Adam Ozkan

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Executive Director and GM, Product Management - AI Cloud SW BU @ Lenovo
California, United States
Adam Ozkan's Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States, United States
About Adam Ozkan

I am a highly experienced and specialized technology solution professional in the hybrid cloud & data center infrastructure space where for years, I have consistently brought cutting edge software and hardware solutions to support, streamline, and scale global IT transformations to millions of customers that have contributed billions of dollars in new revenue.My passion for data driven decision making at the highest and most impactful of levels has further facilitated my role as a business transformation change agent that leverages deep market-based knowledge and industry-based practices to ship solutions that delight customers and grow customer pipeline through outbound digital and account-based marketing & demand generation.Matched with over 20 years of experience building and leading diverse and high-performance teams in the most ambiguous of environments, I pride myself in my unique ability to align and synthesize resources and strategy with business goals. I attribute much of my success to deep rooted principles and values that have enabled me to realize and appreciate the power of diversity in all its forms. The practice of mindful, empathetic leadership and an overwhelming obligation to positively contribute by mentoring and coaching those whom I have had the privilege to lead over the course of my professional career, have all contributed to my perseverance as a professional and a welcoming resilience in the face of challenges. I’d love to hear from you! Please contact me directly at OZKAN01@msn.com for any opportunities to collaborate. Areas of Expertise: AWS Certified Solution Architect | Product Management Leader | Product Strategy Formulation | Growth Marketing | Strategy Execution | Software Engineering | Business Planning | IaaS | SaaS | Revenue Management | PPS Certified Pricing Professional.

