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Research, Teaching, and Consulting interests in Areas of Strategic Management, Strategic Foresight Corporate Governance, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Institutions, and Business Models.Affiliated to the Center of Technology Foresight and Policy, IIT Jodhpur

 Strategic advisor to Board of Servmobi Technologies (servmobi.com), Fee Plaza (feeplaza.com) Head of Strategy advisory- OvoPax Legal (2015- present) ; TransLaw LLP (2013-2015) Visiting Faculty at IIM Shillong (June – November 2014) – Brand Management Valuation and business transformation advisory for an Industrial products organization Business Strategy and Model advisory for start-ups in electronics services business and healthcare Co-Director of Advanced Business Leadership Program for Senior Management as part of Pegasus Consortium – Programs conducted for a German Conglomerate, a multinational real-estate investment organization World Bank assisted project with NABH and IIMB support on Indian Healthcare. Multivariate Data Analysis, Authored Insights and report – “The Financial Impact of NABH Accreditation – CEO Perspective and Financial Outcomes”. “Understanding Boundary Spanning in Information Technology Outsourcing: An Exploratory Study with an Emerging Economy Perspective Using Social Capital Theory”, An IIM Bangalore led study “Governance Shifts in an Emerging Economy: An Institutional Analysis – An in-depth Longitudinal case study of a major hospital for accreditation dynamics”, An IIM Bangalore led study Participant in the Academy of International Business’s IndIB program to increase IB scholarship in India Paper Presentation – SMS 2017 (In Oct 2017), IEEE TEMSCON 2017, AIB India 2017 (Session Chair), AIB New Orleans 2016, IAM 2015, SMS 2014, AIB India 2013 Volunteer Reviewer – SMS 2017, 2016, 2015; AOM 2017, 2016; AIB 2017, 2016; AIB India 2017, 2013; AIB SE 2013

Publications : 1) Exploring an Extension to the Foresight Measure: A Mixed-Mode Study of Individual Managerial Employeeshttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=87435532) Individual foresight capability in organizations: Role of information acquisitionhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7998396Research Area & Interest: Behavioral Strategy, Alliances and Networks, Individual and Organizational Foresight, Microfoundations of Organizational Capabilities, International Business, Born Globals, Social Capital Research, Boundary Spanning, Mixed Methods, Case Study, Scale Development, Structural Equation Modeling, Evolutionary Theory.

Faculty for PGP - Brand Management

Managing Alcatel-Lucent’s Optical Network Management Solution Product for Network Elements supporting OTN, WDM, SDH, Packet, SONET. • Leading team to develop an innovative solution on mobile platform as a self-driven initiative • Contributing to and Influencing product roadmaps and deployment working with PLMs, NE teams etc.• Leading team to constantly improve product and provide better user experience• Working with international cross-functional teams for product development and management– conception to customer deployment; Ensuring fulfilment of customer requirements and deployment needs• Understanding technologies to provide solutions required for deploying optical network elements• Guiding and facilitating superior Architectural and Design decisions• Department and Team management with career and C&B decision-making responsibilities.

• Member of India Leadership Council. Active participant in worldwide senior management meetings for strategy and planning for Line of Business. Negotiated with regional and worldwide C&B teams.• Head of India Design Center with product and budget responsibilities; Responsible for setting and managing the vision and mission for the center. • Led the team successfully during due diligence/M&A. Grew and Held the Team Stable during the transition. Evangelised the potential of the center to stakeholders for setting the future path. • Led multi-disciplinary teams – software, hardware, test engineering, computational fluid dynamics- with varied background and skills – Ph.D. to fresh graduates - for multi-site programs. Guided teams for architectural and technical decisions.• Responsible for complete site administration, policies and cost management with signatory authority.

• Led product core team (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Engineering et.al.) with P&L responsibilities. • Authored the first product description (PRD) from India.• Managed complete Product Management and Development programs (CDMA Mobile Phones) with responsibility for product definition & strategy with customers, business case approval, Marketing Strategy, ID selection, engineering, budget and schedule, NPI, vendor management, product certification, pilot production and delivery. Managed multi-disciplinary product engineering programs. Interactions and Negotiations with carriers and vendors for product requirements. Worked with KCJ (Japan) to set up R&D operations in India.• Member of Management Council and the senior management team. Responsible for setting organisational vision and mission. Key Participant in C&B decision-making. Participated in surveys, workshops, and tradeshows.• Head of Kyocera Technology Research Center (KTRC) technology research in India. Worked for introduction of new technologies like Bluetooth and R-UIM.• Interacted and negotiated with mobile carriers (Virgin Mobile, Tata, Reliance) and vendors (TI, Broadcom, CSR, et al.) for product requirement and development.• Achieved start-up charters for Requirements and Strategy group, Japan Operations, KTRC India team, Program Management, Quality initiatives. • Established and built the System Engineering team responsible for product requirements and features. Established a system for Product Specification with feature and operator focus. • Established and built the Human Factors Engineering team (UI Interface) responsible for defining the HFI for the products developed from India with feature specific and operator specific requirements. Established a usability lab and conducted usability survey with external users for local language support (Hindi). • Worked with cross-functional teams like Sales, Finance, HR, Administration, for business and organisational objectives.

• One of the first managers hired in India. Involved in establishing the SAN engineering capability and NetCache development at the Bangalore Technology Centre (BTC). • Participated in cross-functional teams to facilitate center establishment - equipment, training, hiring, vendor negotiations, HR, finance, administration.

• Managed product research, architecture and development in areas including Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi, 1999- 2002), ADSL (1998), Wireless local loop (1997- 98), and Core Router (2003). • Actively managed product feature analysis and decisions, User scenario analysis and formulated product development plans and strategies with customers. • Responsible for large teams with mentoring and decision making roles.• Participated, Interfaced and coordinated with multi-site development and field-trial teams. • Account management for key projects and Presales coordination for Europe region. Active participation in business generation activities. Participated in Management workshops. • Regularly participated in campus and lateral recruitments and hiring. • Trained and used telephonic lead generators in Europe to increase business. • Revamped company website which provided better visibility and marketing presence • Assessment Team Member (ATM) for SEI Level-5 assessment. Estimation Task Force Leader.

Participated in the development of a network element management system for a CDMA/TDMA wireless product (microcell for the autoplex system). • Worked on the Initialization and Recovery subsystem; • Co-authored the capability requirements for the EMS system

Worked on large system developments on technologies like CDMA WLL, Iridium and GSM network management. Participated in document and code reviews, system components reuse, and training.• Motorola award for outstanding contribution to MIEL WiLL Team during the year 1995 • Designed and implemented system components and provided support for system testing and field trials. Performed study, development, and impact analysis of requirements• Participated in Estimations and scheduling, and product management inputs• Prototyped system components; Authored product related documents

Recruited On-campus by Wipro Systems Ltd., I worked on projects for a telecom major, and a defense organization. • Designed and implemented system components for telecom switch simulation and digital engine controller; provided testing support.• Authored relevant documents from design to delivery; Interacted with customers