Janakiram MSV

Current

Deputy General Manager at Alcatel-Lucent

Past

Senior Technology Strategist at Microsoft India R&D Pvt. Ltd.
Senior Program Manager at Microsoft India R&D Pvt. Ltd.
Web Evangelism Lead at Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.

Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
Academic Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
Technical Specialist at Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
Consultant at Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.
Lead Developer at Optimal Networking Technologies

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Janakiram MSV’s Summary

• More than ten years of experience in the IT/IT services field
• Proven skills in managing the engagement with business partners, customers and key stakeholders.
• Ability to manage and execute strategic projects.
• Demonstrated the ability in designing complex and scalable solutions based on distributed computing platform.
• Outstanding presentation skills and experience of pre-sales/ technical consulting.
• Recipient of a number of awards for outstanding performance and contributing to customer satisfaction/ business growth.

Janakiram MSV’s Specialties:

• Clear understanding of the IaaS, PaaS & SaaS landscape.
• Defining the migration strategies for the Cloud Computing.
• Building and managing active developer communities.
• Evangelizing the benefits of Cloud Computing to developers, architects and entrepreneurs.
• Hands-on Experience with Amazon Web Services, Eucalyptus, Google App Engine and Microsoft Azure Platform.

Janakiram MSV’s Experience

Deputy General Manager

Alcatel-Lucent

(Public Company; ALU; Telecommunications industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

I am responsible for driving the operations & technical strategy within Bell Labs India. My role involves connecting the research teams with the right set of internal and external stakeholders. I run the Innovation Forum and Entrepreneurial Program that brings the research, engineering and the internal ventures team onto the same platform. I facilitate customer / partner engagements for the research teams for prototypes and trials. I contribute to the Cloud Computing strategy involving the migration of large research projects to Amazon Web Services.
Senior Technology Strategist

Microsoft India R&D Pvt. Ltd.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)

‘Customer/Partner Connection’ is one of the key pillars of MSIDC governance model. In this role, I own the strategy and execution of the customer, partner and community engagement framework for the Microsoft India Development Center. I am responsible for designing the Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy for the products built at MSIDC. This involves supporting the key System Integrators (SI) and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) in maximizing their solution and service offerings on MSIDC products. I also designed the partner and customer advisory councils to establish the feedback process for the product teams. I am responsible for driving broad outreach programs to engage with the developer and IT professional community. I partner with the corporate communications team and the PR team to drive joint marketing programs.
Senior Program Manager

Microsoft India R&D Pvt. Ltd.

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

December 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 1 month)

As a Program Manager for evangelism, I was responsible for designing the customer engagement framework for the JScript product team. Through this framework, I identify and engage with the top global web portals to run the customer beta program. During this engagement, I analyzed and articulated the customer feedback to the product feature owners. I also partner with various product groups within Microsoft to enable internal adoption. Finally, I connect the product team with the web developer community. This community outreach initiative includes constant interaction with the web developers through the team blogs, webcasts, chats and presentations at various events and conferences.
Web Evangelism Lead

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year )

I led the Web Evangelism team to engage with the WWW ecosystem that consists of top web portals, top web hosters, ISVs, VARs and the influencers in securing the Microsoft Web Platform. I created a high performance team of web evangelists to deliver innovative campaigns to reach designers, developers and web thought leaders in the country. My team engaged with web hosting companies to offer them value added packages to increase the market share of Microsoft Web Server units. We nurtured a partner ecosystem to address technical engagements, ensured their technical readiness for delivering pilots and POCs. I Identified and managed the relationship with key influencers in the web community. I can clearly articulate the vision of Microsoft Windows Live Platform services to drive its adoption across the top web properties in the country.
Developer Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years )

In this role, I was responsible for evangelizing Microsoft developer tools and products to professional developers working with System Integrators and Independent Software Vendors. I was also responsible for driving the adoption of cutting-edge technologies and help the developer community understand the product and technology roadmap. I owned and delivered the technical content for premier Microsoft events like TechEd, Dev Days, Mix and other technology briefings. I worked closely with INETA to foster developer communities focused on Microsoft tools and technologies. I also engaged with the non-Microsoft developer community working on Java, Linux and PHP and articulate the interoperability and co-existence of Microsoft technologies.

Some of my achievements:
• Voted as one of the best speakers with a consistent rating of 7.4 on a scale of 9.

• Designed and delivered technical content for the launch of Visual Studio 2005

• Designed the technical content for the Connected Systems track, Rich Web and Developer track for TechEd 2005, TechEd 2006, IndiMix and Techmela.

• Conceptualized and produced a technology show in a popular regional TV channel
Academic Developer Evangelist

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

October 2002 — December 2004 (2 years 3 months)

As the first Academic Developer Evangelist (ADE) at Microsoft India, I had an opportunity to design the framework that would create a positive impact for Microsoft within the academic communities. My responsibilities included identifying and engaging with the most influencing academic institutions in the country and increase the mindshare of Microsoft. I engaged with key faculty members and help them understand Microsoft technologies. My responsibilities also include engaging with committees and ‘Board of Studies’ in convincing them to adopt Microsoft technologies for CS curricula. I also work closely with students and encourage them to form communities to collaborate and share their interest on Microsoft tools.

Some of my achievements:
• 700 institutions teaching .NET in their core curriculum
• 100 colleges running an exclusive .NET Lab
• 50 Student Clubs in reputed colleges
• 10 Student User Groups in major cities
• 150 active Student Champs
• Mentored the student team that secured 2nd place in Imagine Cup global finals
Technical Specialist

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

March 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 7 months)

This was primarily a pre-sales role, dealing with technical presentations, drawing up of optimal solutions for a given customer, creating proof-of-concept mini-projects etc. I also had to participate in industry events, and sometimes contribute to government-related and educational efforts.
As a Technical Specialist, I had thorough understanding of various Microsoft Server products and offerings. I engaged with large enterprise customers across various domains that include finance, insurance, banking, telecom and manufacturing. I have delivered many Proof-Of-Concepts to demonstrate the business value of Microsoft solutions.

With a deep understanding of the technology and the business needs of the customer, I implemented the following:

• Mobile enabling a CRM solution to empower the sales force of a reputed pharmaceutical company.

• Extend the Supply Chain of a large automobile manufacturing company to integrate its eco-system that includes suppliers, retailers and other trading partners.

• Engage with the state government to implement E-Governance pilots.

• Implement and demonstrate the capabilities of Microsoft Knowledge Management Solutions in a large manufacturing company.

• Architected a de-centralized core banking solution that runs across 100+ branches of a reputed bank.
Consultant

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

February 1999 — February 2000 (1 year 1 month)

I worked as a consultant with Microsoft to implement an e-governance solution in one of the largest states in India. My responsibilities included designing, developing, testing and optimizing the solution. This solution aims at tracking and monitoring various projects undertaken by the state government. It also interfaces with the Central Planning Commission and the State Planning Board while connecting all the Panchayats and the Zilla Parishads across the state. This was one of the most scalable and cost efficient system developed on the Microsoft Windows platform.
Lead Developer

Optimal Networking Technologies

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )

I joined this startup as a trainer and quickly moved to take up the application developer role. I was responsible for architecting a solution based on the Microsoft Windows DNA framework. I also designed the UI and the business layer for this project.