More about Sirish Puppala
Product Leader | Startups - Investor | Enterprise- FinTech | x- Polycom, Motorola, SSnC
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE:
Product Management leadership/ Senior leadership positions in technology driven firms and established startup's
PROFILE SUMMARY:
Product Management professional, love building enterprise software product/solutions for customers to solve their pain points in easy and efficient way delivering best in class experience to relish.
Industry experience of 17+ years out of which 12 years is core product life cycle management - starting from idea/inception stage to build, launch, grow and sustain the products.
Experienced in global product teams, with international exposure across EMEA, North America and APAC markets. Proven track record of building new innovative hardware and software products in the unified communication space and mobility space. Handled large Hardware & Software BETA programs as part of the product introduction, adapting them to new markets, and facilitating sales and post-sale success with customers. In the last role, managing Poly flagship video conferencing product with $350+million global revenues.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Product life cycle phases - Ideation, design solution, build, BETA, GA/ship, feedback& End of life (EOL)
- Market Analysis: Customer insights, validation, competitive analysis & usability studies
- Strategic Planning: Target market, business case, PRD, product strategy and pricing/bundling
- Product Planning: Personas, use cases, UX/UI, software releases & patch/hotfix
- GTM: Product positions, Initial launch quantity (ILQ), SKU - management & bundling
- Sales Enablement: Presales/Sales Engineering, customer demos, sales training & road shows
Industry accelerator mentoring:
• Member of Jury and panelist of Hysea (http://hysea.in/) (Hyderabad startup’s) from last 7+ years
• Mentor & participant for start up’s at THub (https://www.t-hub.co/ ) – India’s largest & fastest
growing incubator
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE:
Product Management leadership/ Senior leadership positions in technology driven firms and established startup's
PROFILE SUMMARY:
Product Management professional, love building enterprise software product/solutions for customers to solve their pain points in easy and efficient way delivering best in class experience to relish.
Industry experience of 17+ years out of which 12 years is core product life cycle management - starting from idea/inception stage to build, launch, grow and sustain the products.
Experienced in global product teams, with international exposure across EMEA, North America and APAC markets. Proven track record of building new innovative hardware and software products in the unified communication space and mobility space. Handled large Hardware & Software BETA programs as part of the product introduction, adapting them to new markets, and facilitating sales and post-sale success with customers. In the last role, managing Poly flagship video conferencing product with $350+million global revenues.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Product life cycle phases - Ideation, design solution, build, BETA, GA/ship, feedback& End of life (EOL)
- Market Analysis: Customer insights, validation, competitive analysis & usability studies
- Strategic Planning: Target market, business case, PRD, product strategy and pricing/bundling
- Product Planning: Personas, use cases, UX/UI, software releases & patch/hotfix
- GTM: Product positions, Initial launch quantity (ILQ), SKU - management & bundling
- Sales Enablement: Presales/Sales Engineering, customer demos, sales training & road shows
Industry accelerator mentoring:
• Member of Jury and panelist of Hysea (http://hysea.in/) (Hyderabad startup’s) from last 7+ years
• Mentor & participant for start up’s at THub (https://www.t-hub.co/ ) – India’s largest & fastest
growing incubator
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