Venkatesh Prasad

Experience

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  Wipro

  Aug 2000 - May 2004

  Senior Engineer

  As a software developer, I built modules in different products such as car navigation system, car seat-mirror control and mobile handsets. My key achievements:-1. Own the complete design and development of of device drivers for critical GSM modules.2. Review other modules and identify critical issues that affect quality.3. Efficient status reporting and issue/limitations description to management teams.4. Demonstrate automotive electronics products to potential customers in Tech-Fairs5. Successful demo to Sony Vice Chairman made title caption in Wipro Newsletter Show less

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  Honeywell

  Jun 2004 - Aug 2007

  Principal Engineer

  Started as Senior Software Developer and quickly grew into the Software Technical Lead. Designed and developed software for Aircraft Cockpit Display Systems. My key achievements:-1. Lead a team to build FAA Standards based complex C++ test framework to validate Displays 2. Final-Certification validation of Displays software on aircraft cockpit simulator in Phoenix, U.S.3. Build complete software architecture for KSN, successful review with Design Approval Board, presented with 3-Star Award.4. Lead and technically direct the software team to successfully deliver the first release of the displays system. The entire team was felicitated for this effort Show less

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  Dell Technologies

  Aug 2007 - Apr 2015

  Product Owner

  • Evolve and emphasize business rationale in feature negotiation with R&D• Evaluate changing customer needs and prioritize features to meet business plans• Research third platform (SMAC) solutions to evaluate competitor offerings• Identify feature integration opportunities with AWS and Microsoft Azure• Create user stories with acceptance criteria and Definition of Done• Strong foundation in EMC's VPlex, VMware, VMAX, VCE, ViPR and SAN,NAS, HyperConverged and Converged Infrastructure.• Demonstrate integrated EMC/VMware solutions to customers, partners, executives• High appreciation for VPlex demo to Jeremy Burton, EMC President, Products & Marketing • 2007-2011: Technologist, leading the software development for different features. Show less

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  Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  May 2015 - Jan 2017

  Technical Product Manager

  Manage Operations Agent & Performance Dashboard - Products under ITOM for Application & Infrastructure Performance visualization. With $20Mn in annual revenues and 300+ customers across geographies, they are vital to HPE’s ITOM product portfolio. • Effectively build the roadmap to balance legacy backlog and new feature requests• Closely work with Customers, Partners, Account Managers to identify market needs• Plan product features to align customer renewal plans and target install base• Successful inception of the next-gen product using focused strategy and planning.• Describe product strategy and business value motivation to senior executives.• Orchestrate Market Research to evolve strategy of the next-gen offering for Cloud• Evolve MicroServices to deploy as Docker Containers to target new user Personas• Create blogs, presentations, whitepapers and guide marketing to create videos• Presentations in Sales conference, EBC sessions and Customer connect events• Collaborate with R&D, Support, Sales, Marketing to achieve fruition of plans Show less

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  Aptean

  Jan 2017 - Oct 2019

  Product Manager, Strategy & Marketing

  Aptean Inc. sold portion of the business to AvolinProduct DescriptionEnterprise B2B web application with $5Mn in annual revenues, used by corporate employees to perform daily business. It provides CRM and ITSM integration, IDAM, business workflow automation, corporate policy compliance and custom use-cases. It is deployed at 150+ customers across SaaS and On-Premise Infrastructure.Responsibilities• Collaborate closely with Customers, Partners to capture business requirements• Script winning business case based on market opportunity & customer segmentation• Develop global product strategy, positioning and messaging for diverse platforms• Launch SaaS offering on AWS with subscription pricing to compete effectively • Integrate OOTB with ServiceNow ITSM, KM and in-house Pivotal CRM• Build Federated Search using SOLR across different sources with ACL based results• Successfully launch new Mobile App(Android and iOS) as mobility offering• Enhance analytics to effectively present adoption, usage and performance metrics• Capture new market segments to accomplish 15% YoY revenue growth in 2018• Effectively collaborate with R&D, Sales, PS for successful release and adoption• Closely guide field marketing for creating marketing collateral, flyers and videos Show less

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  OpenText

  Oct 2019 - now

  Principal Product Manager, Strategy and Marketing

  Product DescriptionOperations Bridge is the premium AIOPs and observability solution offered both over SaaS and off-cloud. With $300Mn+ in revenues and 1500+ customers, it provides deep insight into the availability and performance of IT applications and infrastructure, across on-premises and cloud. Analytics and machine learning built over OPTIC, allows enterprises to achieve reduced MTTR, efficient events consolidation and insightful visualization. Responsibilities• Manage complete monitoring portfolio for infra, cloud, apps, and integrations• Launch AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, VMware monitoring on microservices architecture for SaaS• Establish roadmap balancing customer needs, market direction and tech mandates • Build relationships with Customers and Partners to acquire cloud adoption plans• Apply Design Thinking to identify new capabilities and directly engage users for A/B testing• Manage stakeholder expectations across C-Suite, R&D, Sales, Presales, and Support• Adept at diverse architectures of AWS/Azure/GCP, cloud native applications & SaaS deployments• Featured Speaker at World Wide GTM events, Advisory Board, Sales Summit, Webinars• Perform competitive analysis to expose gaps and exemplify industry direction• Mentor and guide PMs, POs to further their careers in Product Management• Create an inspiring work atmosphere that fosters ownership, empathy, and excellence Show less