Shirish C.

About Shirish C.

Result-oriented business leader with 29 years of international experience in the Mobile/ Telecommunications/ IT/ Startups industry. I have successfully managed and grown the business by analyzing key business drivers; identifying deficiencies and potential opportunities; developing innovative and cost-effective solutions and strategies to enhance competitiveness; increasing revenue, and improving customer offerings.Strong background and experience in:+ Business Management + Sales Growth, Monetization Strategy, and Business Development+ Bid, Proposals & RFX+ Consultative Sales / Upsell+ Negotiating & Closing Deals+ Product & Portfolio management+ Project & Program Management+ P&L, Budget & Team management+ Innovation and EntrepreneurshipSkills and Specialties:+ Developing New Business + Positioning Business + Forming Strategic Alliances + Successful Start-Up business + Building Shareholder Value+ Startups, Cashflow, and InvestmentsWork & Achievement Summary:+ Achieved substantial business success by developing solutions to introduce two new technology services products in the US market, resulting in new Sales (20••••18).+ Successfully conceptualized, built, developed, and sold an entrepreneurial, profit-making. Internet-based, startup business serving 15 countries, acquired by a private investor group in Nov 2009.+ Developed a credible multi-million dollar consulting-led training Services business in North America for Nokia Siemens Networks (2006 – 2012).+ Successful first commercial, non-traditional, intra-country Short messaging services proposal for Hong Kong Operator which resulted in a 9% revenue increase in the first year (20••••02).+ Analysis of mass messaging traffic & strategy plan development for Henan MCC - China (2001).+ Successfully managed SMS (Short Messaging) business boom in the Philippines areas:+ GSM (2G), UMTS (3G), LTE (4G), 5G+ OSS/BSS, CEM, Telco Cloud, Messaging, VAS + RAN, Packet Core, EPC IP Access, System Integration+(OS) Windows, Linux, UNIX, VAX/VMS & PDP-11/MVS Mainframes+(DB and SQL) MySQL, Tableau, Oracle, Ingress, and Informix+ Perl, C/C++, Cobol, Java, HTML+ TCP/IP, X.25 and DECnet IV / OSI, SNMP, CORBA, REST API+ Web Applications, Mobile Applications, Joomla, UI/UX, SEO, Open Source+ Cloud - Open Source, VMware, Tanzu, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker+ Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Access+ Salesforce CRM, SAP, Microsoft BI, Zoho CRM, JIRA

Experience

1. Services Delivery - Customer Projects

   Nokia

   Mar 2020 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

Education

• Nagpur University

  BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (B.ENG.) , Computer Technology