Padmanand Warrier
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Product Management

  • Influenced and drove buy-in with key stakeholders in Engineering and Marketing for customer value and competitive differentiators for Microsoft's consumer email services. 
  • Drove all aspects of marketing to introduce TI’s chipsets for broadband DSL including pricing, forecasting, brand and value proposition, creative development and collateral, messaging, trade shows and analyst briefings.
  • Developed and launched an information management system at HP/Compaq to share in real-time product specifications, training and repair guides with geographically disbursed resellers to reduce processing time from months to hours. 
  • Influenced 3rd party manufacturers to build cost effective TV tuners to enable users to easily upgrade their PCs to Media Center. Expand market for Microsoft and its OEM partners.
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Product Strategy & Planning

  • Transformation of Outlook.com: marketplace situation with customer needs, competitive analysis, and leveraging assets – Office, SkyDrive and Skype.
  • Led field team to analyze the opportunity for Windows devices with teens and youth in India to determine the next billion Windows consumers.
  • Market Opportunity Analysis for cloud feature services for Windows Phone including always up to date mobile email and cloud backup.
  • Researched and analyzed the broadband marketplace and determined product investments for TI's silicon solutions.
  • Due diligence, IP and talent acquisition for HP/Compaq’s entry into networking products to complement server business.
  • Developed IP and business plans for two startups, successfully raised capital.
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Global Alliances

  • Orchestrated an industry wide program in partnership with Intel to develop and accelerate 64 bit software on Windows.
  • Re-tooled meaning of the Windows logo requirements and certification program. Re-focused and negotiated with key OEMs (e.g. HP, Dell, Lenovo, Sony, Acer, Samsung) on importance of the Logo Program to ensure a high quality user experience.
  • Built from the ground up partnerships and alliances with OEMs to ensure market readiness for Microsoft’s entry into home entertainment with Windows Media Center.
  • Initiated and grew alliances for TI’s Broadband Access Group, /partnerships with CE manufacturers, OEMs, network equipment vendors and service providers including HP, Dell, Sony, Lenovo, Cisco, Verizon and AT&T to sell through TI’s reference designs.
  • Drove the co-development for HP/Compaq with Microsoft for remote management and “self-healing” technology to increase uptime of a new line of servers that contributed to capturing dominant market share in servers.
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