Adam Ozkan's Current Company Details
Lenovo

Lenovo

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Executive Director and GM, Product Management - AI Cloud SW BU
California, United States
Website:
lenovo.com
Employees:
45134
Adam Ozkan Work Experience Details
  • Lenovo
    Executive Director And Gm, Product Management - Ai Cloud Sw Bu
    Lenovo
    California, United States
  • Lenovo
    Senior Director & Gm, Product Management - Ai Cloud Sw Bu
    Lenovo 2024 - Present
    Morrisville, Nc, Us
  • Amazon Web Services (Aws)
    Global Gtm And Bd Head - Networking Wwso
    Amazon Web Services (Aws) 2022 - 2024
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Changing the way networks are built in the cloud.
  • Cisco
    Product Management And Gtm Leader
    Cisco 2016 - 2022
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    Leading a high-performance team of subject matter experts for entire go-to-market execution in hybrid cloud infrastructure, network automation and security segments.• Own the end-to-end product marketing life-cycle of $5B run rate Hybrid Cloud Networking business across all GTM functions - global launches, demand gen, sales & partner enablement and competitive campaigns.• Built $200M pipeline in 9 months with 80% increase in awareness and 20% increase in share of voice across highly competitive cloud security and analytics space.• Spearheaded Cisco joint go-to-market activities with AWS, OCI, Google Cloud, Azure for Hybrid Cloud, ITOM/ITSM, cloud management and PaaS eco-system partners creating strong pipeline.
  • Fujitsu Network Communications
    Director, Software Product Management & Strategy
    Fujitsu Network Communications 2015 - 2016
    Richardson, Texas, Us
    Chartered to formulate and launch software business strategy for short & mid-term market alignment and profitable growth by managing a team of subject matter experts.• Executed 3-year software profitable growth initiative to generate $1B plus global revenue across SDN/NFV, Data Center Interconnect, Cloud IaaS segments through organic/inorganic investment.• Reduced legacy software engineering investment by 80%, outsourced non-strategic development and transitioned customers to standards based network virtualization and orchestration platforms.• Created outsourcing strategy activities across software portfolio, offshoring legacy software platforms resulting in $25M in savings in two years.• Launched multi-layer Virtuora Network Controller for carrier networks, entering and disrupting the highly competitive packet/optical transport market in North America.• Led pre-M&A due diligence for investments in big data, service orchestration and IoT space.
  • Juniper Networks
    Senior Product Marketing Manager
    Juniper Networks 2013 - 2015
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Owned SDN/NFV & Cloud Orchestration platforms go-to-market strategy. • Launched Contrail SDN controller platform by playing dual role as hands-on outbound product marketer as well as technology/competitive SME, resulting in SDN share of voice of 50% in NA, 46% in EMEA, 10% in APAC and 5K+ social engagements, 7K+ blog views. • Built OpenContrail.org from ground up evangelizing open source network virtualization platform, end-to-end marketing strategy and operations, demand generation, social media/digital marketing & event management, generated triple digit growth in developer and partner community, 198 active contributing developers and 3M lines of code commits. • Led Cloud/DC & SDN messaging/narrative, out-bound marketing and sales enablement for Enterprise Hybrid Cloud and Service Provider NFV global marketing campaigns.
  • Alcatel Lucent
    Director, Product Management And Strategy
    Alcatel Lucent 2011 - 2013
    Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi
    Managing a cross functional team, executed two highly visible strategic growth and transformation initiatives across Application Solutions business group. • Created strategic recommendation, influenced exec decision making and launched “OSS Renovation Services for Next Gen Networks” with $220M incremental revenue for Professional Services OSS/BSS Practice• Developed entire business unit financial benchmarks and operational guideposts to measure overall success of Platform & Networks portfolio including developing financial models, calculating best practice industry benchmarks and setting business unit financial targets for 3-year growth plan.• Led opportunity assessment and strategy formulation for telecom network virtualization, cloud platforms and infrastructure complete with market & competitive analysis, market segmentation and positioning recommendations for the SDN/vTelco/Cloud market entry.
  • Alcatel Lucent
    Senior Manager, Business Strategy
    Alcatel Lucent 2007 - 2011
    Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi
    Chartered to turnaround $1B Euro business group through blended execution of new market entry and portfolio rationalization programs reporting to executive leadership team • Provided strategic opportunity assessment for $50M+ programs with over $1B combined revenue impact for solutions across IoT, content delivery networks, API management and software development platforms, enabling telecom service provider customers to compete against emerging OTT vendors. • Made significant impact on improving business group financials through combination of organic growth strategies and portfolio rationalization recommendations resulting in 8% revenue and 7% net income improvement over 4 years. • Screened more than 40 strategic partnership targets & played instrumental role in M&A due diligence for $200M+ for targets in network equipment, communications application & software space.
  • Alcatel Lucent
    Senior Product Manager
    Alcatel Lucent 2005 - 2007
    Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi
    • Global product manager for wireless subscriber database operations software platform with $35M annual run rate. Managed R&D budget of $5M and provided leadership, vision, strategy to cross-functional team of 300 technical staff distributed across US, China and India. • Led inbound activities while supported outbound activities, increased market share 300% in Western Europe and saved ~$4M by reducing order ability issues, simplifying product structure and negotiating with 3rd party software suppliers.
  • Lucent Technologies
    Manager, Pricing And Revenue Management
    Lucent Technologies 2000 - 2005
    • Led proposal pricing & business case development and process re-engineering to create operational efficiencies for quote-to-cash cycle for $1B network equipment product division. • Coordinated pricing and proposal development for Tier 1 carrier network equipment bids globally that brought new contract wins with total value of $450M. • Spearheaded strategic change initiative across $1B business unit for introducing value based pricing and streamlining of approval process resulting in 10% increase in customer pricing satisfaction index, 20% reduction in proposal response times globally, and 13% increase in sales team customer face time.
  • Lucent Technologies
    Systems Engineer / Senior Software Engineer
    Lucent Technologies 1997 - 2000
    • Led technical solution development part of pre-sales activities for major telecom service providers in APAC by developing and presenting technical marketing material to customer’s and creating $15M pipeline. • Managed cross-functional team of system architects and market managers in development of next generation core telecom network product with estimated revenue of $23M over the next 3 years.
  • Cds, A Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
    Consultant, Lead Systems/Application Engineer
    Cds, A Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 1994 - 1997
    Berkshire , Gb
    Client: Alcatel Wireless Comms Division• Managed internationally dispersed team of 12 engineers for wireless base station software integration. Client: Alcatel Corporate Research Center• Designed ADSL modem initialization DSP algorithms for the world’s first commercially available Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modem. Product captured 90% market share of the U.S. Broadband Access market

Adam Ozkan Skills

Product Management Strategy Business Strategy Telecommunications Cloud Computing Enterprise Software Product Marketing Competitive Intelligence Integration Wireless Cross Functional Team Leadership Competitive Analysis Mobile Devices Market Assessments Business Planning Unified Communications Software Defined Network Pre Sales Financial Benchmarking Strategy Development Portfolio Strategy Pricing M&a Due Diligence Artificial Neural Networks Artificial Intelligence Value Based Pricing Bids And Proposals Intent Based Networking Systems

Adam Ozkan Education Details

  • Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
    Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
    Finance
  • Wayne State University
    Wayne State University
    Electrical And Computer Engineering
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
    Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
    Electrical And Electronics Engineering

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