Karan Arora Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Mountain View, California

- Envisioned, developed and launched Stadia's user onboarding and hardware setup experiences- Envisioned, built, launched and landed Click-to-Play Trials experiences leveraging power of cloud gaming. Scaled product from 4 titles to over 150 in less than one year- Invented Cloud-based discovery service for end-user devices used millions of times by consumers - Patent WO2020190559A1- Led the design of Stadia hardware and embedded software to enable cloud gaming with minimal latency- Designed and launched Stadia's unique user identity system with best in class privacy features - Led Stadia's internationalization and localization efforts for Stadia's launch and expansion in Europe

San Francisco Bay Area

Product Manager, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence- Customizable IoT analytics product with machine learning capabilities such as Anomaly detection, forecasting, decision engineFounder and Product Owner, Frienduel- Product owner for Frienduel mobile game for Facebook Messenger- Raised seed funding and built engineering team to build and launch product- Launched MVP in 4 months; pivoted twice using lean startup principles- Product discontinued 8 months after launch

San Francisco Bay Area

- Product Owner for mobile platforms: iOS, Android and Windows; responsible for platform growth for Unity SDK based clients- Launched Zynga Poker on Windows and Windows Phone; 4.5 stars in the Windows Phone store: https://j.mp/ZyngaPokerWP- Upgraded multiple mobile SKUs to be compliant with Facebook Graph 2.0 API- Redefined the VIP program to better measure engagement, retention and monetization of top players

- Developed and deployed Synacor’s TV Everywhere products for HBO, ESPN, Turner Broadcasting and NBC Universal- Launched over 50 SAML 2.0 and Open ID 2.0 integrations between cable operators and TV providers- Represented Synacor in the Open Authentication Technical Committee (http://oatc.us/) TV Everywhere standards settings forums; co-authored two white papers on TV Everywhere user experience

- Cobey Legacy Scholarship: Among top 15% students honored with award for academic, leadership and professional excellence.- VP (Finance) Business Enterprise and Technology Association, VP (Career Development) MBA Finance Association.- Second place in Wal-Mart Better Living Challenge 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regionals.- Team Project Manager – Google Online Marketing Challenge 2011 – Google Adwords and Analytics.- Booz Allen Hamilton: PEPFAR mHealth Kenya Consulting Project.- Leadership and Organization: International Night, Asian Etiquette Evening and Diwali Night.

College Park, Md

Greater Boston Area

- Preliminary Market Research for new MS Degree Program for the University of Maryland.- Designed and conceptualized the newsletter for the Department of Management and Organization.

- Project integration and release management activities – Synchronized product development teams in five countries for ST-Ericsson and partner projects for mobile phones.- Worked on mechanism to quantify software release maturity, enabling project management to anticipate, monitor, and control overall product quality more closely.- Managed customer releases and organized the first level of customer support for mobile handset development.- Simplified and streamlined release management process.- Defined configuration management strategy on IBM Rational ClearCase for multisite, multilayer projects.

Mba, Strategy And Marketing

Activities and Societies: Leadership: Business, Enterprise and Technology Association Finance Association Work: Graduate Assistant, Center.

Bachelor Of Technology, Electronics

Cbse 10+2, Sciences