Chandrashekhar Raman Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bangalore

1. Built HPE's strategy to engage with Indian startup ecosystem leading to the launch of 'HPE Digital Catalyst Program'2. Drive execution of the "HPE Digital Catalyst Program" through 3 cohorts including o Driving ecosystem outreach into India’s AI startup ecosystem to onboard startups relevant to HPE strategy o Set up AI sandbox accessible to partners to build joint solutions with deep platform integrations o Created GTM enablement structures including sales collateral, demos, sales training programs and GTM strategy o Driving joint GTM leading to $20M+ cumulative revenue globally for HPE across 4 startup solutions o Creating India opportunity flow for Pathfinder (HPE Corporate VC)3. Drive co-innovation with startups to scope and execute multiple digital transformation initiatives within HPE

Bengaluru Area, India

1. 'Founder', Original Concept, strategy, execution and operation for Cisco's 'thingQbator' program2. Built a global innovation brand, starting from Bangalore, scaling to 4 Cisco locations around the world (Bangalore,London, Pune and San Jose and Krakow)3. Built the thingQbator for Universities program to help budding student entrepreneurs to take their first steps. Formed marquee partnerships globally for execution including Nasscom Foundation in India and Foundation for Digital creativity in the UK.4. Scaled program to 5 thingQbator makerspaces in Indian Universities and 1 in the UK. thingQbator program has since scaled to 35 institutions in India5. Worked with multiple teams of intrapreneurs/entrapreneurs to help them turn IoT/Digital ideas into working prototypes, testing prototypes in the field with pilot deployments and turning them into sustainable and scalable ventures.6. Hands on understanding IoT technology stack. sensors, security, IoT platforms, applications, chatbots, drones etc< * thingQbator started as an internal incubation program for IoT ideas coming from the engineer community* thingQbator for Universities, is an extension of the concept to Academic institutions * The makerspaces were equipped with the latest IoT hardware and platforms that our engineers can use to turn their IoT ideas into relevant solution prototypes.>

Bangalore

1. Innovation Center strategy – to create the globally distributed innovation infrastructure for Cisco’s platform strategy (Four Cisco IoT innovation centers were formally announced in CES Las Vegas, 2014 and there are currently eight of them globally)2. Strategic Advisor to openBerlin (Cisco IoT innovation center in Berlin)3. Setting up ‘Micro’ IoT Innovation hubs in partnership with universities4. Organized multiple IoT hackathons globally under the ‘thinghack’ brand

Bengaluru Area, India

1. GTM Strategy & planning for >$150M business. 2. Included prioritization (region, country, vertical), resource alignment, and building and executing partner/channel strategies

Bengaluru Area, India

1. Led a team of consultants from ‘Booz and co’ to define value proposition framework and GTM framework for Smart Cities2. Created technology ecosystem and GTM strategies for S+CC to leverage incipient transitions in ‘Open Data’ and ‘City Cloud’ 3. Defined an architectural strategy for S+CC in the buildings space based on analysis of business technology stack and control points therein to make portfolio realignment decisions4. Developed GTM strategy to work with Service Providers (telcos) as strategic partners for our Smart city solutions5. Managed portfolio of investments (~$ 40M) for the initiative to ensure alignment with strategy and pipeline of opportunities

Bengaluru Area, India

1. Owner of webex based remote education solution from conceptualization to beta release 2. Strategy definition: based on industry requirements, company competencies and competitive offerings 3. Market segmentation and sizing - to identify initial target segments and solution positioning 4. Solution Definition through contextual enquiry - led a team of UX designers to define journeys and requirements (PRD). 5. Business development engagements with initial customers6. Paid advisory engagements- developed strategy and business model Qatari non-profit in education and employability

Bengaluru Area, India

1. Benchmarking of Cisco Services performance to that of industry peers 2. Services strategy for transformational growth in Emerging countries 3. Globalization Strategy around pillars of growth, talent and innovation

Kolkata Area, India

1. Planned and executed ERP upgrade projects for multiple clients. Responsible for resource planning, activity scheduling and risk mitigation2. Re-engineered software development processes for a Danish multinational

Kolkata(India), Costa Mesa, Pittsburgh (Usa)

1. Application Development and Infrastructure management2. Set up an offshore team as onsite coordinator at US Data Center of a Fortune 100 client 3. Developed onsite-offshore model to handle mission critical production support functions for the first time from an offshore facility

Mba, Analytical Finance, Strategic Marketing

B.Tech, Metallurgical Engineering

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