Balsu Thandu

About Balsu Thandu

Global product and tech executive leader of multifunctional teams of 400+, developed, launched and scaled highly profitable, multi-billion-dollar businesses delighting billions of global customers. Pioneered launch of the industry-first innovations like Amazon Alexa and Apple iPhone. Building the new Alexa+ harnessing state of the art Generative AI/LLMs.

Experience

1. Director, Alexa Ai, Artificial General Intelligence

   Amazon

   Mar 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Building next generation Alexa+ leveraging GenAI to delight customers. Harnessing SOTA FoundationalLarge Language Models (LLMs) including Amazon Nova and Anthropic through AWS Bedrock to build a truly conversational and personalized Alexa. Lead an org of senior research and applied scientists, language engineers, ML Engineers, product and software engineers with teams in the US, Europe and India.

Education

• UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

  M.S., Electrical Engineering

• Texas McCombs School of Business

  MBA, Strategy and General Management

• Columbia University

  Certificate Course - Cellular IP Fundamentals, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2000 — 2000

• College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai

  B.E., Electronics and Communication Engg

Skills

• Mobile Devices
• Cloud Computing
• Strategy
• Cellular Communications
• Enterprise Software
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Networking
• Mobile Communications
• Ip
• Business Development
• Saas
• Software Development
• Competitive Analysis
• Program Management
• Mobile Technology
• Lte
• Wireless
• Strategic Partnerships
• Android
• Voip
• Wifi
• Gsm
• Product Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Relationship Management
• Umts
• Network Architecture
• Telecommunications
• Product Development
• Mobile Applications
• Product Marketing
• 4g
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Integration
• Vendor Management
• Management