Bharath Ram
Product Management/Product Marketing
Fremont,CA
Summary
Experienced product management professional with a 15-year track record of successfully leading product-market strategy and supporting the implementation of innovative products tailored for unique niches. A creative and strategic planner, adept at assessing product value and impact. Excels in guiding products from inception to rollout with efficiency and speed. Consistently demonstrates ability to drive results and deliver successful outcomes.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director of Product Management
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
11.2021 - Current
- Led the development and strategic direction of HPE's Private Cloud portfolio, including architecting a Private Cloud solution that integrates AI workloads in collaboration with NVIDIA
- Instrumental in positioning HPE as a leader in AI-powered Private Cloud infrastructure, driving significant customer adoption and delivering enhanced performance for AI-driven applications
- This solution supports the full AI lifecycle—from data training to inference—leveraging NVIDIA GPUs to optimize AI processing power within HPE GreenLake's Private Cloud foundations
- Spearheaded the product development and delivery of HPE VM Essentials Software, which catapults HPE in the virtualization market space
- Managed cross-functional teams, including engineering, marketing, and supply chain, to deliver cutting-edge Private Cloud products supporting both traditional and AI workloads, generating over $400M in revenue
- Oversaw product roadmaps and defined product strategies, ensuring alignment with customer needs and market trends
- Drove cloud-native AI integration across the private cloud portfolio, enhancing product scalability and flexibility
- Designed and coordinated processes applicable to numerous projects for design efficiency and continuity.
- Worked collaboratively with developers, senior-level stakeholders and partners to collect data on deficiencies and provide solutions to long-standing issues.
Principal Product Management
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2017 - Current
- Develop products and software solutions to drive the digital transformation from Edge to Cloud
- Developed products and software solutions for HPE’s shift to an as-a-service model with GreenLake
- Led the adoption of HPE’s Private Cloud solutions (HPE Nimble Storage dHCI and HPE SimpliVity) by enterprises, driving next-gen infrastructure and SaaS solutions for edge and core PaaS deployments
- Instrumental in pivoting HPE storage business to an aaS model with Greenlake program
- Managed a group of senior product managers to build and deliver a successful Private Cloud Portfolio
- Responsible for empowering HPE’s Private Cloud adoption (HPE Nimble Storage dHCI and HPE SimpliVity), driving sales (over $400M) and architecting next gen infrastructure and SaaS solutions for core and edge PaaS deployments
- Build Private Cloud offerings that can support AI workloads in the various stages of the AI Lifecycle (from training to inference) that can be delivered on HPE GreenLake Private Cloud foundations
- Worked closely with Supply chain and Manufacturing to provide forecasts and ensure in time delivery of infrastructure to our customers
- Drive detailed product definitions, feature prioritizations, and create action plans for timely execution of deliverables
- Led multiple core product teams consisting of engineers, program managers, support & supply chain personal
- Collaborate with product marketing team to define the Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy and lay out detailed plans for product positioning, market launches and future upgrades to align with software roadmaps
- Designed the overall product lifecycle of the HPE CSI driver and led to Kubernetes integrations for Primary Storage leading to an increase in adoption of arrays for persistent storage
- Coached junior team members and facilitated knowledge sharing sessions to maintain high-performing teams focused on continuous improvement.
Senior Technical Marketing Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2016 - Current
- Integration and solution deliveries of HPE InfoSight (SaaS AI platform) and Virtualization platforms
- HPE InfoSight provided the competitive differentiator for our products based on its predictive analytics and automation engine design
- Work with product marketing, product management and engineering teams to create product launch material
- Created technical marketing materials including competitor analysis, use cases, POCs, sales collateral and white papers- these were key to closing some of the big deals at HPE
- Deliver technical presentations for sales enablement and conduct field trainings, webinars for external channel partners
Senior Solutions Architect
EMC
11.2014 - 03.2016
- Develop strategies and best practices for server & desktop virtualization implementation with Dell EMC converged and hyper converged platforms
- Instrumental in enabling VCE to surpass $2B in annualized demand run rate and 50% growth rate YoY, with technology integrations of VMware and Cisco and EMC storage in VBlocks, VxRack product lines
- Work with GTM Product mangers to define and validate product solutions with local development partners
- Involved in leading a development team and working with an enterprise architect to follow a strategic direction during development
Virtualization Architect
Aetna
03.2009 - 11.2014
- Design and architect VDI infrastructure for various M&A spanning over 20,000 users
- Plan, design, and migrate legacy desktops and VMs to a DaaS solution leveraging converged systems
- Build and manage infrastructure environments that can support PCIe compliance
- Work with Global solution integrators to construct availability zones within Aetna’s datacenters for data sovereignty and compliance
- Applied creative problem-solving skills to address unique challenges in the architectural design process.
- Maintained strong communication with clients throughout the design process to ensure alignment between their vision and the final product.
Systems Engineer
GE Healthcare
03.2008 - 02.2009
- Implemented hosted electronic medical records applications and ecommerce system for 100s of Hospitals across US
- Build and leveraged Citrix XenApp, NetScaler technology to provide access to EMR applications to doctors and nurses across various hospitals in the country
- Provide raspberry pies and end points for users to login, authenticate and access applications globally
- Conducted end-user reviews for modified and new systems.
- Evaluated new tools and technologies for possible integration into existing infrastructure environments.
Education
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
State University of New York At Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 08.2006 - 02.2008
Skills
Product team leadership
Accomplishments
- Responsible for empowering HPE’s Private Cloud adoption and driving sales (over $400M).
- Introduced optimized and fully accelerated Private cloud for AI, enabling companies to accelerate their AI journey.
Timeline
Director of Product Management
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
11.2021 - Current
Principal Product Management
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2017 - Current
Senior Technical Marketing Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2016 - Current
Senior Solutions Architect
EMC
11.2014 - 03.2016
Virtualization Architect
Aetna
03.2009 - 11.2014
Systems Engineer
GE Healthcare
03.2008 - 02.2009
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
State University of New York At Buffalo
08.2006 - 02.2008
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