Mahesh Balakrishnan Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Head of Consumer Entertainment business and products at Dolby. I am responsible for leading the team that builds and takes to market the products used by creators to create, by services to distribute, and by consumer electronics companies to build the products through which consumers experience great entertainment. We build end to end content ecosystems in movies, TV shows, sports, music, podcasts, gaming, and user generated content like short-form videos. And our products enable this content to be enjoyed in the home, on mobile devices, on PCs and in the car.

San Francisco Bay Area

GM of the Audio business unit - the business unit at Dolby responsible for bringing spectacular audio/video entertainment experiences such as Dolby Atmos to consumers. This includes the products necessary for the creation, delivery and playback of content across all devices - TVs, home audio products like AVRs and soundbars, mobile devices - smartphones and tablets, PCs, smart speakers, game consoles. We work with content creators across genres - movies, episodic TV, live sports, music, games, podcasts, and with global and regional distributors of content over the Internet, cable, satellite and telco networks. Our products are deployed globally by virtually all manufacturers of consumer electronics devices.

San Francisco Bay Area

Global head of business development at Dolby. My responsibilities include incubating new businesses, identifying and executing on growth opportunities for the company and developing strategic partnerships.

San Francisco Bay Area

Business lead for Dolby Vision - Dolby's entry into the consumer imaging business.Lead product and platform (core technologies) product management for all Dolby products (Sound, Image & Video, Voice, Cinema).

San Francisco Bay Area

Business lead for Dolby Vision.Responsible for the image and video platforms at Dolby across all screens (TVs, Mobile, PCs & Cinema).

Responsible for product management & strategy for Adobe's Flash Client Platform - the most widely deployed piece of software in the world.Brought to market the first version of Flash Player for smartphones and mobile devices, the first version of AIR for smartphones and the first roll out of the Flash Platform to TVs and Digital Home devices.

Advisor to DFJ Dragon - affiliate fund of DFJ that targets investments in China.Independent business development consultant to firms in digital, online and mobile media.

Responsible for partnerships, alliances and acquisitions for Thomson's Technology SBU (one of 3 divisions within Thomson). Thomson is a provider of technology based products, solutions and services to the media and entertainment industry.

Head of Infineon Ventures in North America. Venture capitalist investing in start-ups in semiconductors, communications and consumer electronics sub-systems, embedded software, semi equipment, and EDA.

Responsible for starting new businesses in emerging high-growth areas.

Led a group conducting research in the areas of communications and digital videoWe were key members of a larger team that developed three first of a kind Digital TV systems:- World's first Direct to Home Digital Satellite TV Service (DirecTV)- World's first commercial roll out of Interactive TV by an operator (Bell Atlantic/Verizon)- The HDTV system adopted by the FCC for the USPhilips representative in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standardization.

Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. Taught graduate level courses in the Electrical Engineering department.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Entrepreneurship & Finance; Palmer Scholar (Highest Academic Achievement Award At Wharton)

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Teaching Award for two consecutive years; Staff writer, The Polytechnic (student newspaper);

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Electrical And Electronics Engineering