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Product leader with a creative and entrepreneurial spirit. I have built both consumer and enterprise products. Extensive experience in Mobile, Internet, Telecom and Digital Media. Defining product strategy, bringing clarity to ambiguous and complex problems, collaborating with and connecting teams to product vision and strategy.
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Senior Vice President - Product
airtel
Nov 2018 - current
+ Product leader for airtel's core businesses serving 300M+ customers + Driving growth through Airtel's digital channels - Airtel Thanks App, Airtel.in and Airtel Lite with a reach of over 100M users + Building brilliant experiences for our customers and the next wave of internet users in India. + Enabling growth at scale through platformization of Payments, Experience and Networks
Principal Product Manager
Marchex
Nov 2014 - Nov 2018
+ Responsible for product vision and data strategy for Marchex’s business. + Product principal for Data Strategy, centered around a Common Data Core, Identity Service, Machine Learning and AI with vision to power Conversational Intelligence. + Product owner for Marchex’s Omnichannel Analytics product suite. Define product requirements, market analysis, product roadmap planning and execution. + Incubating new products, accelerate product adoption and customer scale
Product Manager
Microsoft Corporation
Aug 2013 - Nov 2014
+ Building collaboration and communication features for Outlook in the Office365 cloud and social network integrations with Facebook, LinkedIn and Google. + Led Email Address International (EAI) for Outlook as part of a Microsoft-wide effort towards an international Internet.
Program Manager
Ericsson
Apr 2008 - Nov 2011
+ Program leader and liaison between Ericsson and major telecom clients including Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) with annual account values over $100M. + Responsible for leading all aspects of program planning and delivery including client needs assessment, goal setting, scheduling, resource and staff allocation and budget management + Responsible for delivering network projects and ensuring smooth operation and service delivery for major, turnkey Hutchinson Managed Services account ($50M annual) + Successfully delivering national Packet Core program to grow Hutchison mobile broadband data network capacity by 50% and support exponential mobile broadband growth between 2008 and 2010. + Significantly strengthened competitive market position through successfully leading and delivering a technology solution for Hutchison 3G strategic roaming program to extend 3G to 96% of the Australian population.
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