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Ishita Majumdar

Ishita Majumdar

Fremont,CA

Summary

Visionary Executive and seasoned thought leader with 20+ years of proven expertise in translating cross functional technology initiatives to strategically impact operations. Proven history of success growing scalable and sustainable products. Customer focused dynamo with strong drive and growth-oriented mindset.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President, Data Analytics Platforms

eBay
02.2020 - Current
  • I lead a global team of data engineers, software developers, data scientists and product managers at eBay who build and operate analytics platforms and tools managing the entire data pipeline from ingest to insights for all eBay data
  • We are together unraveling the mystiques of LLM and building a Text to SQL/Insights/ Predictions for our Analyst and PM community.

Chief Founding Member

Chief
11.2020 - Current
  • Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there
  • Chief is the only organization specifically designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and effect change from the top-down.

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

Nerdy Girl Success, Inc
06.2021 - Current
  • Advise, mentor to drive NGS mission - To change the landscape of leadership by supporting and preparing young women of diverse backgrounds to become the decision makers in business, politics, the arts and more, thus making their impact on society.

Board of Directors Member

High-Tech High Heels North Texas
06.2017 - 02.2020
  • High-Tech High Heels (HTHH) is a non-profit organization in partnership with the Communities Foundation of Texas
  • We believe the world will be a better place when there is a diverse, qualified workforce with more opportunities for women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
  • Having women represented equitably in STEM careers will not only increase innovation and make our nation more competitive, but will also have far-reaching global economic and societal benefits.

Global Head of Core Technology Products

eBay
08.2014 - 02.2020
  • As an initiative owner my goal is to drive planning, execution, automation and disruption in Tech Refresh and new DC build for eBay
  • Led a 100+ team from design, build, test, deployment and traffic onboarding on eBay's Datacenter which led to the DC migration from legacy to new
  • As a Leader of products, my primary responsibility is to drive product strategy, product execution and release and customer engagement for eBay's platform and infrastructure products
  • I bring in the concept of whole-product/portfolio thinking to connect product deliverables to business outcomes
  • I build organizational support for good decision making, and align the product vision with that of the CTO office and eBay
  • My team in collaboration with engineering teams and customers shape the future of ebay platforms - driving both internal open source collaboration and open sourcing products in external communities.

Sr Director, Technology Strategy & Innovation

Huawei
06.2011 - 07.2014
  • As Senior Director, I led strategy and planning for the Central Research Institute in Huawei
  • I led a team across US and China to focus on Big Data opportunities to identify business opportunities and define technology proposals to create commercial value for Huawei and its customers
  • This initiated the first Spark platform in Huawei (in collaboration with UC Berkeley) to onboard Customer big data sets
  • I led an Innovation team to architect and build a proof of concept big data platform prototype to ingest both machine and user generated data from external environments and internal mobile and enterprise platforms to create insights, contexts and experiences
  • The current platform prototype has capability for heterogeneous data collection from mobile embedded sensors and applications and creates user context using relevant machine learning algorithms
  • Algorithms are integrated in the devices for global release in Dec 2014
  • Defined the architecture and technology components for next generation knowledge assistants with a cross functional team of researchers, designers, business analysts.

Executive in Residence

Plug and Play Tech Center
08.2009 - 07.2011
  • Advisor, Consultant and Collaborator within the community of over 200 startups, VCs, Angel Investors and Large Corporations at the Plug and Play Tech Centers located in Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and Redwood City, CA
  • Working with startups on Marketing, Business Development, Technology Analysis, Fund Raising, Partnerships and Alliances, and Executive Team Management.

Global Strategy Consultant

IBM
06.2008 - 08.2009
  • Strategy and management consultant in the telecommunications and electronics industry on behalf of IBM
  • Offer advisory consultancy to start ups in business development and technology management
  • Consulted with IBM Global Services and Samsung Electronics to develop the New Product Development program
  • As an acting VP of Product Management, developed business models, financials and helped CEO to pitch to VCs for MyMobilife.

Director

Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)
05.2004 - 05.2008
  • I worked in Motorola's Internal Ventures group and was responsible in analyzing new technical ideas and develop the technology commercialization and business case to pitch internally for seed funding
  • Led and managed 10 start ups within Motorola, 3 of them which were responsible for direct revenue
  • Internal start ups were based on diffferent technologies including handset applications, new network solutions, location services, voice recognition technologies, intelligent vision and LTE, WiMAX solutions
  • I was the resident expert on emerging markets and subsequently led the India and Africa Innovation teams
  • Consulted with Universities on developing their Emerging Markets Business Strategy programs.

Principal Engineer

Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)
08.1997 - 04.2004
  • I worked in the Advanced Technology group within the Networks and Infrastructure organization in Motorola
  • I have worked on CDMA, GSM and iDEN technologies and architected VoIP systems for an all IP Network
  • My core competency is in the VoIP protocol SIP
  • I developed regression models and simulation tools to do performance analysis of the control sub system of the telecommunication network
  • This included data processing, data modeling, analysis and predictive modeling
  • Defined busy hour call models, simulated call control messages and processed and analyzed call logs to develop regression models
  • Used these models to do predictive analysis for new features and applications
  • The performance impact was than analyzed to architect new features, upgrades and specifications.

Education

MBA - Finance, Strategy

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

MS - Mathematics

Northern Illinois University

MS - Operations Research

Clemson University

Bachelors of Science - Mathematics

Jadavpur University

Skills

  • Strategy
  • Product Management
  • Data Engineering
  • Platform Engineering
  • Analytics

Honors And Awards

  • Woman of the Year - Finalist, http://womeninitawards.com/new-york/, 03/2018
  • Diversity Initiative of the Year - Women in IT Awards Silicon Valley, 10/2019
  • Keynote Speaker in Women Impact Tech - Andiamogo, 06/2020
  • Techwomen Mentor - US Department of State, 08/2013
  • President, eBay Women in Technology - eBay, 06/2016
  • Top 100 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley Business Journal, 05/2020
  • Finalist in Women in Tech Award - Women in Tech Council, 07/2020
  • Keynote Speaker on Thrive Conference - https://www.thrive-wise.org/microconference/, 09/2022
  • Data Culture Leader, Enterprise - Corinium Global Intelligence, 10/2022
  • Women of Impact - Top 50 honorees - Women Impact Tech, 03/2023
  • Global Data Power Women of 2023 - CDO Magazine, 06/2023

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

Nerdy Girl Success, Inc
06.2021 - Current

Chief Founding Member

Chief
11.2020 - Current

Vice President, Data Analytics Platforms

eBay
02.2020 - Current

Board of Directors Member

High-Tech High Heels North Texas
06.2017 - 02.2020

Global Head of Core Technology Products

eBay
08.2014 - 02.2020

Sr Director, Technology Strategy & Innovation

Huawei
06.2011 - 07.2014

Executive in Residence

Plug and Play Tech Center
08.2009 - 07.2011

Global Strategy Consultant

IBM
06.2008 - 08.2009

Director

Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)
05.2004 - 05.2008

Principal Engineer

Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)
08.1997 - 04.2004

MBA - Finance, Strategy

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

MS - Mathematics

Northern Illinois University

MS - Operations Research

Clemson University

Bachelors of Science - Mathematics

Jadavpur University

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