Vaidyanathan Venkataraman, DGM - Marketing, Systems & Technology Group, IBM India/South Asia

Vaidyanathan Venkataraman

DGM - Marketing, Systems & Technology Group, IBM India/South Asia

IBM India Pvt Ltd

Location
India
Education
Bachelor's degree, Arts (journalism, english litreature and psychology)
Experience
18 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 10 Months

DGM - Marketing, Systems & Technology Group, IBM India/South Asia at IBM India Pvt Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • My current job since August 2005

I today drive marketing & strategy for IBM's System z (mainframe), IBM Power Systems (Unix Servers) businesses and manage the Independent Software Vendor (ISV) & System Integrator (SI) relationships for IBM's System & Technology Group for India & South Asia as a region.

Key competencies:

B2B Marketing: Market strategy, marketing planning, asset development, external & internal communication, media relations, analyst relations, sales interlocks, branding, event management, campaigns, leads generation, market intelligence, project management, sales enablement

Business Unit Strategy: Revenue growth and roadmaps, business insights, sales analysis and decision support, data analysis and planning

Technology and Engineering: Interface deeply with scientific disciplines to understand core concepts of cross-disciplinary technology & constraints, and bridge gaps to the market via effective, 360-degree marketing strategies

Education

Bachelor's degree, Arts (journalism, english litreature and psychology)
  • at Christ College
  • March 2000

Did my bachelors in arts from Christ College, University of Bangalore, India. One of the most reputed college in the country for arts and commerce. Did my bachelors in Journalism, English Litreature and Psychology. Was part of the Cultural team for three years in a row and have been in the student bodies of Department of Journalism and English Litreature. Have participated and won many prizes for the institution.

Specialties & Skills

Business Development
Corporate Communications
Psychology
Management
Work on imac and microsoft

Languages

English
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Hindi
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Tamil
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Malayalam
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German
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