Executive
Product Line Management Corporate Planning Business Development
Technical Marketing/Sales
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Performance-focused, detail-oriented, and results-driven professional,
offering solid experience in product line management, corporate planning,
business development, information technology, sales, and marketing. Skilled
at overseeing product roadmaps and definition as well as product life cycle
management. Effective at facilitating intellectual property litigation
negotiations; spearheading joint cross-company marketing campaigns; and
promoting technology products to attain company profitability. Equipped
with solid interpersonal and communication aptitudes in establishing
productive rapport with individuals of diverse backgrounds. Multilingual in
English, Hindi, and Punjabi.
[pic] Core Competencies [pic]
Process Improvement Personnel Supervision
Regulatory Compliance Quality Control and Assurance
Cross-functional Collaboration and Strategic Planning and Implementation
Leadership
[pic] Selected Accomplishments [pic]
V Exhibited skills in designing industry recognized and more than $150M
revenue generator Ethernet LAN device for network equipment providers;
as well as in developing managed wired and wireless equipment product
lines, embedded systems, applications software
V Functioned as IEEE standards developer, thus earning Industry Consortium
Recognition as 1 of the 18 individuals worldwide to formulate IEEE
802.3u standard.
V Obtained the platform design with customers including 3Com, Bay
Networks, Chipcom, Cisco, DEC, HP, and Nortel.
V Applied strategic approach in negotiating and closing $16M divisional
merger with 3Com; promoting technology products in Europe, Japan,
Taiwan, and United States (US); as well as in attaining quarterly
business unit objectives of $40M revenue.
V Played a pivotal role in closing $110M acquisition of Nortel Networks
Gigabit Ethernet Business Unit as member of the Acquisition Team.
V Attained gross drop attrition of 5.25% through innovative processes,
policies, procedures and activity management of more than 7,000 faculty
members, 145 deans, and 400 department chairs.
V Spearheaded nationwide student reentry marketing campaigns thereby
accomplishing more than 1,5000 students re-enrolments and generating
$300M revenue every year.
V Received commendation as a featured professional at the Midlands
Business Journal and The Free Library.
V Steered efforts in integrating two companies such as sales agency for
cost containment and financial products for small-medium businesses
nationwide; and the other addresses the K-12 education.
V Earned selection from McGraw Hill to draft handbook on Gigabit Ethernet
and publish technical articles in industry journals as well as peer-
reviewed technology books and publications.
V Exerted efforts in establishing learning centers nationwide as an
integral component of school districts to deliver learning outcome
efficiencies in K-12 science and mathematics courses.
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Alien Technology, Morgan Hill, CA (Venture Capital of $160M Funded Private
Equity in the RFID Product Category)
Vice President - Product Management 2005-2006
. Provided expert management to product roadmaps and definition, data
sheets, product life cycle management, forecasting, and profit and loss.
. Coordinated with directors of Product Management and Marketing
departments.
. Dealt with sector research, analyst engagement, and business case
development.
. Served as corporate business leader for pharmaceutical and biotechnology
sectors to manage customers including Cardinal Health, Eli Lilly and
Company, Merck & Co., Pfizer Incorporated, and Roche Holding AG.
. Steered efforts in spearheading joint cross-company marketing campaigns
with Fortune 500 firms including Intel; as well as facilitating
intellectual property litigation negotiations and sales distribution
contractual agreement terms negotiation to develop binding legal
contracts.
Cognio Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (Venture Capital of $40M Funded Private
Equity in the Wireless LAN Product Category)
Vice President - Product Management 2002
. Handled the product line management as well as joint venture partnerships
with Japanese corporations such as Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, NTT DoCoMo,
Sony, and Toshiba.
. Presided over international focus group with lead customers and
identified marketable technical product features.
. Managed the Engineering Team efforts to develop market needed products.
. Coordinated with board members to update them regarding customer design
wins and business outlook.
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (Now HP)
Senior Director - Product Line Management, Business Connectivity Group
1999-2001
. Supervised 20 product managers and application engineers while overseeing
product roadmaps and definition and engineering specifications.
. Functioned as business leader for 3Com LAN PC chip set product line as
well as for joint venture partnerships with multinational private equity
and public firms.
. Rendered worldwide application support for customers such as Accenture,
BT, Dell, Sony Corporation, Tech Data, Telef nica Spain, US school
districts and various Fortune 500 firms.
. Spearheaded the merger and acquisition due diligence while working with
the Corporate Legal Department.
Earlier Positions Held:
Integrated Circuit Systems Corporation, Norristown, PA (Now IDT)
Vice President - Engineering Business Unit Director of Marketing - Data
Communications Business Unit
. Played a vital role in the overall planning process and guaranteed on
time delivery of research and development (R&D) projects.
. Held responsibility in coordinating solutions and benefits to
headquarters, clients, and senior management.
. Utilized analytical skills in evaluating and conceptualizing innovative
new R&D methods and procedures.
. Expertly oversaw the divisional resource management composed of product
development, testing, marketing, customer service support, and field
application engineering as well as development activities of 75
development engineers.
National Semiconductor Corp., Santa Clara, CA (Now Texas Instruments)
New Product Development Manager Design and Development Manager - Local
Area Networks Division
. Exemplified capabilities in enhancing software and hardware development
methodologies in accordance to project needs.
