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California, United States

Sunnyvale, California (CA), US

SproutsAI cuts hiring time by 90%, transforming your recruitment process from a 2-month slog to a lightning-fast 2 days. We tackle over 12 pain points, streamlining the entire journey from job description to qualified candidates.My role: Customer Acquisition/Success

New York City, New York, US

Sunnyvale, CA, US

New Jersey, US

JOP is the fast-growing OKR software that allows you to align strategy with execution and achieve faster growth for your business and people.

Palo Alto, California, US

TiE Silicon Valley is a 501c(3) California nonprofit and is one of the world's largest ecosystems for technology executives, entrepreneurs, and VCs. TiEcon is an annual entrepreneurship and innovation conference with over 47K registrations in 2022.· Develop a GTM plan: Put together a strategy to get 5000+ registrations, identify the target audience, define.

Palo Alto, California, US

• Launched first-ever partnership programs with 50 new organizations to increase diversity in conference attendees and increase cross-pollination of ideas
• Build a market template and leveraged the social capital of speakers/sponsors to expose the conference to a wider audience.
• Discovered best practices and trained other volunteers to embody them to dramatically uplift their output.

Bay Area, CA, US

The Indian Institute of Technology Bay Area Alumni (IITBAA) is a 501(c)3 California nonprofit dedicated to the professional development of 15,000+ BayArea-based alumni from 23 IIT Campuses in India. IITs are the 4th largest unicorn founder producers in the world.

Bay Area, CA, US

• First openly gay person on the US-based Indian University Alumni organization board.
• Led brainstorming and ideation sessions with the 8 member board team, and set KPI for 20+ volunteer team to increase alumni attendance from 1500 to over 6000 that strengths community and creates connection points
• Build fundraising strategy and ran a campaign to raise funds from VCs and corporate executives resulting in turning around a $60k loss from the prior conference to raising $110k
• Founded a hiking club during COVID to offer safe group outdoor activities and career networking during outdoor luncheon
• Launched and built a speaker series to impact alumni on career, leadership development, and financial planning
• Led a team of 10 for the hiking club and a team of 5 for fundraising.

Milpitas, California, US

Cupertino, CA, US

Revived the IITBHF chapter post-COVID, leveraging social media to reconnect members. Led impactful events (Roadshow, CXO Forum, Pi Day networking, Summer Picnics) and rekindled the IITB bond through visiting professor outreach (e.g., Prof. Phatak, Prof B K Charkavarthy). Notably, 80%+ outreach success for the SemiX event secured 20 prominent industry.

• 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭/𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬o Strategized investment areas into various target segments based on industry trends, innovation at startups, and customer needs.o Grew innovation pipeline by discovering.
• 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐕𝐏 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐝-𝐡𝐨𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 o Explored many optical and other interfaces that would be needed over the next 5-10 years, distilled how it intersects with Samsung’s roadmap.
• 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬o Brainstormed with execs and colleagues about various new markets to investigate and narrowed down on HealthTech, Crypto storage, and Secondary storage.o Built a thesis for opportunity.

• 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥o Leading a team of 5 to drive internal cross-functional alignment for EVP's special project (industry first for a storage provider) that would change the fundamental business.
• 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐞-𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦o Scouted for a broad range of emerging technologies, analyzed trends in system architectures and prioritized NVME-oF based composable disaggregated systems that increase storage.

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San Jose, CA, US

• 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝟐 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬o Analyzed 30+ Tier2 cloud customers and prioritized six key customers for piloting new incentives to target 50% revenue growth in this segment. o Built upon the ideas/drivers.

San Jose, CA, US

We.FUEL is an employee resource group focused on career, professional and personal development

San Jose, CA, US

• 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 o Simplified the value proposition of the most complex cloud SSD product in the company’s history by highlighting “customizability” to expand the target market by 2x and diversify the customer.

San Jose, CA, US

• 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧o Led a cross-functional team of 4 and collaborated with McKinsey consultants to analyze trends in emerging technology and identify growth opportunities in the edge computing market.o.
• 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠o Proactively participated in various recruitment and hiring drives that resulted in over ten new hireso Trained/coached the new hirees on product and market trendso Organized career.

Irvine, California, US

• 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 o Recognized thought leader, experienced with evangelizing emerging technologies and expert at scouting for growth and innovation.o Formalized the “innovation and growth pipeline” process and.

Irvine, California, US

• 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐂𝐈𝐞 𝐁𝐆𝐀 𝐒𝐒𝐃 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐒𝐃 @ ISSPI (Institute of Strategic Storage Planning and Investment) led by Toshiba CTOo Tracked and analyzed a broad range of market.

Newark, CA, US

• Smart Modular is a manufacturer of custom and industrial memory/SSD products
• 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 o Drove strategic customer/vendor relationships by understanding their pain point and designing a custom solution to address issues increasing revenues by over $10Mo Created MRDs by conducting.
• 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭o Removed barriers to sales by providing timely first level support to the sales team and customerso Conducted quarterly webinars and training for 40+ sales teams on product.

