Anand Chandrasekaran

Current

• Director, Product Management - Ecosystem at Openwave
• Advisor / Board member at various

Past

• CTO at MORF
• Producer at Tapestries of Hope
• Guest Instructor at Stanford University

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Education

• Indian Institute of Science
• PSG College of Technology
• Stanford University

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Anand Chandrasekaran’s Summary

Seasoned technology entrepreneur and market development / products executive with a track record of building enterprise and consumer businesses and a passion for solving significant industry problems through innovation.

Direct experience working with wireless operators, all the mobile device makers, major U.S. motion picture studios, software OEMs, federal government and original content producers.

Anand Chandrasekaran’s Specialties:

1. Background in launching enterprise and consumer products and strategic partnerships around disruptive technologies in nascent markets, supplemented with channel marketing, lead generation and sales experience.

2. Recognized innovator; recipient of 2004 MIT Global Technovators award

3. Brought several award-winning products to market successfully.

4. Experience in fundraising and building teams in bootstrapped and VC-backed scenarios

Additional Information

Anand Chandrasekaran’s Honors:

- Named to the 2004 MIT Global Technovators List (http://technovators.mit.edu)

- Led Aeroprise to win several prestigious awards:
a) First Prize at Mobile Showcase 2005
b) U.S. Air Force's Aeroprise deployment was awarded the 2005 'Mobile Impact Award'
c) SiliconIndia 100 list in 2005 and 2006

- Received press coverage in InfoWorld, Business Week, Business 2.0, Wireless Week, Christian Science Monitor and SV Bus. Journal

- First Prize Winner (award of $50,000) at 2000 Garage PlanEDU business plan contest among 650 business plans nationwide

- Contributor to AlwaysOn, Siliconindia, SupportWorld UK. Invited guest blogger on The Huffington Post

- Invited speaker at Producers' Guild of America, 2009 Sprint Annual Developers' Conference, Mobile Marketing Association, Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders' Seminar and CII Young Indians