Senior internet executive with 20+ years of experience managing large, global organizations to create insanely brilliant and simple products that change peoples lives.
Headed overall consumer and monetization product strategy and user experience at LinkedIn where efforts yielded the world’s largest and most powerful professional network with 347 million members worldwide. Responsible for P&L of all online revenue streams ($869 million in 2014). Previously at Google, where achievements included establishing the company’s mobile business beginning in 2005 and winning the Google Founders Award. Co-author of eight patents.
Also advise several companies and mentor founders through start up, growth and acquisition.
Inspired by: brilliantly simple products, amazing people, great management…and my beautiful family!
Managing Director @ Working with amazing entrepreneurs to build extraordinary companies. From June 2015 to Present (5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaMember of the Board of Directors @ TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site, enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 260 million unique monthly visitors, and over 100 million reviews and opinions covering more than 2.7 million accommodations, restaurants and attractions. The sites operate in 34 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com. From September 2013 to Present (2 years 2 months) Greater Boston AreaMember of the Board of Directors @ Working with 85 utility partners and serving more than 18 million consumers across seven countries, Opower is the world's leading provider of customer engagement solutions for the utility industry. By providing the tools, information and incentives consumers need to make smarter decisions about their energy use, Opower enables utilities to involve their customers in programs that support energy efficiency goals, smart grid and new rate structures, brand loyalty and lowering the cost of service.
Using big data to drive behavioral change at scale, Opower has helped its utility partners achieve more than 2.7 TWhs in energy savings, and drives significant increases in customer program participation and overall customer satisfaction. From September 2013 to Present (2 years 2 months) Norfolk, Virginia AreaSenior Vice President, Products & User Experience @ Led a global organization of about 500 people which encompassed several functions including product management, data science, user experience, web development, business development, and online sales.
Key team accomplishments during my tenure --
- Global membership increased from 32 million to 347 million
- Annual revenue increased from USD 78 million to USD 2.22 billion
- LinkedIn became a top 20 US and top 25 global site as measured by Comscore From January 2009 to October 2014 (5 years 10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaInvestor & Advisor @ Spool was acquired by Facebook (FB) in August 2012. From October 2010 to August 2012 (1 year 11 months) United StatesInvestor & Advisor @ Adku is a company focused on the convergence of Big Data and e-commerce. Acquired by Groupon (GRPN) in February 2012. From October 2010 to February 2012 (1 year 5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaInvestor @ Series A investor in Aster Data, a pioneer in the space of Big Data. Acquired by Teradata (TDC) for $325 million. From 2007 to March 2011 (4 years) Product Advisor & Investor @ Aardvark (www.vark.com) is the web's first social search engine. The company was acquired by Google in February 2010. From 2008 to February 2010 (2 years) Senior Director of Products, Asia-Pacific @ Led Google’s Product division for the Asia-Pacific region. (2007-9)
Launched and led global mobile initiatives. (2005-7)
Built back-end systems to manage company’s worldwide customer base. (2003-5)
Won Google’s Founders Award for innovations in the AdWords system. (2004) From August 2003 to January 2009 (5 years 6 months) Founder & Vice President of Products @ From August 1999 to December 2001 (2 years 5 months)
MBA, Business @ Harvard Business School From 1999 to 2000 M.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign From 1990 to 1992 B. Tech (Honors) @ Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur From 1986 to 1990 Deep Nishar is skilled in: Global Product..., Product Management, International Product..., Mobile, Asia Pacific, Business Strategy, Social Media, Product Strategy, User Experience, Digital Media, Mobile Devices, Android, Marketing Management, Wireless, Product Design, Leadership, Global Marketing, Start-ups, Analytics, Entrepreneurship, SaaS, Angel Investing, Management, E-commerce, Strategy, Executive Management, Mobile Applications, Competitive Analysis, Product Development, Product Marketing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Big Data, Go-to-market Strategy, Cross-functional Team..., Enterprise Software, SEM, Strategic Partnerships, Awesomeness, Venture Capital, Scalability, Business Development, Thought Leadership, Monetization, Corporate Development, Mobile Internet, Mobile Marketing, Cloud Computing, Mobile Technology