Saleel Sathe

Saleel Sathe

Director of Product Management at Microsoft

Greater Seattle Area

Current
  • Director of Product Management at Microsoft
Past
  • Associate in Technology M&A Investment Banking at CSFB
  • Sr. Software Engineer at Synopsys
Education
  • University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • University of Mumbai
Connections
315 connections
Industry
Internet

Saleel Sathe’s Summary

Saleel Sathé is Director of Product Mangement for Microsoft adCenter, which provides highly-targeted online advertising. Saleel manages product planning for Microsoft Search Ads, Content Ads and Display Ads. Previously he was VP of Product Management at AdReady, Inc. on online advertising start-up in Seattle. He was previously a Program Manager on the MSN Search team where he helped launch MSN’s own algorithmic web search service. Prior to joining Microsoft Saleel was a Senior Product Manager for algorithmic relevance and paid search products at AltaVista, Overture and Yahoo!. Saleel also has investment banking experience in Technology Mergers & Acquisitions at Credit Suisse First Boston, and software engineering experience at Synopsys, a leader in Electronic Design Automation. Previously, he founded and later sold, a company manufacturing data processing machines for banks in Bombay, India.

Saleel holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Bombay, a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from Rensselaer and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.


Saleel Sathe’s Experience

  • Director of Product Management

    Microsoft

    (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    January 2009Present (7 months)

  • VP of Product Management

    AdReady, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2008November 2008 (10 months)

  • Director of Product Management

    Microsoft

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

    November 2003February 2008 (4 years 4 months)

    Head of product management for Microsoft's contextual advertising product Content Ads and Microsoft's advertising products for publishers

  • Sr. Product Manager

    Yahoo!; Overture; AltaVista

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

    May 2002November 2003 (1 year 7 months)

    Sr. Product Manager responsible for web search relevance at AltaVista. Later managed paid inclusion at AltaVista, Overture and Yahoo!

  • Associate in Technology M&A Investment Banking

    CSFB

    (Public Company; Internet industry)

    20002001 (1 year)

  • Sr. Software Engineer

    Synopsys

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

    February 1994August 1998 (4 years 7 months)


Saleel Sathe’s Education

  • University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

    MBA , Finance , 19982000

    Activities and Societies:
    Wharton Journal, Day on the Job Club
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    MS , Computer Engineering , 19921994

    Focus on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

  • University of Mumbai

    BE , Electronics Engineering , 19861990


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