Engineer Marketing

MAHESH NANJAKLA

*****, ***** **** ******, #***, Glendale, AZ 85306, USA; 623-***-****; ******-********@******.*-****.***

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a Product Manager or related technology marketing role to contribute in building innovative technology products and

solutions leading the market needs, utilizing my

- MBA with Honors in Global Marketing.

- Product marketing experience as intern with Honeywell Security and pursuing product management and marketing certifications.

- Five years engineering experience in Security product development with Honeywell, working closely with Product Managers.

- Six-Sigma Green Belt and demonstrated project management skills.

- Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation skills with two patent applications.

EDUCATION

Thunderbird School of Global Management (Ranked #1 in International Management) Glendale, AZ, US

MBA in Global Management, Specialization: Global Marketing May 2009

- AIPMM (product management association) member – currently working on Product Management and Marketing certification s

- Entering and Continuing Student Merit Scholarships; Beta Gamma Sigma honor society member – top 20% of graduating class

- Customer needs research for a large Enterprise softwar e company – customer intelligence project with in-depth user interviews

- Competitor benchmarking consulting project for engineering globa lization for a large Aerospace company

- Marketing plan for WebEx – Entrance into Italy; B2B Web marketing and whitepaper projects

- Won Thunderbird Spring – 2009 M&A case competition

- Teaching Assistant for Analysis of Strategic Marketing (Analytical Marketing) course

- Innovation Club, Vice President: Ideation project for a Gaming accessories company

C-DAC Advanced Computing Training School Bangalore, India

Diploma in Embedded Systems Design Aug 2002

Kuvempu University Davangere, India

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication, CGPA: 3.7, Honors: First Class with Distinction Nov 2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Honeywell International Milwaukee, WI, US

Product Marketing Intern (Integrated Security & Access Systems Group) Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

Developed and executed the VOC (Voice of Customer) plan with customers, sales and other internal stakeholders to provide

a market read out (customer needs, segmentation and sizing) for an innovative physical access security hardware offering.

Conducted detailed competitive analysis including a financial model for comparative customer costs, pricing and margins.

Identified initial solution/product concepts to introduce a first product solution into the NPI (New Product Initiatives)

process.

Honeywell Technology Solutions Bangalore, India

(SEI CMMI Level 5 certified company, subsidiary of Honeywell International)

Team Lead – Principal Engineer Jan 2006 - Aug 2007

Assisted Product Manager in defining MRD, creating a customizable solution suite for Convergence targeting multiple

customer verticals and expanding new business opportunities.

Filed two Patent applications with a four-member group and recognized by Honeywell Patent Award.

Led an eight-member multi-location engineering team for developing a products solution suite targeting the Physical-Logical

Security Convergence – Identity Management market, including the US Homeland Security market.

Functioned as the engineering interface to Marketing, Technology Partners and Cross -functional teams efficiently

coordinating the inter -dependencies to develop and deliver the integrated solution suite in record time.

Performed the Domain Innovation Focal role with pre-product visualizations, idea reviews and knowledge share.

Recognized and awarded Individual Excellence and Business Unit Special awards in leading and delivering the Convergence

project.

Developer - Senior Engineer, Engineer, Engineer Trainee Jul 2002 - Dec 2005

Applied Six-Sigma to software product design and development, achieving Green Belt certification with greater than 30%

improvement in product performance.

Core contributor in new products development for Physical Security market including a new service based product offering

with increased responsibilities from technical development to architecture and design using Microsoft technologies.

Conceptualized and prototyped new ideas in Products and Technology as a key member of the Innovation group.

Proposed three products solution ideas targeting new and adjacent markets, reviewed at the global business level.

Recognized and awarded Team Excellence and Partner awards.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages: Native proficiency in English, Hindi and Kannada; fair knowledge of Sanskrit.

Computer Skills: XML, .NET, SQL database, C, C++, VC++, COM, RPC.

Activities:Native Village Adoption programs with company’s Community service trust. Computer tutoring for blind stu dents

as a Volunteer in a local Social Initiative network.

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