Rahul Roy-Chowdhury

Current

• Product Manager at Google

Past

• Director of Product Marketing at Solidcore Systems
• Business Development at Amazon.com
• Vice President at Lazard

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Education

• Stanford Graduate School of Business
• Columbia University in the City of New York

Recommended

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Connections

388 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury’s Summary

High tech general manager with extensive operational experience in entrepreneurial environments. Specialize in building product marketing strategies and setting up offshore operations.

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury’s Specialties:

Entrepreneurship
Product Marketing
Outsourcing

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury’s Experience

• Product Manager

  Google

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

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Focus on Google News and Google's Indian Language strategy.

• Director of Product Marketing

  Solidcore Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2004 — May 2007 (2 years 9 months)

  • Develop and maintain standardized marketing collateral for field sales and lead generation.
  • Manage analyst relations (Gartner, Forrester etc) for market validation and positioning.
  • Conduct training events to educate field sales on presentations, competitive positioning and pricing.
  • Manage lead generation programs, including webinars, white papers and online advertising programs.

• Business Development

  Amazon.com

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AMZN; Internet industry)

  June 2003 — September 2003 (4 months)

  Developed comprehensive sales strategy for new product launch in FY 2004.
  • Conducted market analysis to determine size of opportunity and competitive landscape.
  • Negotiated marketing alliances to extend distribution – two deals in term sheet stage by end of summer.
  •Built organization plan detailing resource and infrastructure needs for successful execution of strategy.

• Vice President

  Lazard

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1999 — May 2002 (3 years 5 months)

  Managed IT group with responsibility for technology needs of investment professionals in European and U.S offices. Provided firm-wide technology strategy to senior management. Led technical due diligence team at Lazard Technology Partners (“LTP”) – an early stage technology venture firm.
  • Managed a staff of fifteen and a budget of $1.5 million.
  • Delivered back-office automation products that resulted in operational cost savings of $450,000.
  • Evaluated software companies for LTP – recommendations led to investments of up to $10 million.
  • Initiated and led implementation of new web site for venture capital group, providing on-line submission of business plans and resources for entrepreneurs. Resulted in 60% increase in business plans received.

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury’s Education

• Stanford Graduate School of Business

  MBA , Business , September 2002 — June 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  High Tech Club (co-chair)
  South Asian Students Association (co-chair)
  Entrepreneurship Club
  Student Assembly
  I Have a Dream Foundation

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  MS , Computer Science , 1995 — 1997

Additional Information

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury’s Websites:

• My Blog

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury’s Groups:

TiE Bangalore

•    Stanford Business School Alumni Association
•    Stanford Alumni in India

Rahul Roy-Chowdhury’s Contact Settings

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