Anand Virani
Founder And CEO
San Ramon, CA, USA,India
Summary
Accomplished Wireless Industry Professional turned Entrepreneur, with a progressive industry background, seeking an impact role in commercializing deep-tech Products/Solutions at scale.
- Inclusive yet decisive leadership style, lead by example.
- Ability to conceive and convert concepts/ideas into commercial Products, build successful partnerships at a global scale, and adapt quickly to changing Tech and Business environments.
- Deep expertise with Product design thinking, Change management and Team building.
- Embrace challenges around launching new Products and Businesses.
Life mantra - “Take risks in life. If you win, you lead. If you lose, you guide.” - Quote by Swami Vivekananda.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Co-founder and CEO
Inventa - Cutting Chai Technologies
Mumbai, India
06.2015 - Current
- Executive responsibility for all functions at the Company managing a Team of 10+ employees across Sales & Marketing operations, Product management and Engineering.
- Launched Inventa, Company's flagship product with leading consumer Businesses in India, US and SEA markets.
- Led revenue growth from NIL to USD400K in cumulative revenue and profitability in less than 30 months.
- Generated 250% increase in shareholder value for Angel investors in less than 4 years.
- Successfully led significant pivot in Company's Product and Business model from B2C to B2B2C.
Director of Business Development
Qualcomm
Mumbai, India
09.2008 - 03.2015
- Led Business development and Regional Product management for Qualcomm 4G/3G Reference Design (QRD) business to $100M in value to OEMs and ISVs globally.
- Increased ISV ecosystem opportunities and partnerships with Qualcomm OEMs and Design licensees by over 500%, driving stickiness for Qualcomm's solutions and surfacing their USP.
- Increased Qualcomm Developer Program enrollments by 300% by creating demand for Company's developer SDKs and tools.
Associate Vice President, Product Mgmt.
Geodesic
Mumbai, India
07.2006 - 07.2008
- Established growth for Company's "Mundu" retail business by over 100% in top-line from $5M to $10M and 2X user growth from 2M to 4M paying users worldwide.
Senior Manager, Product Mgmt.
Tata Tele-services (part of the Tata Group)
Mumbai, India
03.2004 - 06.2006
- Led Product management for high-value 3G CDMA handsets to grow Company's multimedia handset portfolio by 200% and multimedia services revenue by 400%.
Product Manager, Wireless
Juniper Networks
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
07.2002 - 02.2004
- Led Product management for Mobile Packet Core Network (M-PBN) suite to launch Industry-first 3G WCDMA GGSN (J20) product in partnership with Ericsson.
- Performed closely with Sales and BD teams for multiple deployments with Mobile operators across Europe and Asia.
Systems Engineer, Next-gen Solutions
Interwave Communications (now part of ADC Telecom)
Menlo Park, CA, USA
07.2000 - 06.2002
- Established Company's transition from 2G to 3G market through Systems Engineering for UMTS/WCDMA RAN products.
Senior Software Engineer
Motorola Inc
Arlington Heights, IL, USA
01.1997 - 06.2000
- Performed Embedded Software Engineering, as part of core team, for Company's first 3G WCDMA RNC product commercialized in collaboration with Alcatel, France.
Education
Stanford LEAD - Change Enablement And Leadership
Stanford Graduate School of Business
CA, USA 09.2021 - 03.2022
Master of Science - Computer Science (Thesis in Computer Networking)
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL, USA 08.1995 - 01.1997
Accomplishments
- Holds a US Patent in "Wireless peer-peer mesh networking". https://uspto.report/patent/grant/11,128,703
- Industry thought leader, co-author for Whitepaper on "Personal Data Privacy and Protection". https://tsdsi.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Session-6_UDPP_Anand-Virani.pptx
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Quote
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”
Reid Hoffman, Founder at LinkedIn
Timeline
Stanford LEAD - Change Enablement And Leadership
Stanford Graduate School of Business
09.2021 - 03.2022
Co-founder and CEO
Inventa - Cutting Chai Technologies
06.2015 - Current
Director of Business Development
Qualcomm
09.2008 - 03.2015
Associate Vice President, Product Mgmt.
Geodesic
07.2006 - 07.2008
Senior Manager, Product Mgmt.
Tata Tele-services (part of the Tata Group)
03.2004 - 06.2006
Product Manager, Wireless
Juniper Networks
07.2002 - 02.2004
Systems Engineer, Next-gen Solutions
Interwave Communications (now part of ADC Telecom)
07.2000 - 06.2002
Senior Software Engineer
Motorola Inc
01.1997 - 06.2000
Master of Science - Computer Science (Thesis in Computer Networking)
Illinois Institute of Technology
08.1995 - 01.1997