Harshad Sardesai
VP | Product Management | Networking | Engineering
- Role
- Vice President - Regional Product Management & Network Solutions at Infinera
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Harshad Sardesai
As the Vice President of Regional Product Management & Network Solutions at Infinera, I lead a worldwide team responsible for delivering product/portfolio expertise in sales regions, collecting and prioritizing customer product feature requests, disseminating roadmap information, and working with sales on pricing strategy. I have over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, with a focus on optical networks, software & security strategy.I hold a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an MS in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington. I am passionate about driving solution strategy architecturally in key customer accounts and enabling 1.5B USD of annual revenues. I have successfully integrated multiple teams, creating an end-to-end solutions team that covers access, metro, long haul, and subsea. I am committed to delivering innovative and reliable network solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers.
Experience
Vice President - Regional Product Management & Network Solutions
Sep 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Built a worldwide customer facing team from the ground up with following responsibilities1. Deliver product/portfolio expertise in sales regions and explain portfolio capabilities to customers2. Collect and prioritize sales and customer product feature requests for inclusion in roadmap3. Disseminate roadmap information in sales regions and to customers4. Work with sales on pricing strategy and approve deal pricing requestsNetwork Solutions: End to End network planning and solutions responsibility for the entire classic Infinera product portfolio.
Education
University of Mumbai
BS, Electrical Engineering
The University of Texas at Arlington
MS, Electrical Engineering
Purdue University
PHD, Electrical Engineering
Skills
- Network Optimization
- Network Design
- Fiber Optics
- Fttx
- Optical Fiber
- Optical Communications
- Ip
- Ethernet
- Integration
- Telecommunications
- Product Development
- Mpls
- Carrier Ethernet
- Dwdm
- Otn
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