Naveed Akbar
Product Manager/Business Architect
- Role
- Product Specialist at Cisco
- Location
- Fremont, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Naveed Akbar
Naveed Akbar Technology Leader | Product Management | Business Architecture San…
Experience
Product Specialist
Oct 2007 — Present · Milpitas, CA, US
Product Manager/Business Architect, Global CPQ Platform• Lead product development and innovation for Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW), supporting users and $55B+ in annual revenue.• Own platform capabilities across new purchases, renewals, and subscriptions.• Drive integration with Cisco’s evolving cloud, support services, and recurring models.• Coordinate cross-functional teams including engineering, sales ops, and partners.Product Manager/SME/Architect, Unified Networking Experience (UNX)• Designed the UNX guided configurator to simplify quoting for 7th-gen Cisco networking solutions.• Eliminated legacy bundle complexity with logical solution groups curated by BU PMs.• Developed \'soft-linking\' models for unified management of mixed subscriptions.Product Manager/SME/Architect, Microsoft Teams Rooms on Cisco Devices• Launched global commerce and subscription strategy for joint Cisco-Microsoft solution.• Led offer design, quote-to-order flows, tax compliance, and revenue recognition.• Enabled direct and partner-based sales motions across global operations.Product Manager/SME/Architect, Cisco Plus Hybrid Cloud• Led journey design for land, expand, and renew motions.• Built standardized GTM constructs and cross-domain architecture blueprints.• Conducted CPQ platform benchmarking and influenced product roadmap decisions.Product Manager/SME/Architect, Collaboration Hardware as a Service• Delivered HaaS subscription platform for Webex and IP phones.• Reduced friction in buying process with journey mapping and catalog-led design.Business Analyst, Cisco Commerce Renewals (CCW-R)• Scaled platform to handle 2M+ annual transactions worth $10B.• Retired 7 legacy tools and launched unified cloud-native renewals platform.• Built a team of analysts and led Agile adoption across Cisco IT.
Education
Osmania University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
Skills
- Software Project Management
- Crm
- Employee Training
- Business Intelligence
- Java
- Web Applications
- Integration
- Requirements Analysis
- Cloud Computing
- Java Enterprise Edition
- Enterprise Architecture
- Training & Development
- Program Management
- Cisco Technologies
- Web Development
- Software Development
- Business Analysis
- Strategy
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