Girish Sivaram Email & Phone Number

Reston, Virginia, Us

Product management leader of TNS's suite of Enterprise/Business facing products and services including Branded Calling, Reputation Management, Enterprise Identity and Authentication services. Tasked with building a team of brilliant product managers, I lead TNS's efforts in building brand trust between channel partners, aggregators and direct enterprises with end consumers via our flagship "Enterprise Branded Calling" product.• Define the vision and strategy for TNS's suite of Enterprise facing communication products and services.• Work with Sales, Business Development and Marketing to recruit the right Business or Channel Partners to the program.• Build and maintain strong relationships across operations, support, data science, security, and other product teams.• Manage pricing, establish acquisition and revenue goals and manage the P&L. • Establish overall product roadmap and partner with Engineering and Operations to deliver product to market via innovative Go-To-Market strategies.

London, England, Gb

Lead OpenMarket’s rich messaging capabilities globally, crafting a vision for the product, understanding competitors, defining market and customer requirements, capabilities and service performance, pricing strategy and tools including sales support and go-to-market plans. Responsibilities and highlights:• End to end product ownership of the rich messaging channels portfolio – RCS (Rich Communication Services), MMS and OTT channels (Whatsapp for business, Apple Business Chat, FB Messenger, etc.)• Led the go-to-market activities and cross-functional enterprise launch of the RCS platform leading the way for Openmarket’s foray into rich media messaging channels. RCS lets brands deliver interactive, app-like experiences straight to the customers’ SMS inboxes using AI, automation and chatbots.• Launched the innovative “Branded Messaging” product enabling our vast base of SMS customers/brands with a rich and verified branded mobile messaging experience.• Work closely with GSMA standards in defining RCS requirements and showing thought leadership in an emerging mobile messaging market.• Manage the established MMS product line that serves some of the largest mobile engagement brands that process millions of mobile messaging transactions every year.• Enhance the product’s global footprint by integrating with international carriers that process billions of mobile messaging transactions every year.• Lead cross-functional Product Development (Agile) teams as a Product Owner in managing new features, product enhancements and operational fixes.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Impinj is one one of the few successful Seattle startups in the technology space, that took the IPO journey in 2016 and I've had the experience of seeing it through the process successfully. Some of my responsibilities and highlights at Impinj:- Owner of the "Monza" product line, driving Item Intelligence and RAIN RFID technology in the IoT space. Monza contributes to >$120M annual business revenue making it the most critical and largest revenue generating product (70%) of the company.- Lead a cross-functional team to manage schedule and development priorities for Impinj‘s Endpoint IC/Tag Silicon products.- Grew tag silicon business in revenue and volume at an unprecedented 30% YoY from 2014 to 2017.- Manage business decisions for Impinj's long term strategy in major verticals - Retail, Automotive and Healthcare.- Launched more than 4 new innovative RAIN RFID Endpoint product SKUs, including penetration of a new market vertical for Impinj in the Automotive space conforming to Industry 4.0 standards.- Deeply engage with customers, partners and industry experts to understand market requirements.- Collaborate with Engineering, Sales, Operations, Marketing and the Impinj Platform team to develop customer stories and Marketing Requirements.- Drive speedy resolution of customer issues by leveraging apps and product engineering teams.- Deliver customer-facing product specifications, change notifications and competitive analysis reports.

Annapolis, Md, Us

As part of the safety and security group at Comtech, I managed the Emergency Services (911) and Location Based Services portfolio, accounting for >70% revenue share in the company. Responsibilities and highlights: - Shipped major high revenue initiatives for the company (VoLTE 911, SMS 911, VoWiFi 911), leading to healthy revenue growth and securing existing business with major tier 1 wireless carriers.- Launched the GEM911 web based client as a SaaS service to transitional PSAPs moving to a SIP based i3 ESINet for SMS 911.- Single point of contact to manage/track product budgets, revenue forecasts and roadmap releases.- Support Sales in business reviews, proposals, pricing solutions and contract management.- Lead end to end technical RFQ/RFP bid process for the 911 services product portfolio. - Ensure product portfolio processes comply with ISO 9001/27001 and TL 9000 quality management standards. - Assisted in business development and secured new business contracts for maps applications.- Represented the company in industry wide trade shows such as CTIA, CES, CCA and NENA.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

• Location Based Services (LBS)Lead product engineering interface for Location Based Services (LBS) portfolio on T-Mobile's devices. Drove design requirements from Marketing to Engineering and Architecture teams for user plane enhancements such as SUPL, Enhanced Cell ID and Sensor Aiding. Managed the LBS app preload business for Telenav, Google Maps, FamilyWhere and DriveSmart. • Mobile Broadband Defined Go-To-Market strategy for Tablets, Data Sticks, Routers and Mobile Hotspots. Acted as the direct interface to Product Marketing for Mobile Broadband products. • Advanced Display TechnologyResearched new device screen technologies intended for high tier Smartphones. Defined product requirements for advanced 3D displays and mobile projector technology.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

• Google/Android platform portfolio managementLaunched the first fully touchscreen capable Android device - the myTouch, and shipped 30+ Android devices to market. Streamlined critical features for Android evolution roadmap between T-Mobile, Google/OHA and OEM partners.• Device lead – IMS Technology & Presence Designed and implemented a “SIP SIMPLE Presence” enabled service within the IMS core.• GPS chipset Business DevelopmentManaged GPS chipset vendor relationships for Qualcomm, STE, Broadcom, TI, Infineon and CSR. Led new GPS chipset platform certifications to align with handset roadmap.• A-GPS and E911 complianceLed the A-GPS device compliance for E911 and LBS services. Incorporated new GPS technology requirements such as GLONASS, Beacon Networks and Indoor Location.• Device lead on T-Mobile's award winning myFaves productLaunched 20+ myFaves feature devices in market leading to enhanced sales and customer satisfaction. Mitigated complex protocol design challenges for T-Mobile’s SyncML DS and myFaves integration.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

• Mobile Backup over SyncML DSDelivered a unified web and handset interface to sync customer’s personal information databases. Managed the SyncML DS IOT program for all road mapped devices.• Personal Information Manager (PIM) & Phonebook designOffered enhanced PIM experience and formalized the data structure needed for database sync. Extensive partnership with UI team via customer research/studies to get in-depth market insights.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

• J2ME security and Java Application ServicesManaged J2ME app preloads between T-Mobile and Partner Publishers for Java enabled devices. Designed and managed Java security policies on all approved J2ME terminals. • Mobile Browser StrategyEnhanced the Mobile Browser experience by partnering with multiple micro browser platforms. • Digital Rights ManagementCreated product requirements for digital content/media downloads compliant with OMA DRM standards.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Troubleshoot network protocol issues, maintain/update web pages and assist as a computer technician.

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Introduced “SMS over PSTN” to landlines at MTNL on their widespread PSTN network.

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Be, Electronics And Telecommunication