Saumya Upadhyaya

Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founder of Clixicle, revolutionizing photo printing.
Expert in product management with a focus on customer transition.
Recognized as a top innovator with multiple patents.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management and Marketing expert in the SaaS and Telecommunications sectors.

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AnalyticsBusiness AlliancesBusiness AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceChannel PartnersCloud ComputingCompetitive AnalysisConsultingContent DevelopmentEnterprise SoftwareGo-to-market StrategyHPIT StrategyIntegrationLeadership

About

- Seasoned product management and marketing professional – with a deep customer & partner focus, expertise in business planning, partner management, competitive intelligence, business and sales communications - Owned products that pivot product perception from dinosaur to cutting edge, established a partner enabled business model, defined and enhanced go to market channels to capture new customers - Can balance the old and the new – including product prioritization as well as defining plans for transitioning customers to new technologies - As a Telecom Marketing Consultant, presented market segmentation and go to market strategies to senior executives of leading Telecom Operators in India & Middle East - Creative and credible presenter capable of interfacing with senior executives, customer and partner audiences - Co-founder - Clixicle - MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, amongst the Dean’s Merit List (Top 10) - Co-author of two patents, identified as one of the Top Innovators and multiple recognitions - National medalist in swimming, enjoy pursuing fitness activities in my spare time Specialties: product management, Product marketing, product lifecycle management, sales enablement, marketing consulting, industry analysis, competitive analysis

Experience

Self-employed

YouTube Creator & Founder

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Remote

Educating viewers to make informed decisions.
Solopreneur - owner and cleaner
Started as a creative outlet, now funds an early retirement from corporate life
Proponent of slow and sustainable growth, although I still obsess about the number of zeros on the view count

Gitlab

Senior Manager, Product Marketing

Oct 2019 – Nov 2023 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Vmware

Product Management

Jul 2019 – Oct 2019 · 3 mos · Bangalore

Micro focus (formerly hp / hewlett packard enterprise)

Sr. Product Manager

Nov 2017 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

Clixicle

Co Founder

Oct 2015 – Jun 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

Clixicle helps you convert the photos you love to amazing creations that serve as daily reminders of a life well lived. Clixicle makes printing easy & affordable by bringing exclusive print products to your doorstep. Our offerings include framed photo prints, photo books and magazines, canvas prints, photo prints and a variety of personalized gifts.
For designers & illustrators, we give you the capability to focus on what you do best - creating awesome designs. We offer end to end fulfillment of your designs on various print media - from product creation to customer fulfillment. Explore this model further - reach us at hello@clixicle.com.
Visit www.clixicle.com to view our range of products.
https://www.facebook.com/clixicle
https://www.pinterest.com/clixicle/
https://instagram.com/clixicle/
https://twitter.com/clixicle

Hewlett-packard

Product Manager

Mar 2010 – Oct 2015 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Worldwide product management responsibility for range of products include
o HP Virtualization Performance Viewer
o Operations Bridge Content
o VMware & Citrix OEM
o Blade Workstation for Client Virtualization
Instrumental in pivoting product perception from traditional IT management to new style of IT
Established and grew partner and community ecosystem for HP Operations Bridge
Customer focus – multiple surveys, customer interviews for product roadmap & feedback
Product pricing and pricing restructuring for sales efficiencies
Established incremental Go to market channels
Customer transition from old to new technologies – including license entitlements, customer communications, sales & support trainings
Virtualization OEM business management - product bundling, promotions, sales & support enablement & training