Krishna Kumar Balaraman Email & Phone Number

Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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Jodhpur, India

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

Sricity, India

Chennai Area, India; Sricity, India

Bangalore, Chennai

 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.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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.

Shillong, Meghalaya, India

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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.

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.

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

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D), Strategic Foresight, Strategic Alliances, Microfoundations Of Organizational Capabilities

Activities and Societies:  Development of Individual Foresight Capability– A Measure Of Employee Foresight in an Organizational Context.

Pgsem, Mba

Activities and Societies: FIAI representative in Student Activity Council (SAC)Projects & Papers – o Business Strategy of Alcatel-Lucent o.

Pgdipr, Intellectual Property Rights

PGDIPR project thesis titles “Intellectual Property Rights in Wireless Mobile Devices and Applications”

Bachelor Of Engineering, Computer Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: Quiz Team, IEEE Chapter member

Aisse, Mathematics And Computer Science

Education record

Activities and Societies: Scouts, Hockey, Yoga