Ajay Bam

Ajay Bam Email and Phone Number

CEO and Co-Founder @ Vyrill Inc.
California, United States
About Ajay Bam

Proven and accomplished product management professional, entrepreneurial thinker, and innovator with 13+ years of experience with startups and world class brands in web/mobile product development including native IOS/Android apps, SAAS tools/technologies, digital commerce, payments and enterprise/consumer products. Built and led products teams, have strong cross-functional and international product development experience in Scandinavia, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Experience with Agile/Lean product development. Solid track record of launching new products in new/emerging markets, product innovation (issued patents), strategy and revenue growth. Fluent in German, French, and Hindi. • Co-founded, led and directed “Modiv Media”, an award winning venture capital funded company providing time-tested and customer-embraced mobile shopper marketing solutions integrating personalized promotions, mobile self-scan, and instant checkout on shoppers smartphones. Modiv Media was acquired by Catalina Marketing, a global leader in in-store retail Point of Sale marketing solutions. Issued Patent us 9,064,359 for queue management.• Pioneered adoption of mobile devices for personalized loyalty, Rewards, offers and payments management. Received a patent on how to use NFC tags in phones for shopping and other services. Issued US Patent 8,346,210 - Method and apparatus for managing services using bearer tags.• Developed and launched a scalable global card and operator billing solution (124 operators in 43 countries) with localization for Nokia mobile app store increasing registered users to 70 million with 6 million downloads per day. • Delivered $20 million of additional new ecosystem revenue and $2.5 million in new partner revenue worldwide for Nokia smart devices.Specialties: Entrepreneurship, SAAS, Agile and Lean development, Mobile commerce, Payments, Billing, Strategic leadership, Board Advisor, Executive Management, Retail solutions, POS solutions, Web technologies, Go-To-market Strategy. I tweet at @ajbam .

Ajay Bam's Current Company Details
Vyrill Inc.

Vyrill Inc.

