Asst. Vice President - Applications & Mobile Terminals
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Asst. Vice President - Applications & Mobile Terminals at Hughes Systique Corp
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- Director - Apps & IMS at Hughes Systique Corporation
- Product Manager at Flextronics Software Systems
- Different Engineering/Architect Positions at Hughes Software Systems
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Arjun Roychowdhury’s Summary
Summary: Communications & Internet Technology-Otaku
Goal: Be passionate about whatever I do. Differentiate at every thing I do.
Arjun Roychowdhury is a seasoned technology and business executive and currently serves as the Head of Mobile Terminals and Applications at Hughes Systique Corp (HSC). HSC is a HUGHES company, an industry leader in IP and communications technology. In his role, Arjun leads the company's efforts in the fast-paced mobile terminals and applications market. HSC works with leading ISVs, OEMs and Operators and helps them build innovative applications for a wide variety of platforms and networks that span from messaging to social networking to location based applications. Under his leadership, HSC has become a strong player in mobile applications and has helped several large and small customers roll out cutting edge solutions on emerging platforms such as Iphone, android, Palm Pre as well as well established platforms like Symbian and Windows Mobile. Arjun and his team works closely with many companies who are "ahead of the curve" and therefore, have indepth expertise in a variety of these platforms and how they work. In addition, Arjun frequently consults with clients to recommend best practices, pitfalls and trends which are key for product executives to decide their path forward with their own products. In the past, Arjun led the SIP team of a large software company and transformed it into the most successful SIP middleware product in the industry. Arjun was also appointed the chair of the ISC's(International Softswitch Consortium) SIP working group and is a member of a variety of technical bodies of the industry including SIPForum, 3GPP and others.
Arjun Roychowdhury’s Specialties:
Innovating in Mobile Technologies and radical service conceptualization. Starting new teams to tackle new business areas and leading it to success.*Used* to be a Kung-fu black-belt at SIP/VoIP/Web 20 anchored applications. These days I specialize in bringing concepts to reality that leverage one or more of these underlying technologies (In other words, I forgot what the 7th 8-bit byte of a SIP session initiation says... Oh wait, thats an 0x20)
Arjun Roychowdhury’s Experience
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Asst. Vice President - Applications & Mobile Terminals
Hughes Systique Corp
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Do what it takes to build a great company.
Do what it takes to keep people motivated.
Do what it takes to get business
Do what it takes to make people believe in the power of passion
And at the end of the day, do what it takes to forget small issues and enjoy a glass of Lagavulin...
Really that's all. But if you want more, I head the mobile terminals and applications work at HSC. What it means is I am responsible for
identifying new business areas with this focus, build strong teams and expertise, get customers streaming in, keep our engineering,marketing and sales aligned with a common focus for these domains, and then continue the cycle of identifying new business areas on a continuous basis. -
Director - Apps & IMS
Hughes Systique Corporation
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
August 2005 — December 2008 (3 years 5 months)
Lead our company efforts into the apps & ims space
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Product Manager
Flextronics Software Systems
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
February 1998 — August 2005 (7 years 7 months)
Responsible for:
- Evolving HSS VoIP products based on market trends
- Industry trend analysis and predictions for technologies
to further invest in
- representing HSS interests in IETF / Industry Forums
- go-to-market strategies for SIP solutions
- key account management -
Different Engineering/Architect Positions
Hughes Software Systems
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
February 1998 — January 2001 (3 years )
- Worked as Key Architect for VoIP product lines
- Built a core technology team that delivered the most highly successful products in the company
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