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Vivek Vadakkuppattu

Advisor

Role and Company

Principal Product Manager, Amazon

Expertise

14 years experience in management

Location

Seattle , WA

About Vivek

I have over a 14 years of global experience in managing and evangelizing products in hi-tech for startups, and hyper growth companies. My areas of expertise are product strategy, business development, and marketing.
I currently own the reading experience for Amazon’s iconic Kindle. In my previous role I owned the IoT, AR/VR product portfolio at Monotype. Prior to that I headed product management and marketing at Azimuth Systems owning the product and commercial strategy for the entire product portfolio, and all aspects of marketing, turning around marketing, driving key engagements in the IoT space, and positioning Azimuth for a strategic acquisition. I have held different product management, market development, and marketing leadership positions earlier at Azimuth.
Previously, I worked at w2bi, Spirent and Motorola in product management, market development and product development roles with broad international experience.
I hold an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business with specialization in entrepreneurship and innovation, a MSEE from WINLAB, Rutgers University and a BSEE from the University of Madras where I was a Gold Medalist.

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