ANAND RAMAKRISHNAN

650-***-****

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EDUCATION

THE WHARTON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, PA MBA On Leave of Absence

• Honors & Director’s Lists

STANFORD UNIVERSITY Stanford, CA

MS in Management Science & Engineering 1998 – 2000

• Top 5% of graduating students

• Completed in 2 years (with full-time course load) while working full-time at Oracle Corporation INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ( IIT ) Madras, India B.Tech.in Electronics & Communication Engineering 1991 - 1995

• Top 5% of graduating students

EXPERIENCE

S V Capital 2012 - Present

Palo Alto, CA

Chief Product Officer

• Responsible for vision, strategy, product definition and marketing of cloud based big data artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) driven analytics product that impacts over a billion dollars

• Identify significant long-term opportunities based on research, analysis and a strategic view of global markets

• Created a multi-data source, multi-device product that analyzes real time streaming and historic data across thousands of sources, leverages machine learning/artificial intelligence and empowers users to critically analyze data for real time decision making

• Represent the voice of the market, including qualitative and quantitative feedback on product from clients and partners

• Manage product alphas and betas to direct product refinements and identify critical needs that had to be met by the product in order to launch

• Network with industry thought leaders to stay on top of industry trends Kingdon Capital 2010 – 2012

New York, NY

• Developed a big data driven analytics product to facilitate analysis and investment decisions. Worked in a cross- functional capacity within a dynamic, rapidly changing environment

• Responsible for investment decisions in technology (Internet/Software/Services/Hardware/Communications) for a $500 million portfolio.

• Performed in depth analysis of companies & recommended investments based on thorough due diligence of sectors YAHOO 2008 – 2010

Sunnyvale, CA

Head, Yahoo! Web Analytics

• Headed Yahoo! Web Analytics product – that enabled advertisers and ad agencies to analyze performance marketing across mediums such as search, display and direct mail - with P&L responsibilities of $150 million

• Managed a global cross functional team of over 150 spread across Sunnyvale, New York, Bangalore and Budapest

• Responsible for product strategy, product management, client engineering, and product marketing of Yahoo’s external facing Web Analytics product

• Identified the needs of performance and brand advertisers - from large multi-national companies to small businesses - as well as ad agencies, and translated those needs into products

• Managed the entire product launch process - coordinated and manage cross-functional teams (including product, design, engineering, documentation, support, legal, sales and partner stakeholders) to deliver world-class product to the market

• Performed market assessment and requirements analysis including opportunity size, competitive analysis, target customers and product requirements against Google Analytics and Adobe Omniture

• Crafted Go to Market strategy for Yahoo Sales teams & Ad Agency partners to increase Advertiser spend by several millions of dollars with the mission of ‘doing better business with Yahoo’

• Launched Yaboo! Web Analytics Product: used by over 13,000 Yahoo Store & Small Business Merchants and over 1,000 developers on Yahoo! Open Social Platform

ORACLE 1998 – 2008

Redwood Shores, CA

Sr. Director, BEA Aqua Logic

• Responsible for product management, strategy & product marketing of $150 million AquaLogic product line

• Managed cross-functional team of 50 in Product Strategy, Product Management, Solutions Architecture & Marketing

• Worked with leaders of all stakeholder teams including EVP, SVP, VPs of AquaLogic Products to develop & drive BEA’s AquaLogic Products strategy

• Created Marketing Demand generation initiatives for BEA's worldwide sales teams

• Defined and managed comprehensive go-to-market strategy and plan including positioning, launch strategy, PR, sales and partner materials

• Guided 3 Business Unit Heads with over 200 engineers responsible for AquaLogic products

• Assumed role of Business Unit Executive forAquaLogic Data Services product to guide product to profitability

• Grew AquaLogic product line revenue by $10 million within 2 months of assuming position and enabled total revenue of

$200 million for full financial year

• Launched AquaLogic Platform 3.0 – led launch at developer conference, briefed analysts, press, key customers, partners

(Shipped 1 major release & 2 minor releases)

Director, Platform Products

• Worked with SVP and VPs of Fusion Middleware to develop & drive Oracle’s Platform Products strategy

• Create quarterly programs across the portfolio to drive adoption of key products and grow both revenue and value created for customers. Represented product suite internally and externally

• Headed Advisory Council that worked closely with Product Development to translate key customers’ (such as The Hartford, Cisco, T-Mobile) and major partners’ (such as Accenture, Deloitte) needs into future product strategy & direction

• Managed cross-functional team comprising 15 solution architects & 7 product managers across the US and India

• Generated revenue on Oracle Platform Products through joint solutions & programs

- Responsible for driving partner strategy & revenue of $50 million with Oracle’s major SI partners

- Created 15 joint solutions in 3 years that led to 500% growth in revenue.

- Involved in several deals averaging half a million to several millions in license revenue over the last 3 years. Principal Product Manager, Oracle Fusion Middleware

• Worked with SVP of Fusion Middleware to develop & drive Oracle’s competitive strategy against IBM & Microsoft

• Guided a team of 5 Product & 7 Development Managers with over 130 engineers responsible for core platform technology, product development, and internal & external product delivery/rollout

• Chaired Customer Advisory Council and 3 Key Product Architecture committees responsible for working with major accounts (multi-billion dollar, Fortune 500 companies), developing product direction, and competitive positioning

• Product spokesperson to key industry analysts, financial analysts, press & customers at Tradeshows & Industry events

• Thought leader in Internet Technologies & Architecture. Keynote speaker at several Oracle, Java & Internet User Groups, Developer seminars, etc.,

• Transformed over 60 customers in 3 years into reference customers. Turned around over 50 pro-BEA & pro-IBM deals

• Made 500 presentations to Executives (C-level, VPs) within & outside Oracle on Oracle’s Middleware & e-business strategy

• 1 of 5 employees chosen from 2000 person division for e-business pioneer award Senior Product Manager, Oracle8i Java

• Extensive Hands-on experience in all aspects of product life-cycle - product specifications, product quality, beta process, product release & product launch

• Developed product requirements (PRD/MRD), delivery schedules, release roadmap, rollout plan, technical/marketing collateral, press releases & competitive strategy for Oracle 8i Java Platform

• Worked with number of organizations – documentation, consulting services, support, education/training, marketing & sales – to ensure that the product was productized effectively & all organizations had supporting programs in place

• Presented Oracle Java Strategy at several Java & e-business events such as JavaOne, OracleWorld conferences SIEMENS 1995 – 1998

India, Singapore

• Team Lead – Managed 7 engineer team to develop product for HealthCare/Bio-Tech industry

• Software Engineer – Designed & developed Telecommunication software for Siemens, Munich

• 1 of 2 employees chosen from 1000 person division for Exceptional Contributor Awards in 1995, 1996, 1997 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Interests: Enjoy playing poker, snowboarding, and swimming

• High energy, organized approach & persistence to make things happen

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