Boston, MA, US

• Lux Research is a boutique Market Analysis/Consulting Firm focusing on Emerging Technologies
• 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 o Consulted with Global2000 CXOs and connected dots for them in the rapidly evolving EV market and guided them to make strategic decisions on acquisition/investment/partnerships o Offered.
• 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 o Interviewed startup founders, CEOs, and CTOs to extract the essence of their work and published reports highlighting their core values and added context by connecting it to wider industry.

• Founded in 2008 to help bridge a critical clean energy funding gap, the CalCEF Angel Fund invests in early-stage clean energy companies spanning the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors.
• Analyzed over 40 business plans, validated claims in the plans, conducted due diligence and prepared recommendations for the VC partner to make go/no go investment decisions
• Scouted for startups and socialized the Angel fund among attendees at various CleanTech conferences to increase the deal flow for this nascent highly dynamic emerging market

Marketing and Strategy consulting for various small and mid sized companies in the Technology space. Specifically Clean Technology. Check project list for additional details.

• Viola Systems Oy is the leading real-time wireless telecommunications smart grid solution provider headquartered in Finland and targets distribution automation application
• Conducted comprehensive market research by interviewing over 100 experts (most professionals interview <25), attending multiple conferences on the topic, and reading secondary research to map out the ecosystem, market.
• Built a comprehensive US Market entry strategy based on the market opportunity, company’s strengths, and financial analysis to initially target municipal utilities.
• Built an investment-grade Business Plan and pitched it to a panel of VCs and senior industry execs. Viola was eventually acquired by ABB (Europe's biggest energy automation company)

Boise, Idaho, US

• Global Semiconductor Memory and Storage Manufacturer
• 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭o Build a high-performance software team of nine software engineers that supported 5 design teams through building new tools and automationo Partnered with my boss to set up a China branch office by.
• 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭o Set the vision for new methodologies and tools, and socialized it among project leaders to ensure alignment.o Led a global engineering team to streamline testing methodology thereby improving.
• 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧o Identified, initiated, and nurtured new methodologies and tools development that resulted in 2-3 new features/capabilities every quarter.o Focus on continuous improvement - refined current.

Boise, Idaho, US

• 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 o Streamlined/architected a new standardized verification environment by collaborating with all design groups to build automation and scale o Built a new smart.
• 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐨𝐟-𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 o Expanded the functional coverage by brainstorming with a wider engineering team & adding 8x legal vectors than before to discover a wider set of bugs earlier.
• 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 o Designed a training program to streamline new team members' ramp-up in under a week (compared to months before) and also ensure productivity out of new temp remote team members o Pioneered.

Boise, Idaho, US

• 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 o Architected and designed progressively bigger Digital design blocks to carry out key functions such as redundancy to create Micron’s first NAND based Flash Memory o Designed Analog blocks that supported.
• 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥/𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧o Quickly mastered tools such as ESP-CV, Verilog, and HSIM, standardized test environment, and build automation around it to cut setup time for the entire team by 5xo.
• 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠o Setup a lab to test silicon wafers and identify issues in the San Jose office which speed up the time to identify root causes of failure by 5xo Expanded the test coverage.

Boise, Idaho, US

• Product Engineers are the bridge across the entire semiconductor fabrication process that will identify and resolve issues gating the fabrication flow
• 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 o Extracted various data points from the chip using a variety of tools such as micro-mate, small flexible testers to enable a root-cause analysis o Leveraged.
• 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 o Analyzed production test logs to identify steps impacting yield loss o Collaborated with engineers involved with every step of the fabrication process; ranging from design.
• 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 o Volunteered to help the design team by relocating offsite to help a team meet the aggressive deadline o Volunteered to help the layout team to meet their deadline too when I finished my design.

• Trikone is a 501c(3) California nonprofit that develops 3000+ San Francisco BayArea based LGBTQ+ (South Asian) professionals in career, leadership development, and visibility.
• Turned around a distressed non-profit by setting vision/goal/direction, and building a team of 10 to increase community participation from 300 to 1000+
• Turned around organization from near bankruptcy to healthy funding level.
• Set the goal to double the number of events annually from 10 to 20 by partnering with 10 LGBT non-profits
• Created a win-win for 150+ LGBTQ worldwide activists by hosting and leading a DesiQ conference to cross-pollinate best practices among attendees and develop their organizations better.

Ames, Iowa, US

Research work on manufacturing affordable amorphous Solar Cells technology

Ames, Iowa, US

Teaching Assistant for Engineering and Non-Engineering Physics 101 class

Mba, Marketing/Strategy And Business Development

Ms, Electrical Engineering

B Tech, Engineering Physics

Hsc, Electronics

Ssc, Science