Ajit Bhatia Email & Phone Number

United States

Providing deep domain expertise to next-gen high-tech technology companies across BD, strategy, marketing, and solution deployment. Technology expertise spans mobile, edge, cloud, private wireless, CBRS, AI.

United States

Provide consulting services to start-ups and Fortune high-technology enterprises.

Overland Park, Ks

• Led integrated marketing & communications initiatives to drive Ericsson perception, demand-generation, awareness, and engagement towards all North American customers and key verticals and industry segments. • Led team to create and execute strategic integrated omnichannel marketing plans to create leads, drive demand, and strengthen customer intimacy. • Managed integrated omnichannel strategy across paid, owned, and earned media; partnered with full-service global marketing agencies and Ericsson comms teams to plan and execute integrated strategic marketing and advertising campaigns in crucial Ericsson strategic areas.• Led launch of several marketing campaigns including 5G launches, Managed Services, and IoT; served as CMO for Public sector initiative driving award-winning omnichannel marketing campaign to evangelize Ericsson technology leadership.

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

• Vice President, Head of Strategy and Marketing, VP Sales/Business Development, Chief of Staff for one of Ericsson's largest account Sprint (acquired by T-Mobile):• Head of Strategy, Sales, and Marketing for Ericsson's largest account Sprint. Instrumental in driving 500%+ growth via new business, customer engagement, and awareness. • Drove and executed account strategy, growth, and marketing plan for Ericsson's largest global account.• Customer unit won global/sales growth awards since 2011 with several Billion USD in revenues. • Promoted to manage Strategy Execution and Sales operations; responsible for sales funnel velocity enabling Sales VPs to exceed sales targets. Sales targets exceeded forecast every year since 2011.

Kansas City

Board Member at United Way of Greater Kansas City, Member of Strategic Planning Committee. United Way is a humanitarian not for profit that provides health and human services in the Kansas City area, including 2-1-1 Call for Help service, community problem-solving, and funding to nonprofit agencies in the region. United Way helps the community in the areas of health, self-sufficiency, families and neighborhoods, seniors, young children, and youth.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

Member of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) at the University of Kansas' ITTC to help guide its vision to be a global leader and strategic partner in the creation and commercialization of innovative technologies in telecommunications, information systems, bioinformatics, and radar.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Previously AAA Club Partners, I developed innovation strategy, hired an executive team to execute a rigorous operational process, and launch new mobile and emerging technologies. • Successfully raised capital and gained funding enabling the adoption/execution of new lines of business such as telematics, mobile, social media applications.

Greater New York City Area

• Led MasterCard’s product and partnership and business development strategy for Mobile and Innovative Platforms.• Defined framework for identifying key partners that fit strategically with the execution of payment initiatives with key ecosystem players such as mobile carriers, infrastructure vendors, and device manufacturers.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• End to end responsibility for business unit strategy, planning, product development, and marketing of solution portfolio, including award-winning Direct Connect Push‐to‐Talk, Airave Femtocell, Custom Networks, and International Roaming services.• Launched and managed Direct Connect, the industry’s flagship push-to-talk solution set, generating over $1B in global annual revenues. • Launched Airave, the industry’s first commercial femtocell for in‐home coverage. Airave received national recognition, including Best of Innovations at CES 2008, Emerging Technologies Award at CTIA 2008, and PC World’s “Top 25 Innovative Product” award.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led team of Directors and staff to launch and manage Voice and Data solutions. • Launched platform capabilities for BOOST Mobile, a new business unit, company's foray into a new segment driving growth from 0 to 1.2 Million subscribers in ~18 months.

Greater Atlanta Area

Formerly Alltel. Led the Product Strategy, Development, and Requirements organization- team of 17+ individuals responsible for developing and launching new solutions.

Executive Program

Mba

B.Com. (Ba)

Leadership Development Program

Advanced Management Program