vikram anbazhagan

director of product- language

About

Specialties: Product Management , Artificial Intelligence, Deep learning, Machine Learning, Conversational Bots, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Translation, Business Strategy, Leadership, Marketing, Pricing, Competitor analysis, Cloud Computing, Analytics, Big Data, Information Technology, Software engineering, Ecommerce, Six Sigma I am a seasoned executive with over 15 years of experience in strategy, product management, pricing and software engineering. I have managed teams of senior product managers, economists and engineers to design best in class customer experiences. I have helped drive customer marketing efforts in terms of segmentation, email targeting and promotional pricing. My understanding of the business problem and my background in technology give me a unique perspective, while designing solutions and managing teams.

Country

united states

City

seattle

Industry

retail

Skill

product management, competitive analysis, analytics, strategy, business strategy, product marketing, management, leadership, e commerce, pricing, marketing strategy, financial modeling, pricing strategy, go to market strategy, product development, segmentation, product strategy, people management, strategy development

Experience

senior manager- us lending

amazon

2014-10 - 2016-1 · 1 yr 4 mos

Responsible for P&L of the US Lending business. Managed a team of 10 spanning Product Management, Marketing, Sales and Operations. Grew the business 125% YoY

senior manager- kindle books pricing

amazon

2013-5 - 2014-9 · 1 yr 5 mos

* Manage the Kindle Ebook pricing and econometrics teams * Built KDP pricing support * a tool that helps independent authors in pricing their books * Launched Kindle Countdown deals * a time bound deal that improves customer engagement * Shape pricing strategy to provide the best value to customers while optimizing profitability * Manage a team of economists and drive econometric analyses to study elasticity, understand customer segmentation, forecast business growth and help realize strategic objectives

manager - kindle books pricing

amazon

2011-10 - 2013-4 · 1 yr 7 mos

* Manage the Kindle Ebook pricing team * Launched Kindle Ebooks pricing strategy in 7 different marketplace segments * Shape pricing strategy to provide the best value to customers while optimizing profitability * Help shape the promotional strategy for EBooks. Started the daily deals program for Ebooks.

senior product manager

amazon

2008-1 - 2011-10 · 3 yrs 10 mos

* Manage pricing strategy for physical books * Built models to forecast financial impact of complex changes to pricing strategy * Built reporting and dashboards to help track the profitability of the business and the sharpness of pricing vs competitors * Analyzed and implemented pricing strategy for Textbooks. Prepared project plan, co-ordinated with multiple technology teams, tested results and released project with zero defects * Presented to senior management, analysis estimating the impact of major shifts in books pricing strategy

summer associate

deutsche bank securities

2007-6 - 2007-8 · 3 mos

Analyzed acquisition opportunities for leading building products company, including review of strategic factors like product technology and emerging market access

project lead

2002-4 - 2006-6 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Led team of 8 to improve factory schedule for consumer products resulting in 95 % compliance to service agreement for cycle time, received "Achievement Award" - Negotiated with multinational vendors for proposal to enhance inventory profile application, reducing cost by 10%

systems analyst

2001-4 - 2003-3 · 2 yrs

* Increased developer productivity using Six Sigma, reduced deployment time by 90% * project presented to CIO as model project * Green Belt certified and mentored colleagues - Rated outstanding (top 10%) * first person promoted to Project Lead in age group

systems engineer

tata infotech

2001-3 - 2002-4 · 1 yr 2 mos

Performed requirement analysis for e-procurement company, Purchasesoft; delivered design document within schedule

associate systems engineer

tata infotech

1999-10 - 2001-3 · 1 yr 6 mos

Designed solution integrating insurance companies, healthcare providers and consumers, $600K project delivered on schedule despite intense time pressure due to market considerations

director of product- language

2016-1 - Present · 10 yrs 9 mos

director of product- language technologies - amazon ai

amazon web services

2016-1 - Present · 10 yrs 9 mos

Launched four AI services for Amazon AI. Responsible for product definition, customer research, pricing and go-to-market strategy Amazon Lex -an AWS service to build conversational interfaces, powered by the same technology as Alexa. https://aws.amazon.com/lex Amazon Comprehend - a Natural Language Processing (NLP) service that helps customers extract insights from unstructured text. https://aws.amazon.com/comprehend Amazon Transcribe - an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) service that helps customers transcribe long-form audio to text. https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe Amazon Translate - a Neural Machine Translation (NMT) service that helps customers translate text from one language to another. https://aws.amazon.com/translate