. Exerted efforts in proposing innovative ideas as well as determining and
promoting research activities.
. Assumed responsibility in preparing technical presentations and weekly
and monthly work track report; as well as monitoring and maintaining
project data.
. Formulated divisional ISO auditing process for the new product
introduction and development.
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Manek Tala Group Inc, Carmel, IN
Proprietor 2017-Present
. Take charge of rendering the following services, thus saving more than
$500M for small-medium businesses nationwide:
. Specialized tax incentive services such as R&D tax credit and
commercial property cost segregation tax incentive;
. Expense reduction and auditing services to lessen business exposure
for workers compensation, while auditing other expenses incurred for
utilities, gas energy, credit card, wireless services, and electric
energy; and
. Asset recovery services such as class action financial recovery
services.
Mr. Singh Math and Science Club, Carmel, IN (Venture capital expected
private equity firm)
Proprietor 2017-Present
. Render educational services to K-12 students while working with school
districts to enhance learning outcomes of Science, Technology,
Engineering, And mathematics (STEM) courses.
. Demonstrate skills in using Amazon Web Services based Cloud computing
applications such as Learning Management System to implement lecture
capture, mastery learning, and flipped classrooms.
ITT Educational Services, Inc., Carmel, IN
Managing Director - Operations Instructional, Online Division 2013-2016
. Held responsibility in overseeing all aspects of operations regarding
online instructional programs and national curriculum; generating
Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP) for Online Division; as well as
formulating curriculum content for the institution's technology courses,
online or onsite.
. Supervised various personnel including 6 managing directors for all
schools of study such as Drafting and Design, Electronics, Information
Technology, Software Programming, Criminal Justice, Business Management,
and General Education, more than 500 staff, instructors, subject matter
experts, and contractors.
. Oversaw course content development in subject categories, such as mobile
communication technology; software development courses including C, C++,
CSS, and Java; operating systems including Linux and Microsoft servers;
electronics courses which included embedded controls, electronics
circuits and communication; and drafting and design courses including
AutoCAD.
. Managed content, vision, thought leadership, and approvals for all
engineering schools such as Electronics, Information Technology, Drafting
and Design, Criminal Justice, Medical Assisting, Business Management, and
General Education with the Curriculum and Instructional Design teams in
India and US.
. Provided quarterly updates to the chief executive officer (CEO) and
weekly updates to the president of online division, while communicating
with the chief academic officer (CAO) on a weekly basis.
Dean of Deans - Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer Group, Online
Division 2007-2013
. Acted as the national dean for all the ITT Technical Institutes.
. Dealt with hiring, ensuring Academic Affairs compliance, and overseeing
performance of more than 145 campus deans.
. Formulated and executed Academic Affairs' policies for campuses
nationwide while guaranteeing compliance with the Department of Education
(DOE) and accreditation policies.
. Applied keen eye for detail in researching nationwide trends using data
analytic tools while executing innovative processes and methods to
enhance student engagement, attrition, and reenrollment across campuses
nationwide.
. Held accountability in providing monthly updates to CEO and weekly
updates to CAO on Academic Affairs group performance, campus compliance,
and hiring decisions.
. Facilitated National Dean Webcasts Training for more than 145 deans and
more than 400 department chairs; New Dean Training quarterly; along with
annual training for more than 7,000 faculty members through faculty
handbooks and other publications.
University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
Instructor - Electrical Engineering Department
. Displayed competency in educating sophomore, junior, and senior students
regarding circuits and signal processing courses.
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant - Electrical Engineering Department
. Demonstrated skills in conducting Bachelor's degree laboratories in the
field of circuits and electromagnetic.
[pic] Education [pic]
Bachelor of Science in Banking and Finance In Progress (Expected
Graduation Date: Jun 2019)
University of London - London School of Economics, London, ENG, United
Kingdom
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Major in Robotics and Visual
Languages
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
President, Indian Student Association
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Major in Power Electronics
Graduated with Distinction
National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, MP, India
Coursework in Master of Science in Biotechnology, Major in Drug Design
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Post baccalaureate Pre-medical program
West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA
Coursework in Signal Processing
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
[pic] Activities [pic]
School Badminton Team Swimming Golf Bicycling
[pic] Technical Acumen [pic]
Amazon Web Services Analytics Android SDK C C++ Content
Management Coverty CSS Eclipse End User Support Email Engineering
Embedded real time system programming Ethernet GCC GDB GCOV GSM
GitHub JIRA Hardware HDL Help Desk HTML Installation iOS
iPhone Java Java Script Java Bean JQuery Jmeter Linux LISP
MySQL Networks Open Source Software Netperf .NET Network Management
Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint) Oracle
Perl Programming Python Software Ruby SIP SWIG TCP/IP Tech
Support Unix VOIP VPN Verilog WCDMA WLAN X-Windows Windows
STEM Instructor Faculty Management
Online Training and Learning Management System (LMS) Platforms
[pic] Patent [pic]
Singh, C. J. (1999). Patent No. 5,383,495. Santa Clara, CA: Patent and
Trade Mark Office of United States.