Mike Chowla

Current

• Principal Product Manager at AOL, LLC

Past

• System Architect at AOL, LLC
• Software Architect at Verity Inc
• Senior Staff Engineer at Inktomi

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Education

• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
• University of California, Berkeley

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Mike Chowla’s Summary

A talented innovator and leader with deep expertise in the internet and software industries. Adept at blending financial, strategic and product considerations to conceive novel solutions to business problems. Skilled in bringing new products to market as well as financial and competitive analysis. Strong background as an accomplished technologist.

Mike Chowla’s Specialties:

Launching new products, Financial analysis, Email products, API Programs, Plug-in Programs, Search, Internet infrastructure

Mike Chowla’s Experience

• Principal Product Manager

  AOL, LLC

  (Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  • Responsible for all product and business aspects of AOL Mail's plug-in and API programs.
  
  • Launched completely revamped AOL Sync product supporting 1200 mobile devices.

• System Architect

  AOL, LLC

  (Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)

  March 2004 — July 2008 (4 years 5 months)

  • Manage all technical aspects of TopSpeed, AOL’s web acceleration system. The system is deployed to 20 million customers worldwide, and processes in excess of 15 billion transactions per day.
  
  • Developed strategy for integration of European email systems with AOL’s email front-end in collaboration with three European partners. Negotiated with international partners to iron out final technical requirements. System successfully deployed to 700,000 customers.

• Software Architect

  Verity Inc

  (Public Company; VRTY; Computer Software industry)

  December 2002 — February 2004 (1 year 3 months)

  • Developed concept and successful business case for building next-generation document classification management system, generating one million dollars in orders on the day it was released.
  
  • Integrated document classification technology (acquired from Inktomi) into Verity’s industry-leading intellectual capital management platform, transforming previous single-user system into a far more competitive, powerful, and flexible multi-user system that commanded premium licensing fees from large corporate customers.

• Senior Staff Engineer

  Inktomi

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  January 1997 — December 2002 (6 years )

  • As a founding member of the Traffic Server product engineering team (which grew to 35 members) led design and implementation of Inktomi’s flagship product, a high-performance internet server.
  
  • Granted Patent # 7,228,317 for “Method and Apparatus for Accelerating and Improving Access to Network Files” and Patent # 7,243,136 for “Approach for Managing and Providing Content to Users.”
  
  • Successfully managed rescue of troubled streaming media product, preventing $40 million liability. Quickly bridged gap between two separate corporate cultures to effectively utilize relevant expertise from recently acquired company. Received the Top Performing Employee of the Quarter award for the effort.

Mike Chowla’s Education

• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

  MBA , Finance , 2006 — 2008

  Palmer Scholar - top 5% of graduating class

• University of California, Berkeley

  BS , Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , 1993 — 1996