Kakul Srivastava

Current

• Apps Strategy at Yahoo!

Past

• GM at Flickr (a Yahoo! Company)
• Product Manager at Adobe Systems

Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
• MIT

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Kakul Srivastava’s Summary

Experienced technology marketeer with a proven track record of building loved products.

Kakul Srivastava’s Specialties:

Product Management, Product Marketing, Marketing & Business Strategy, Shrink-Wrap and Web Software

Kakul Srivastava’s Experience

• Apps Strategy

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Strategy development for the Applications Products Division at Yahoo, which includes industry-leading products such as Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Answers, Flickr, Yahoo! Groups and Zimbra.

• GM

  Flickr (a Yahoo! Company)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  September 2004 — June 2009 (4 years 10 months)

  Present:
  GM for Flickr, helped manage Flickr from acquisition integration to 10x to 100x growth in key metrics.
  
  September 2004 to May 2005
  Helped develop Yahoo's Internet TV strategy by shepherding new types of video products.

• Product Manager

  Adobe Systems

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2001 — September 2004 (3 years 1 month)

  • Responsible for strategy, partnership, product development, and marketing for Photoshop Album Starter Edition. Grew registered user base from 0 to over 6 million in less than 6 months. Developed partnership plan and implemented requirements from Nokia, Sprint, and other service providers.
  • Developed Online Services strategy and roadmap to incorporate 2-way marketing and highly integrated service offerings for the entire consumer Digital Imaging product line.
  • Lead cross-functional team to develop 3-year strategy for the mainstream Consumer Digital Imaging business, recommending a much increased focus on services relative to our traditional desktop software business. Expected to generate $103M in revenue in next 3 years.

Kakul Srivastava’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  MBA , 1999 — 2001

• University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business

  MBA , Management of Technology , 1999 — 2001

• MIT

  BSME , Mechanical Engineering, Biotech , September 1992 — June 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Drama Shop, Biotech Reserach

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BSME , 1992 — 1996

Additional Information

Kakul Srivastava’s Groups:

•    Haas/Berkeley Alumni

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