Akaash Nanda Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

I help take products from 0 to 1. If you've got something interesting brewing that the world needs, let's connect @ akaashnanda.com

Seattle, WA, US

Developing a new business unit at Flyhomes. Empowering third-party agents to help their clients compete by partnering with Flyhomes.

Seattle, WA, US

Served as Brokerage Chief of Staff. Helped develop a RoB for our Brokerage organization of 200+ people, including the rollout of OKRs, organizational newsletters, queue-based workflow management, and the development of pilot programs (including new business units). Drove Flyhomes business development with 7+ new partners enabling new client experiences and.

Redmond, Washington, US

Leading a team of analytic suppliers to build tools and platforms that predict Microsoft's marketing ROI. Predominantly responsible for "upper-marketing-funnel" metrics (purchase intent, consideration, etc.), I bring new data sources together (often from disparate places) to clarify our media strategy and inform our decisions, early in the marketing process.

Redmond, Washington, US

Drove product launch efforts for Microsoft's widely anticipated SaaS Internet of Things (IoT) solution, Azure IoT Central, as part of the the Azure + EMS Marketing team. Redesigned and re-engineered Azure IoT web experience on Azure.com/iot, including production of video and related multimedia assets through cross-discipline collaboration. (2 of 2.

Redmond, Washington, US

Managed a behavioral panel of hyper-productive information workers and developers in order to inform engineering and marketing decisions with telemetry-based insights. Evolved our telemetry practice into one that is "productized" and accessible to stakeholders within the Customer & Market Research team and, more broadly, various business groups within.

Stanford, CA, US

Design and develop academic programs (e.g. classes, seminars, conferences, etc.) for students at Stanford and around the globe to foster an entrepreneurial ecosystem across academic disciplines and campuses. Conduct needfinding across various departments on campus in order identify partnership opportunities. Support regular STVP publication and outreach.

Stanford, CA, US

Collaborated with instructors Jeff Epstein, Steve Weinstein, & Steve Blank in recruitment of 8 vetted teams for engineering course on applying principles of the popular "lean startup" and "customer development" methodologies to prototype and test product/business. Led TA team through 10 weeks of course preparation and evaluation. Ultimately, all teams.

Directed the design, branding, and production process of our flagship desk from conception to prototype. Shaped the vision of what salient features the brand/assembly would include and regularly solicited feedback from customers to hone the aesthetics of the desk itself.