Product Marketing Manager at Datalight
Greater Seattle Area
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- Product Marketing Manager at Datalight
- Program Manager at Microsoft
- Past
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- Founder at PeerIdol
- Program Manager Intern at Microsoft
- Education
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- Texas A&M University
- University of Mumbai
- KJ Somaiya
- SES
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Mayur Kamat’s Summary
Experienced software product manager, currently working as a Product Manager at Datalight, a pioneer in embedded systems software solutions.
Prior experience as a Product Manager at Microsoft, building and growing an inchoative business in enterprise security domain to a multi-million business, one of the fastest growing ones at Microsoft.
Web entrepreneur, founder/CEO of PeerIdol, a talent competition website.
Mayur Kamat’s Specialties:
Skills
Market Opportunity Analysis, Product Planning, Lead generation, managing engineering projects, collateral generation, sales assistance.
Technology Expertise
Embedded software, flash memory, Microsoft enterprise products - Windows Server, Exchange, SharePoint, Windows Mobile, virtualization, backup/restore, VSS, SQM
Architecture Expertise
Embedded System design, Service Oriented Architectures, Internet identity and federation, distributed systems, strong authentication
Mayur Kamat’s Experience
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Product Marketing Manager
Datalight
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2007 — Present (8 months)
Product Manager for Datalight's core products, Reliance File System and FlashFx Pro media manager. Responsibilities include MOA, product planning, GTM planning and execution, lead generation and assisting sales in closing deals. Also responsible for social media strategy for Datalight.
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Program Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 2004 — Present (4 years)
Program Manager on Rights Management Services (RMS), a policy-enforcement solution for protecting sensitive information within an enterprise. Drive the product development discipline for one of the fastest growing businesses in Microsoft.
Products Shipped: RMS SP1, RMS SP2, RMS v2 (Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008)
Responsibilities:
1. Working with customers to identity and prioritize customer requirements into concrete technical specifications
2. Designing technical features for the product and work with development teams to get it implemented
3. Managing hosted services implementation - building a SOA product and working with the operations team to manage datacenter activities
Cross-Group Collaboration with
1. Windows Server and Client
2. Microsoft Office
3. Windows Mobile
4. Active Directory and Federation
5. Exchange Server
Products I helped ship - Microsoft Office 2007, SharePoint 2007, Exchange Server 2007, Windows Mobile 6 -
Founder
PeerIdol
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)
Founder of PeerIdol.com, an online community that allows users to compete with their peers. Drove the product development and marketing discipline for PeerIdol.
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Program Manager Intern
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)
Worked as a PM intern on the Rights Management Services (RMS) product.
Mayur Kamat’s Education
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Texas A&M University
Masters of Science, Mays Business School - Management Information Systems, 2002 — 2004
- Activities and Societies:
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2002 Merit Scholarship (INFO Dept)
2003 Merit Scholarship (A&M University Scholarship)
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University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, 1998 — 2002
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KJ Somaiya
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SES
Additional Information
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Mayur Kamat’s Interests:
Product Development, Web 2.0, Enterprise SOA, word-of-mouth marketing Sports: Tennis, Cricket, Racquetball, Poker
Mayur Kamat’s Groups:
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE)
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Private Equity and Venture Capital Group member
Mayur Kamat’s Honors:
Texas A&M COMPETITIONS
Winner - 2004 Case Competition
Winner - 2004 Student Research Competition
Winner - 2004 Business Idea Competition
Winner - 2003 Student Research Competition
Finalist - 2003 Business Idea Competition
OTHER COMPETITIONS
Wake Forest Business Idea Competition - Finalist
Mayur Kamat’s Contact Settings
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