Amit Bapat
· Seasoned technology professional with product marketing and technical marketing experience with a solid software development background
· Experienced in driving cross-functional teams to deliver innovative high-tech products
· In-depth technical knowledge, analytical skills and business acumen to scale business and expand market share.
Product Marketing, Technical Marketing Technology Evangelist Competitive Analysis Pricing, Go-to-market strategy BS CS, MBA | C/C++, Perl, PHP, TCL Linux, Open Source Software Embedded Systems Microprocessor architecture Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, IMAP) |
Work Experience
Product Marketing Manager, Intel Datacenter Group, Intel Corporation (2011-Present)
· Drove cross-functional teams (operations, engineering, validation, technical marketing) to launch Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors to the market place where they find applications in cloud, high performance computing, storage, communications, networking and high end workstations
· Drove SKUing strategy and pricing for Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 product family to increase average selling price and revenue
· Delivered early production parts to a strategic customer enabling Intel to regain #1 position on Supercomputer Top 500 list (Milkiway-2)
· Influenced product messaging, positioning, and launch collateral creation, created product selling guide to train field and drive sell-up
Technical Marketing Engineer, Open Source Technology Center, Intel Corporation (2008-2011)
· Evangelized MeeGo (Intel’s Linux based operating system for mobile devices, now known as Tizen) to device manufacturers (like Samsung, Acer, Dell, Vizio), telecom operators (Orange, KDDI, SoftBank, DoCoMo), and Linux OS vendors (Ubuntu, Novell).
· Drove engineering, OS vendors and open source developers to enable launch MeeGo based netbooks for Dell and Samsung
· Chaired an Intel-wide working group MeeGo competitive analysis; identified battery life as MeeGo’s most critical competitive disadvantage
· Drove a taskforce of Linux kernel experts, engineering and program managers to improve battery life for MeeGo based devices by 20%.
Technical Marketing Engineer, New Business Initiatives, Intel Corporation (2007-2008)
Service Delivery Operation (SDO) (a start-up within Intel) was developing a SaaS platform to deliver value added services to SMBs through the network of value added resellers, service providers and channel partners (an “App Store for small businesses”).
· Bootstrapped service onboarding framework to accelerate addition of several service provider products to SDO catalog
· Built financial model for a Hosted Messaging and Collaboration service
· Oversaw on-boarding process for online backup service to the SDO catalog
· Created compelling demos to highlight SDO product features to vendors, service providers, VARs and end customers
Technical Marketing Engineer, Modular Communications Platform Division, Intel Corporation (2005-2007)
· Facilitated adoption of Intel Chassis Management module into several AdvancedTCA chassis from several manufacturers through close technical collaboration, identifying bugs and driving fixes from engineering
· Established OEM’s need for an automated board diagnostics utility to diagnose and troubleshoot hardware issues remotely. Drove a cross-functional team to deliver board diagnostic utility to OEMs. Created documentation and customer training.
· Primary interface for Tier 1 customer (NEC, Fujitsu, Siemens, HP, Motorola, Nortel) for debugging and troubleshooting on AdvancedTCA single board computersand chassis management module
Senior CAD Engineer, DPG CPU Development, Intel Corporation, (1999-2005)
· Design and development of signal integrity simulation, macro based circuit synthesis for register files, configuration management and release methodology, and design data management system and methodology.
Prior Engineering Roles (1994-1999)
Software engineer, consultant, design, architecture, TCP/IP based client server software, In-circuit IC testing in various industries including precision instruments, medical claims processing, mobile sales information system.
Software engineer, consultant, design, architecture, TCP/IP based client server software, In-circuit IC testing in various industries including precision instruments, medical claims processing, mobile sales information system.
Education:
Master of Science (Management in Science and Technology) Oregon Graduate Institute, School of Science & Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University (Aug 2004).
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) in First Class with Honors. The University of Mumbai (May 1994).
Master of Science (Management in Science and Technology) Oregon Graduate Institute, School of Science & Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University (Aug 2004).
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) in First Class with Honors. The University of Mumbai (May 1994).