Viral (Veeral) Chheda Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

• Design and stand-up Data Science operating model and platform for a leading global resources company• Developed transformation roadmap for Marketing and Sales business units of an oil and gas major focused on Agile execution and advanced Analytics driven business performance management • Ran Integration PMO for a $100MM+ global Financial ERP Implementation (SAP) across Americas for an oil and gas super major• Managed an end-end Cloud based transformation program (Microsoft Azure & O365 platforms) for an oil and gas super major• Program Lead within a $50MM+ global Enterprise Content Management (ECM) program for an oil and gas super major to improve compliance and strengthen company’s License to Operate position

• Developed a business case (Value Realization Method based) to formulate the future enterprise document management strategy for a $180 billion oil and gas corporation. Program managed the execution of document management strategy• Independently conducted workshops, assessed current state and issues in a $160 billion networking company, developed hypothesis and recommended future improve transformation opportunities• Continuously develop thought leadership and expertise in practice areas related to market development strategy, product strategy and product management

Define product strategy, road map, life cycle management, go-to-market and pricing strategy for award-winning products of Brocade's File Area Networks (FAN) portfolio• Perform market analysis, competitive analysis, define business cases and work with various cross-functional teams including Engineering, Sales, Marketing to deliver products and achieve revenue targets• Collaborate with business and channel teams to secure major OEM and reseller agreements to expand the market share• Present product strategy at customer conferences, key company events• Create and review technical documentation, press release content and marketing collateral including application guides, marketing flashes, white papers, ROI tools• Lead contact for key accounts in matters relating to complex architectures, technical discussions and presentations• Single point of contact for all OEMs and strategic partners • Interact with senior management to expand product portfolio by looking into possible acquisitions and strategize next generation of products built at Brocade

• Led a team of global Product Escalation Engineers supporting a customer base of 500+ Fortune 1000 customers• Key contributor to product strategy discussions with Product Management and Engineering• Worked with Sales team to demo products, architect customer solutions, and implement product solutions at customer sites• Played strategic role in growth of our organization by interviewing, recruiting and training new members. • Established multiple best practices and introduced tools such as efficient knowledge transfer to scale the organization without sacrificing excellence.

• Developed software for two releases of National Instrument’s flagship software product - LabVIEW• Architected, implemented, and tested several major pieces of LabVIEW platform

Mba, Management

Activities and Societies: Graduate Consulting Group, Beta Gamma Sigma, Academic Honors, Class Ambassador

Bs, Computer Science, Business Minor

Activities and Societies: Deans Honor Roll, Indian Students Association

Be, Computer Engineering, Business Minor

Activities and Societies: Deans Honor Roll, Golden Key National Honor Society, South Asian Students Association

High School