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CEO and Co-Founder
California, United States
Website:
vyrill.com
Employees:
18
Ajay Bam Work Experience Details
  • Vyrill Inc.
    Ceo And Co-Founder
    Vyrill Inc.
    California, United States
  • Vyrill Inc.
    Ceo & Co-Founder
    Vyrill Inc. May 2017 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Vyrill is a video marketing and intelligence platform for insights and commerce, powered by in-video search. Vyrill enables enterprises to ‘search’ or ‘google’ inside any video on web or mobile to unlock video data for growth.  Our platform is a one-stop-shop for video : capture, indexing, ranking, intelligence, search, management, SEO and commerce across multiple platforms. Our platform, API and widgets boosts customer acquisition, video/page engagement, video personalization, and video SEO for brands, retailers and solution providers.  Visit: www.vyrill.comFollow: https://twitter.com/vyrill Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vyrill-inc-/ More: https://vyrill.com/blog/
  • Ecurv Inc.
    Advisor
    Ecurv Inc. Jul 2009 - May 2019
    Providing advisory role on startup growth, funding and team building.
  • Produk.Me
    Co-Founder And Head Of Product!
    Produk.Me Aug 2015 - May 2017
    Produk Inc. helps consumer brands get their awesome product videos in front of the customer on their mobile device with one click to drive deeper product engagement and referrals. Produk.me is a video centric campaign management tool to launch and promote product videos. Smart phone users and Millennials now expect product engagement on mobile. Imagine a brand being next to their customer as they open the product to guide them to learn, discover, and delight in all it has to offer. The result is superior customer satisfaction, deeper engagement, loyalty, referrals and sales. Leading and directing the startup team of 8 from idea incubation to beta launch and growth.• Launched the beta product with signed paid customers in Q1, 2014. Developed and tested 3 key market problem and customer pain point hypothesis with pricing strategies to focus on the right product-market fit. • Architected/designed the desktop and mobile web UI/UX experience. Launched with 7+ brands. Solution scales to millions of consumer products. Integrated with Amazon catalog. • Identified a large $5B+ market opportunity to build brand loyalty and drive product referrals.
  • Haas School Of Business At University Of California, Berkeley
    Lecturer In Entrepreneurship And Innovation
    Haas School Of Business At University Of California, Berkeley May 2012 - Dec 2016
    Berkeley, Ca, Us
    One of my other passions other than being a full time entrepreneur is teaching and inspiring others to be entrepreneurial. More information can be found here at.http://facultybio.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty-list/bam-ajay
  • Padloc Llc
    Advisor
    Padloc Llc Jan 2012 - 2016
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Advising an up and coming company/startup in the POS solutions space for the new generation of POS as Ipads, etc. Founders are great Industrial product designers!
  • Nokia
    Global Product Management Leader - Themepack Promotions And Campaign Management
    Nokia Oct 2010 - Jan 2012
    Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi
    Directed and led product development / marketing in a senior product management leadership role of mobile campaign management platform delivering promotional offers to millions of Nokia devices worldwide stimulating Nokia Store ecosystem. Managed requirements, product R&D/engineering, cross functional teams to SaaS delivery, marketing, operations support and launch in 60+ markets in 37+ languages supporting 40million plus users on three Symbian platforms.• Developed innovative and scalable promotional program titled "themepacks apps", delivering targeted (country, device, operator & local sales unit needs), relevant, free (consumer perception) and top of breed games offers to consumers in all markets.• Launched themepacks successfully in Latin America, Europe and Asian markets as “SummerGift” generating new ecosystem revenue and delivery to 40 million plus devices. • Initiated smartphone sales turn around through themepack product innovation.• Led a team of 10+ country product managers, program managers and UI/UX designers to deliver Themepacks in 60+ markets.
  • Nokia
    Senior Global Product Manager - Mobile Commerce & Billing
    Nokia May 2008 - Oct 2010
    Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi
    Directed and led product development in a senior product management leadership role of the mobile commerce billing platform for Nokia store using SCRUM methodology with strong focus on emerging markets (BRICS) and LATAM. Primary responsibility included defining strategy, vision, launch, Product/Marketing Requirement Documents, country business plans for launching card billing and operator billing for Nokia Store including legal, accounting, financial, local card, operator billing, taxation, and care/support requirements. Completed SCRUM certification.• Developed and launched billing solution in top emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Thailand, and globally, supporting free and DRM protected paid content on Symbian S60 and S40 platforms in 37 languages with 124+ plus operators in 43 countries and 20plus local credit and debit card billing methods with 80M registered users and 6 million daily downloads. • Managed relationship and RFPs with top card partners as HSBC, RBS, Alipay and operator billing aggregators as Netsize, Mach, Ericsson, Boku and Payfone. • Co authored 2 patents for mobile billing and couponing systems in area of near field communication with focus on enabling operator data plans and sharing money.• Worked with 15+ country product managers and local mobile operations managers for product development and launch.
  • Modiv Media Prev. Mobilelime (Acquired By Catalina Marketing)
    Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Director Product Management
    Modiv Media Prev. Mobilelime (Acquired By Catalina Marketing) May 2001 - Mar 2008
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Modivmedia is a leading provider of time-tested and customer-embraced mobile shopper marketing solutions integrating personalized promotions, mobile self-scan, and instant checkout on shoppers smartphones. Modiv Media was acquired by Catalina Marketing, a global leader in in-store retail Point of Sale marketing solutions.Co-founded, led, directed and recruited for Modiv Media, pioneering one of first mobile rewards, in-store loyalty and payment solutions. Served as evangelist, innovator and head of products and technology. • Grew company to 50 employees, led acquisition of CUESOL and raised investments from leading venture capitalists – Seapoint Ventures and Ignition Capital and supermarket retail chains of $28.9M.• Developed mobile product discovery applications, campaign management, Deli and self-service checkout platform increasing average revenue per user, rewards redemption, store visits and reducing checkout time.• Modiv Media’s leading customers today select customers include Stop and Shop, Giant Eagle, Subway.• Led one of the first mobile rewards and payments pilot in U.S. with 60plus merchants in Boston area.• Co-author of 6 patents in mobile rewards, billing and payments area.• Managed outsourcing with Talentbeat, leading provider of POS payments solutions based out of Pune, India.
  • Memiq
    Strategy Manager
    Memiq May 2000 - Aug 2000
    Delivered on mobile products launch and marketing strategy for MemIQ!
  • Lehman Brothers
    Systems Analyst
    Lehman Brothers May 1997 - Aug 1999
    Us
    Lehman Brothers was a leading investment and private equity firm offering financial services worldwide.Primarily responsible for architecting and developing digital assets, inventory and purchase order system for company worldwide.

Ajay Bam Skills

Start Ups Entrepreneurship Product Management Mobile Devices Strategy Mobile Applications Business Strategy Strategic Partnerships Go To Market Strategy Saas Mobile Technology Management Venture Capital Leadership Mobile Payments Product Marketing Monetization Mobile Commerce Executive Management Product Development Competitive Analysis Marketing Strategy Software Development Outsourcing Program Management Business Planning Analytics Mobile Marketing E Commerce Business Modeling Corporate Development Lean Startup Internet Entrepreneur Point Of Sales And Retail Solutions Mobile Software Emerging Technologies Strategic Leadership Retail Solutions Mobile Internet Rewards Mergers And Acquisitions International Business Mobile Rewards Billing Systems Mobile Advertising Board Leadership Retail Management Emerging Markets Payments

Ajay Bam Education Details

  • Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School Of Business
    Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School Of Business
    Entrepreneurship
  • East Tennessee State University
    East Tennessee State University
    Software Engineering - Magna Cum Laude
  • University Of Mumbai
    University Of Mumbai
    Computer Engineering With Honors

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