Mahesh Nanjakla

Past

MBA Candidate '09 at Thunderbird School of Global Management
Product Marketing Intern at Honeywell
Team Lead - Principal Engineer at Honeywell

Engineer at Honeywell

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Education

Thunderbird School of Global Management
C-DAC ACTS Bangalore
Kuvempu Vishwavidyanilaya

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Mahesh Nanjakla’s Summary

Pursuing and Developing a Career in Technology Marketing / Strategy of Innovative Technology Solutions for the Global Market.

New Product Development Experience primarily with Microsoft Technologies from UI,Servers to Web Services applications.

Knowledge of Security Industry particularly Logical-Physical Security Convergence and Physical Access Control and Surveillance.

Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship focus
- Filed 2 Patent applications with a 4-member group targeting Access Control Security & Surveillance industries.
- Performed the role of one of the Innovation Focals for the Domain.

Mahesh Nanjakla’s Specialties:

Product Marketing / Management
New Product Development - Physical Security & Convergence.
Innovation.
Microsoft Technologies.
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification.

Mahesh Nanjakla’s Experience

MBA Candidate '09

Thunderbird School of Global Management

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 9 months)

MBA in Global Management
Specialization: Global Marketing / Strategy
- AIPMM (product management association) member – currently working on Product Management and Marketing certifications
- Entering and Continuing Student Merit Scholarships; Beta Gamma Sigma honor society member – top 20% of graduating class
- Customer needs research for a large Enterprise software company: customer intelligence project with in-depth user interviews
- Competitor benchmarking consulting project for engineering globalization for a large Aerospace company
- Marketing plan for WebEx – Entrance into Italy; B2B Web marketing and whitepaper projects
- Won Thunderbird Spring – 2009 M&A case competition
- Teaching Assistant for Analysis of Strategic Marketing (Analytical Marketing) course
- Innovation Club, Vice President: Ideation project for a Gaming accessories company

Seeking a Product Manager or related technology marketing role to contribute in building innovative technology products and solutions leading the market needs, utilizing my
- MBA with Honors in Global Marketing.
- Product marketing experience as intern with Honeywell Security and pursuing product management and marketing certifications.
- Five years engineering experience in Security product development with Honeywell, working closely with Product Managers.
- Six-Sigma Green Belt and demonstrated project management skills.
- Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation skills with two patent applications.
Product Marketing Intern

Honeywell

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HON; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)

Integrated Security & Access Systems Group - A Honeywell Automation & Control Solutions Business

•Developed and executed the VOC (Voice of Customer) plan with customers, sales and other internal stakeholders to provide a market read out (customer needs, segmentation and sizing) for an innovative physical access security hardware offering.
•Conducted detailed competitive analysis including a financial model for comparative customer costs, pricing and margins.
•Identified initial solution/product concepts to introduce a first product solution into the NPI (New Product Initiatives) process.
Team Lead - Principal Engineer

Honeywell

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HON; Computer Software industry)

January 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 8 months)

•Assisted Product Manager in defining MRD, creating a customizable solution suite for Convergence targeting multiple customer verticals and expanding new business opportunities.
•Filed two Patent applications with a four-member group and recognized by Honeywell Patent Award.
•Led an eight-member multi-location engineering team for developing a products solution suite targeting the Physical-Logical Security Convergence – Identity Management market, including the US Homeland Security market.
•Functioned as the engineering interface to Marketing, Technology Partners and Cross-functional teams efficiently coordinating the inter-dependencies to develop and deliver the integrated solution suite in record time.
•Performed the Domain Innovation Focal role with pre-product visualizations, idea reviews and knowledge share.
•Recognized and awarded Individual Excellence and Business Unit Special awards in leading and delivering the Convergence project.
Engineer

Honeywell

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HON; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

July 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 6 months)

Developer - Senior Engineer, Engineer, Engineer Trainee

•Applied Six-Sigma to software product design and development, achieving Green Belt certification with greater than 30% improvement in product performance.
•Core contributor in new products development for Physical Security market including a new service based product offering with increased responsibilities from technical development to architecture and design.
•Conceptualized and prototyped new ideas in Products and Technology as a key member of the Innovation group.
•Proposed three products solution ideas targeting new and adjacent markets, reviewed at the global business level.
•Recognized and awarded Team Excellence and Partner awards.

Mahesh Nanjakla’s Education

Thunderbird School of Global Management

MBA , Global Marketing / Strategy , 2007 — 2009

Pursuing a Career in Product Management / Marketing / Strategy of Innovative Technology Solutions for the Global Market.

- AIPMM (product management association) member – currently working on Product Management and Marketing certification
- Entering and Continuing Student Merit Scholarships; Beta Gamma Sigma honor society member – top 20% of graduating class
- Marketing plan for WebEx – Entrance into Italy
- Currently doing Competitor benchmarking consulting project for engineering globalization for a large Aerospace company
- Currently doing Customer needs research – Business (Customer) Intelligence project for a large Enterprise software company
- Teaching Assistant, Analysis for Strategic Marketing class - Spring 09
- Won Spring 09 - Thunderbird M&A case competition
- Innovation Club, Vice President: Ideation project for a Gaming accessories company

Activities and Societies:

Attended the 2nd Annual P-Camp - UnConference for Product Managers.
Attended the Software Marketing Perspectives Conference in Santa Clara
Thunderbird Innovators Circle (THINC) - Vice President and Director of Training & Development,
Thunderbird Private Equity - Venture Capital (PEVC) Club - Attended 4th Thunderbird PEVC Conference as a Student Volunteer,
Thunderbird Entrepreneurship Network,
Thunderbird Marketing Association
C-DAC ACTS Bangalore

Diploma in Embedded Systems Design , 2002 — 2002
Kuvempu Vishwavidyanilaya

Bachelor of Engineering , Electronics & Communication , 1997 — 2001

Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology,Davangere,Karnataka,India

Additional Information

Mahesh Nanjakla’s Interests:

Technology (particularly Internet & Web 2.0),Innovation,Entrepreneurship ,Investing in Indian Equity Market, Formula1 Racing, Cricket, Global Economy & Politics.

Mahesh Nanjakla’s Groups:

Muktha, NSHMBA career expo

AIPMM
Thunderbird Alumni
280 Group: Product Management & Product Marketing
India Product Management Forum
Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
Information Security Community
eMarketing Association Network
Indian Startups
Six Sigma Green Belt (Only).
Global Security Professional
SecurityMetrics
Honeywell
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Mobile Product Management
Security Industry Group
Software + Services (SAAS)
BUSINESS NETWORKING T-BIRDS
SAMBAA
Physical & Logical Access Convergence Experts
Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology (BIET)
Beta Gamma Sigma - The International Honor Society Recognizing Business Excellence
Enthiosys P-CAMP 2009 @ Yahoo!
Software Pricing and Licensing
Software Product Managers Group
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