Ravi Shah v2.4
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Ravi Shah is a senior product manager at IBM who has overseen the development of a new mobile strategy for IBM's collaboration software portfolio. The strategy focused on three principles: believing in simplicity, integrating products to build a unified suite of tools, and focusing on key platforms most likely to succeed. This distinguished IBM's offerings from competitors and led to market success, with the new portfolio on track to achieve market leadership.
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Ravi Shah v2.4
- 1. Senior Product Manager Ravi Shah
- 2. Life Experiences Hyper-competition as a way of life Rising from a major set- back Adapting to a new culture Excelling in a global workplace and developing a global mindset Newton, Einstein as role models Entrepreneurism Survival of the fittest Science and Art should go hand-in-hand Life without corporate support From theory to practice Engineering, Strategy & Product Management Product launch and bootstrapping a business Time of lifeTime of life Impact transformational very high meaningful through high school engineering year of dot-com bust graduate studies in US life at IBM life as an entrepreneur
- 3. Professional Growth IBM (2004 Present) Started as Software Engineer. Wrote low-level software (C,C++, Assembly) that today powers millions of embedded devices across the world. Filed four patents over the years. Led multiple cross-division teams , spanning hardware, software and services business units. Selected for a one-month International Leadership Development Assignment in China. Sponsored by IBM for Executive MBA in Global Management. Formulated and executed mobile strategy for a portfolio that brings $1B + annual revenue. Launched two new big data and analytics products in first year as Product Manager. Currently leading product management for a portfolio that grew 2x this year, and slated to grow by 4X in next 4 years. Engineering school (1997 2001) Amongst top 0.5% to get into elite engineering school. InfoBeans (2001 2002) Managed e-commerce business, launched new products. Grew engineering team 5X within an year. Time IBM Internship (2003) Selected by IBM Fellow as an intern for research project during last year of graduate school.
- 5. IBM Collaboration Software Portfolio Matrix, circa 2009 MarketGrowth Market share high low highlow Lotus Notes (Email) Lotus Connections (Social) Lotus Sametime (Messaging)
- 6. My job was to define a new Mobile Strategy & increase our market share and growth MarketGrowth Market share high low highlow Mobile On-premise Cloud Lotus Notes (Email) Lotus Connections (Social) Lotus Sametime (Messaging)
- 7. My team was faced with multiple market as well as technology challenges Market Challenges Fragmentation Feature phones Rapid changes Differentiation is tough Technology Challenges Native vs Web Security Keeping up with innovation Support
- 8. We boiled down our strategy to three core principles
- 9. Believe In Simple Simplicity is the foundation of great solutions Lotus Notes (Email) Lotus Connections (Social) Lotus Sametime (Messaging) Customer Integrate Build an integrated suite of collaboration tools (rather than a mobile version of products)
- 10. Stay Focused Focus forces you to think hard and do things right Apple iOS Google Android RIM Blackberry Market Choices Choose a few platforms that are most likely to succeed, and make the best possible solution for those Nokia Symbian Microsoft Windows Phone Palm OS
- 11. Let Others Succeed With You A strong ecosystem is essential for long term business success Hobbyists Business Partners Open Source Communities Lotus Platform Extensibility Build on open standards and allow others to extend your solution.
- 12. We essentially created three core elements for a unique positioning of our portfolio Simplicity Extensibility Focus
- 13. that distinguished us clearly from our key competitors Integration Extensibility
- 14. and led to great market success for our products Product preview at Lotusphere 2011 and other IBM conferences Analyst briefings and live demos Product launch and enhancements throughout the year Thought leadership through industry conferences and executive interviews Sales enablement and training sessions Sound strategy + Unique Positioning = Market Success
- 15. Our new portfolio is well on its way to market leadership MarketGrowth Market share high low highlow Lotus Notes (Email) Lotus Connections (Social) Lotus Sametime (Messaging) IBM Collaboration Solutions
- 16. Thanks!