Anand Balakrishnan

About Anand Balakrishnan

I lead AI platform go-to-market and ecosystem growth initiatives across Amazon’s Alexa GenAI business, driving developer adoption, monetization strategy, and enterprise commercialization.Over 20+ years across Amazon, Microsoft, and Dassault Systèmes, I’ve led growth and monetization initiatives spanning $100M+ revenue programs, global platform ecosystems, and enterprise efforts.My work sits at the intersection of product, engineering, analytics, and field leadership — translating platform capability into scalable commercial impact.Core focus areas include AI/GenAI GTM, platform monetization models, developer ecosystems, enterprise commercialization, and data-driven growth strategy.I am interested in Senior Director and Head of AI Platform GTM roles in the US and India where platform strategy, monetization design and ecosystem growth are central to business success.

Experience

1. Principal - Alexa Gen Ai (Alexa) Ecosystem Commercialization Strategy

   Amazon

   May 2021 — Present

   I lead go-to-market and ecosystem growth strategy across Alexa GenAI (Alexa+), driving developer adoption and platform monetization in the era of generative AI.Key focus areas include:• Scaling developer adoption of Alexa+ AI SDKs.• Designing monetization models and revenue share frameworks to accelerate ecosystem economics.• Enabling enterprise adoption of custom AI solutions.• Establishing full-funnel ecosystem KPIs and influencing product roadmap priorities.• Presenting commercialization strategy and performance insights to VP/SVP leadership

Education

• Bharathiar University

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

  1991 — 1995

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

  MBA, Business Administration

  2007 — 2008

• McGill University

  MS, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Pre-Sales
• Leadership
• Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Comscore
• Product Management
• Product Marketing
• Business Management
• Omniture
• Marketing Strategy
• Nielsen Netview
• Competitive Analysis
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Program Management
• Product Strategy
• Strategy
• Enterprise Software
• Business Planning
• Web Analytics
• Business Development
• Product Launch
• Business Intelligence
• Product Planning
• Product Life Cycle Management
• Process Improvement
• Business Process
• Business Process Re-Engineering