Manager Project

RAJENDRAN Rahul

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**** – 2013 Infineon Technologies Germany

Senior Manager, Strategy Development

Corporate strategy development and internal consulting within Infineon Technologies

2010 – 2012 Hilti AG Switzerland/Germany/China

A world leader in product and business model innovation for advanced equipment for construction, energy and

infrastructure industries

Time To Money Project Manager

Manage P&L and business development with a budget of 6 MM CHF for an innovative emerging market targeted

product. Manage interfacing to top management, development teams & marketing organisations.

Create initial business plan and ensure planned profitability by controlling prices, costs and expenses

2005 – 2009 Samsung Electronics Corporation South Korea/USA/Europe

The headquarters of the Samsung conglomerate in Seoul, South Korea . Worked in international roles across North

America and Europe while based in Seoul. Promoted to Assistant Manager one year ahead of schedule and became

the youngest Assistant Manager in division

Assistant Manager, Product Planning, Semiconductor Division

Strategic Alliances

• Analyzed the Device Solution Industry and identified alliance partners, initiated alliances, negotiated and finalized

legal, marketing and technical details of alliance a greements encompassing development, marketing and sales for

the Semiconductor division of Samsung

• Identified partners in the area of Operating Systems, Power Management ICs and Application Software from the UK,

USA, China, Finland, France and other countries targeting the Semiconductor market for Mobile applications

• Initiated alliance with partners by presenting prospects of the alliance in terms of the business plan, revenue

opportunity and expected resource requirements for the venture

• Led exploratory discussions with senior management at partner companies and Samsung on medium to long term

alliances and gave recommendations to Samsung’s corporate strategy function on acquisitions and Semiconductor

Foundry opportunities

• Led multi-functional teams of 10-15 within Samsung in partnership projects for Semiconductor platform

development and demonstration to potential customers . Planned project implementation, timelines, resource

requirements, marketing and promotion details. Took overall responsibility for successful implementation

• Managed over 10 partnerships over 2 years with revenue impact over 10 MM USD

Product Management and Marketing

• Created roadmaps for features implemented on Samsung’s Semiconductor products based on Mobile Industry

Processor Interface (MIPI). Nominated as Samsung’s representative at MIPI, an alliance of more than 160

companies aimed at defining and promoting shared interfacing technologies for semiconductor products inside

mobile phones and hence reduce fragmentation in the mobile industry value chain

• Interfaced with senior mobile industry company representatives from corporate HQ in USA, Canada, Finland, UK and

Japan over quarterly face -to-face meetings and weekly teleconferences. Established common purposes with these to

achieve milestones matching Samsung's interests

• Impacted 2 standards out of 3 released in 2008 by MIPI, incorporating key competitive features o f Samsung, by

negotiating with company representatives on technical and marketing details

Teamwork and Leadership

• Led the first large cross-country project in my division. Managed a 16 member multi-cultural team across South

Korea, India and China on an IP design for an ARM based processor for video playback and recording

• Introduced processes for mitigating language and cultural barriers. Many of these processes were adopted for later

projects in the division

2002 - 2004 Tejas Networks India

A startup funded by Intel Capital, Battery Ventures, Mayfield Fund and Goldman Sachs, focused on Ethernet over

optical networks. One of only 6 fresh graduates selected out of around 100 applicants from the Indian Institutes of

Technology

Strategic Marketi ng

• Evaluated strategic initiatives in new technologies including Passive Optical Networks (PON) and various framing

protocols. Reported on entry barriers, R&D resources and patent issues to upper management

• Conducted due diligence on projects and technologies like low cost networks in sparsely populated areas which later

contributed to core revenue streams for the company

• Spearheaded pre-sales and marketing efforts for the flagship Ethernet product of the company

• Prepared and presented marketing material for key customers facilitating design wins

EDUCATION

2009 - 2010 INSEAD MBA Class of July 2010 France/Singapore

770 GMAT (top 1 percentile), 6/6 in Analytical Writing Assessment

1998 - 2002 Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering India

Awarded Merit Scholarship through all four years of undergraduate studies at IIT.

Recipient of the National Talent Scholarship awarded by the Indian Govt for Academic Excellence.

Only undergraduate research thesis to result in a research public ation

In the first 0.4 percentile in the nationwide Graduate Aptitude Test for Engin eering in 2002

PUBLICATIONS

Rahul A.Panicker, Rahul Rajendran and S.Sundar, "Pattern search in a self -similar image database using

Eigenpatterns", Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Elsevier Science, Vol 37, Issue 12, pp 1281 - 1286

Rahul Rajendran and K.Giridhar, "RAKE/DFE Algorithm with Block Decoding for 802.11b WLAN" Presented at the

10th National Conference on Communications, Bangalore, India, Jan 2004

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