Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · India

• Coacharya Foundation’s vision is to serve the underserved and underprivileged through coaching.
• Coacharya Foundation works as the not-for-profit arm of Coacharya. Our methods combine psychological and neurobiological models with ancient philosophy, focusing on ethical leadership.
• Our activities supplement and complement learning with behavioural work-life competencies.

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 1 mo · India

• OSAAT - A Non-profit organization dedicated to helping rebuild infrastructure of underprivileged, rural schools in India. A great way to give back to the community and also nurture my social entrepreneurial passions. Primarily responsible for Corporate Matching programs

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

• Industry focused Masterclasses and Teaching for topics
• 1) Business and Corporate Strategy
• 2) Leadership and Management

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

• Designed and conduct Capstone sessions for business plan and strategy based ventures.

Aug 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos · USA, Europe and India

• Value Leadership Group Inc., is an independent and entrepreneurial executive management consulting firm that operates in the USA, across Europe, and in Asia.

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Prafull Oorja means “Radiant Blooming Energy” in Sanskrit.
• Prafull Oorja is a Bangalore-based organization that brings yoga and other holistic practices to populations in need, including Special Needs Children, Rural Populations, and Conflicted Groups.
• http://prafulloorja.org/
• https://www.facebook.com/prafulloorja1/

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

• Mentored startups who made it to the Top 40. Helped the Founders in refining their Business Model, Product Strategy, Market Analysis, Partnership.

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

• Exciting Opportunity to be part of the EdTech journey with upGrad while contributing to several areas
• Course Content including Case Studies for Product Management (SaaS Products), AI in Digital Banking, FinTech
• Conducted Webinars/Live Sessions, Masterclasses/Workshop on "Stakeholder Negotiation"
• Expert Sessions for Business Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management part of Global MBA (Deakin University, Australia and Liverpool Business School, UK, Wharton School of Business, USA) programs
• Mentoring and Career Coaching
• Partnership
• Speaking sessions and Webinars
• Advisor to Alumni Network Initiatives

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr · Bangalore

• World’s First Growth Marketing Platform for Financial Services

Jun 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr

• Driving Worldwide Pricing initiatives that are integral to Amazon's ability to deliver on its promise to customers. Working on exciting products that help make decisions with the potential for significant financial impact to the company. We use Big Data, Machine Learning to develop pricing rules, models and algorithms that are constantly improving and evolving our pricing strategies to require less human input.
• Pricing Systems organization is using technology to compute and publish prices for every item in Amazon’s retail catalog, delivering competitive prices across our full range of products and automating decision-making.

Apr 2016 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Leading Product initiatives for Seller/Product acquisition and Marketplace dynamics leveraging Big Data predictive analytics.

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 4 mos

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 4 mos · IIT Kanpur, India

• Excited to be part of the eSummit '15 and eSummit '16
• http://ecelliitk.com/esummit/

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India and Singapore

• Headed Product and Biz strategy among many other interesting things for South East Asia. My APAC Tiger region includes Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr

Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs

• Driving Product and Marketing strategy for vendor-agnostic Cloud Management product - Xervmon.
• Responsible for corporate strategies including Investor relations, Technology Partnerships with Cloud Providers, Business Development activities with GTM partners.
• Xervmon supports all the leading Public Cloud providers such as Rackspace, Amazon AWS, Windows Azure, HP Cloud, Google Apps, SoftLayer and more.
• Xervmon Cloud Management as a SaaS product prides of single-pane of control with current offerings includes SpendTrends, Budget forecasts and Actionable insights for optimization of cloud and non-cloud assets.
• Support for entire cloud stack in addition to Private and Hybrid cloud underlines the core design of Xervmon to empower user and simplify cloud management.
• Predictive analytics based on our propreitary algorithm provided to role based focussed audience - on a simple yet rich, configurable dashboard viewable from Web, iPad/ iPhone and Android devices.

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

• Helped clients in India and Emerging Markets to bring out world-class products. Worked closely with Early and Growth stage startups, Medium and Large Global Product Enterprises, IT Services companies and Global R&D Labs in the areas such as Big Data, IOT, Cloud Computing, ECommerce & Mobile Commerce, Networking, Storage.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 · 1 yr · San Jose, CA

• Achieved Gartner's #1 position for unified storage
• Product Managed the ReadyDATA family of products from concept phase and launched within record time thereby introducing NETGEAR's most sophisticated yet affordable and simple unified storage product
• $100M P&L responsibility for the entire ReadyNAS Storage Product Line and achieved FY11 YoY growth of 26% amidst the worldwide hard-drive crisis in Q4 caused by Thailand Floods
• Worked on a few startup due-diligences and participated in a number of one-on-one strategy sessions with the CEO
• Primary contact for the Force Majeure situation (driven by acute HDD shortage) comprising of daily meetings with Operations and Finance, SVP/GM of the Business Unit, and weekly updates to the CFO, COO, CEO and Legal Counsel
• Working alongside Product Marketing and Channel Marketing teams, oversaw co-ordinated messaging to the Global SalesForce and Channel Partners
• In the wake of the drive prices skyrocketing, minimized inventory exposure and spearheaded Pricing strategies across NA, EMEA and APAC and devised new methods and processes accomplishing highest degree of forecast accuracy
• Business Development responsibilities
• In preparation for the launch of the next-gen mid-market ReadyDATA family of products, recruited Solution VARs further expanding the existing 40,000 channel partners.
• Developed GTM plans with Technology Partners and aligned roadmaps for future product and solution development.
• Speaking sessions at European Storage Resellers conference

Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 · 5 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Working with companies in initiatives such as scaling beyond initial customer base, moving to mid-market

Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs

• Drove the adoption of multi-million dollar solution strategy comprising hardware, software, storage services and professional services and achieved 300 % YoY growth
• Grew customer-base 2x including strategic accounts such as Cloud Service Providers, Datacenters of Fortune 100 Enterprises, Strategic Federal and State IT Infrastructures, Education and Healthcare Providers and Global 1000 Corporations
• Devised Innovative and Flexible Licensing model covering storage services, capacity and promotional one-time-use license for data migration as service to increase rapid adoption
• Worked closely with OEM Partner and Global Engineering teams aligning roadmaps and feature release schedules.
• Ran the Beta Program and secured beachhead accounts (10+) within 5 months of launching the product/solution
• Instrumental in establishing Professional Services including hiring key personnel and signing up VARS and distribution channels
• Cross-functional interactions with Manufacturing,Operations and Product Quality and involved with choosing Contract Manufacturer and Suppliers(HDD, SSD, HBA, Appliance Server chassis)
• Played key roles in SKU creation, EOL & Customer Migration Strategies
• Spearheaded certain Business Development and Strategic Alliance initiatives to drive a partnered solution entering new markets such SSD based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS and StaaS)
• Product Marketing
• Responsible for Solution GTM strategy and sales enablement tools and marketing collaterals including Datasheets & Brochures, Solution Briefs and Whitepapers
• Worked with Sales on Analyst Briefing, WEBINAR, Product Evangelization at Leading Events such as VMWorld
• Oversight responsibilities for sales training, training content and certifications of VARS
• Involved with Global Launch that includes Regional Forecast, Global Pricing & Promotions, Compliance Certifications and interactions with Corporate Marketing

Jan 2007 – Jan 2018 · 11 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 · 1 yr

• As a member of Executive team of Entrepreneurs' Connection (MBA student network) held responsibilities that included
• Organizing Silicon Valley Regional Round of International Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) both in 2007 and 2008.
• Additionally was on the advisor team for VCIC 2009 and other EC events.
• Organized discussions on Cisco’s Globalization Initiatives with CGO (Chief Globalization Officer) Leadership team as part of visit to Global East office at Bangalore for MBA Study Abroad Trip on Globalization Perspectives.
• Moderated a panel on "Social Entrepreneurship and Role of MBA”. Panelists included Silicon Valley Executive, VC and Distinguished Professors.
• Strengthened relations with Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Clubs - TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs)

Jan 2002 – Jan 2009 · 7 yrs

• MRD/PRD
• Competitive Analysis
• SANTap based Remote Replication for BC/DR and CDP solution
• Partnering with ISV - EMC (Invista and Recoverpoint) and NetApp (ReplicatorX)
• MDS 9K (Director and Fabric switches), Nexus 7K/5K

Jan 1999 – Jan 2002 · 3 yrs

• Product Management responsibilities included Pricing and Positioning strategies
• Responsible for PRD, Roadmap of FCAPS model based IP Network Management Suite for enterprise wide networks involving multi-vendor network elements from Ericsson, Cisco, Extreme and Juniper.
• Instrumental in integration activities with Global team (Sweden) for Policy Deployment Manager - a VPN provisioning tool
• Involved with Customer Interactions and Product Launch activities including preparing Collaterals, Training manuals, Solution Demos.
• Trained System Engineers from different theatres (US and Canada, EMEA, AsiaPac)
• Drove the Partnering initiative with Micromuse (Netcool OMNIbus now part of IBM Tivoli) on development and deployment of Ericsson SLM - a SLA based Fault manager

Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 · 1 yr

• Ericsson IPTC (IP Telephony for Carriers) testing and Perl scripting
• Designed and created Web based forms using Javascript and Perl to request License Keys for the IPTC for both External and Internal customers.
• Performance and Compatibility tests over Windows and Unix operating systems and different hardware platforms besides web browsers extensively done.
• Designed product information retrieval sub-tool for Ericsson Measurement System (EMS) using ObjectC (object oriented C). This EMS application was used in corporate-wide system to record and report performance of Ericsson software design activity.
• Awarded Excellence Award for working under tight schedules, meeting deadline and also delivering quality software

Jan 1996 – Jan 1997 · 1 yr

• Implemented SNMP extension agent for suite of Network drivers for Windows NT 4.0, for the SCC card designed for X.25, FrameRelay protocols