Aravind Asam

About Aravind Asam

As a Product and Technology leader, I am passionate about building new products that connect people, bring joy and happiness, and make a positive impact in people\'s lives. With mobility at an inflection point and sustainability more important than ever, I am currently focused on leading teams and building safe, seamless, and sustainable Automotive mobility experiences that bring delight to consumers and open up new business possibilities for OEMs and partners.Having a deep customer empathy, leveraging data, creating a shared vision, and empowering teams across the company in rapidly ideating, iterating and delivering new products and services embodies my Product and Business leadership. At Qualcomm, I am currently leading new product initiatives for Automotive business. Previously at Harman, I led the innovation maturity for new Automotive product business initiatives. Through my work at EV startups, Fisker and Byton, I have led multiple new product initiatives related to Connected Car Experiences, Customer Journey, and Digital Services with several ecosystem partners. At Cubic, I founded and led the global Mobility-as-a-Service initiative from the ground up for providing door-to-door journeys with first and last mile shared mobility. My prior work at Qualcomm and Sony Electronics has given me the deep expertise in Mobile, IoT and Media technologies, delivering products end-to-end at scale and leading global teams.Always excited about collaborating, co-creating and bringing new products to the market with seamless and delightful customer experiences.Skills:• Product Management, Industry Research, Customer Segmentation and Lean Startup methodologies.• Customer Experience, Human Centered Design, Design Thinking, User Research, Jobs-to-Be-Done, Story Mapping and Service Design.• Technology Strategy, Innovation Management, Product Development, Software Development, SaaS, Cloud, Agile & Scrum, AI/ML, GenAI (Generative AI).• Business Strategy, Business Models, Business Planning, P&L Management, Go-to-Market, and Competitive Strategy.

Experience

1. Director, Product Management

   高通

   May 2024 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

   Leading new product initiatives for Automotive business at Qualcomm.

Education

• Esade

  International Exchange Program (MBA)

  2017 — 2017

• UCLA Anderson School of Management

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship, Technology Management

  2016 — 2018

• Acharya Nagarjuna University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics & Communications Engineering

• Michigan State University

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering

Skills

• Software Development
• Iptv
• Embedded Systems
• Consumer Electronics
• Embedded Software
• Android
• C++
• Java
• Debugging
• Google Tv
• Set Top Box
• Team Leadership
• Software Engineering
• Digital Tv
• C
• H.264
• Embedded Linux
• Mobile Applications
• Dlna
• Mpeg2
• Linux