010 – Aug 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Working with Government of India to create identity solution on mobile platform.
• Responsible for creating a new solution category of Identity Management and Verification for B2B and B2G businesses. Represented Nokia at Ministerial level, participated in government & industry consultations and policy committees.
• Collaboration with UIDAI and departments of Govt of India (subsidy payments, Oil & Gas) to create a concept for inclusion of UID services with mobility use-cases
• Gathering Voice of Customer and understanding the Competitive landscape
• Introducing the concept of Nokia’s UID-Solution and mobility to B2B customers & running pilots, validating customer inputs for user experience and performance of the system
• Defining and owning the lifecycle plan for the Solution
• Capturing Business requirements for B2B customers & translating customer needs into Solution requirements
• Aligning Business and Technology roadmaps
• Key Account Management with UIDAI and Technology Partners
• Providing inputs for creating various business models with partners and volume forecasts

Feb 2010 – Feb 2011 · 1 yr

• Responsible for Concepting and Prototyping new and strategic concepts for Nokia Services business. For example, Software Update Solution prototype for third party developer ecosystem, for better apps management strategy
• Drove the digital content delivery strategy for various delivery channels in Nokia via the technology offering
• Responsible for the Software Update Solution for feature phone platform in Nokia; enabling software updates and management of various applications

Feb 2009 – Feb 2010 · 1 yr

• Program Ownership of In-Device Search. In-Device Search is a cross-platform search targeted for Symbian and Series 40. It is based on open source Java Search engine - cLucene
• Responsible for Delivery and Program Management
• Additional responsibilities of Bangalore site operations: Budgeting, Long Range Planning, Stakeholder Management

Jun 2008 – Feb 2009 · 8 mos

• Project management and deployment of Multimedia Sync across all S60 3rd Edition and later devices
• Recipient of Innovation Award for implementation of an innovative solution for performance improvement
• Virtual Project Management for OviSync development across S60, Maemo and S40 platforms in multiple sites (Finland, India and Germany)

Oct 2007 – Jun 2008 · 8 mos

• Responsible for transferring and ramping-up Multimedia Sync team from Budapest to Bangalore
• Led prototyping activities in SyncML area

Dec 2003 – Oct 2007 · 3 yrs 10 mos

• Introduced processes for configurations usage across different business units at Nokia
• Involved in driving and implementing Binary Variation system
• USB and Bluetooth implementation
• Involved in low level debugging and first bootup of products across S60 platform

Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 · 3 yrs · Greater Hyderabad Area

• Feasibility, Design, Implementation of Application Initiated Push feature for NAMP
• Responsible for architecture and implementation of CT Concentrator C1.0 SNMP concentrator