I am an MBA Graduate with strong professional experience (13 years). I have worked in USA, Europe and India on large and complex projects with top notch companies i.e. Cisco, Sony, eBay-PayPal, IBM Global Services, AT&T, Ericsson, and Verizon.
I believe I am a strategic thinker, tactical problem solver and technically savvy leader who has a strong drive for achieving results.I am actively seeking senior positions in dynamic technology oriented companies in the areas of Product Management (Open to other challenging roles)
SKILLS:
Product Management: Market Research,Prod. re-positioning, Prod. Roadmap, MRD, PRD etc.
Program & Project Management: Portfolio,Budgeting, Finance, Change Management, Scrum-Agile.
Technology: Architecture, System Design, Engineering, Application Development & Data Sciences
Leadership: Successfully led multiple cross functional teams(5-28 member) on complex projects.
Business: M&A,Financial modeling, Valuation, Negotiations, Decision Analysis, Data Analysis.
INDUSTRY : Telecom, Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, e-commerce
"Prasad is motivated, thorough, self-aware, and really driven to do the right thing for the company"- Doug Lawson, Director, PayPal
M&A Business Integration @ M&A, Budget, Financial Planning and Project Management From February 2015 to Present (11 months) Market Research @ TAM, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships From August 2014 to December 2014 (5 months) Americas Program Management - MBA Intern @ Managed Americas SMB programs. PM for Buyer FX project with $10 million annual revenue impact for Paypal. From June 2013 to September 2013 (4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaCloud Services Whitepaper @ Wrote whitepaper on best practices in cloud services for core technology group. From April 2013 to July 2013 (4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaManagement Intern @ Strategy and Operations project for WebEx From July 2012 to September 2012 (3 months) San Francisco Bay AreaTechnical Architect @ Technical architecture and solution design for 9 new clients; Helped Pre-Sales teams in closing client deals by providing RFP solutions and PoC; worked under CTO for charting roadmap for ISV to enter new segments. From July 2010 to July 2011 (1 year 1 month) Architect and Software Consultant @ Architecture, Software Design, Development, Testing and Customer presentations of Solution Options and Technology Consulting From November 2009 to January 2010 (3 months) Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida AreaSoftware Consultant @ Software design and development for implementing fiber optics based FiOS offerings. From October 2008 to September 2009 (1 year) Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida AreaAdvisory System Analyst @ Technical consulting, client relations and project management activities for cross functional teams (28 members); instituted processes for client specific telecom training's that helped productivity & quick scaling to 150 new team members. From October 2003 to June 2008 (4 years 9 months) Systems Design Engineer and Project Management @ Led a team to execute key projects for realizing the synergies from AT&T-SBC-BellSouth merger. Requirements study, system design and solution implementation to facilitate capacity management of entire merged ATM/FR network From November 2004 to March 2008 (3 years 5 months) Migration Lead @ Lead technology transfer initiatives of telecom provisioning systems from Sweden to India. From February 2004 to October 2004 (9 months) Software Engineer @ Software Engineering, development, design, testing and Implementations. Customer relations management and Software administration at Ratan Tata's office. From November 2000 to October 2003 (3 years)
Master of Business Administration (MBA), (Dean's List) @ Santa Clara University From 2011 to 2014 Decision Analysis(SDRM) & Product Management @ Stanford UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Engineering, First Class Distinction @ Bangalore University From 1996 to 2000 Prasad M.B.A is skilled in: Product Management, Strategy, Project Management, Enterprise Software, Management, Telecommunications, Strategic Planning, Product Marketing, Software Development, Consulting, Program Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Requirements Analysis, Strategic Data Analysis, Start-ups