Sepideh Taheri

• Led global cross-functional teams, including engineering, sales, external customers, and stakeholders, to drive product design architecture and develop feature areas. Ensured alignment with user feedback and market demands, responding to RFIs/RFQs.

• Prioritized features and enhancements based on user feedback and data analysis to optimize product development.

• Set software feature priorities and timelines, analyze trade-offs, business, and sales impact of different features to provide data-driven prioritized requirements to engineering teams.

• Utilized comprehensive understanding of the Product Life Cycle to recommend tailored solutions for unique customer requirements. Identified and mitigated project risks to minimize disruptions and ensure project success.

• Managed feature R&D expenses and collaborated with purchasing to manage build of material costs, BOM, and tooling costs, ensuring optimal project outcomes while adhering to financial constraints.

• Led product roadmap development, aligning customer needs with market demands for ADAS sensors. Tracked KPIs and utilized data for informed product decisions. Maintained roadmap for new features, ensuring alignment with business goals.

• Developed a profound understanding of the technical capabilities required to conduct customer product demonstrations and presentations.

• Drove strategic expansion by integration low-speed features into our radar portfolio, leveraging existing vehicle radar technology. Forecasting a $2 billion lifetime sales impact.

• Overseeing all facets of new product launches, actively cultivating strong relationships with major customers to realize current and future opportunities.

• Hands on experience in development of SAE L2+ & L3 solutions for all major OEMs in Asia, Europe & USA.

• Conducted thorough market analyses to refine our value proposition and strategically position products within the market.

• Led critical processes in forecasting, budgeting, price policy, and margin optimization, driving strategic decision-making and ensuring financial viability and profitability.

• Led the successful launch of High-Res Flash LiDAR, achieving a 20% revenue growth in the first quarter across all the markets. Coordinated global teams, iterated on key features using user feedback.

• Successfully delivered the ADAS LiDAR project with €1 million lifetime sales with major Japanese OEM.

• Translate technical details into benefits and build on product messaging that sets new products apart from others in the market to give them a unique selling point.

• Led technical presentations and training sessions for internal sales teams, customers, and distributors on product usage. Developed sales tools and collateral to support marketing efforts. Implemented ongoing customer feedback mechanisms for continuous improvement.

• Gathered customer, delivery, and field requirements to identify key customer needs for engineering and product management teams. Implemented measurement frameworks to enable data-driven decision-making

• Provide product and application support for customers and salespeople.

• Plan, design, develop, and deliver trainings to both new hires and existing employees on products, applications, and competitors.

• Collaborated with regional sales teams to establish monthly forecasts and develop a robust four-quarter pipeline.

• Enhanced financial performance of 5-year product life cycles by developing a platform to measure program cost actuals versus forecasts, conducting ROI analysis.

• Proactively identifies, prioritizes, and interprets operational risks for current and future programs, allowing for timely corrective action

• Utilized data visualization techniques to present and explain complex data sets.