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Gagan Saksena

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://gagan.saksena.net
Industries: Cleantech, Computing, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet
Skills: AJAX, Business, C/C++, Database Administration, Databases, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Facebook platform, Guerrilla marketing, HTML / CSS, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Product design, Public speaking, Python, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Unix, Viral marketing, Web design, Web Development
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Visas: USA
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Giving back, Helping friends, Investing in projects, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company, Trading services
Tags: entrepreneur, marketing, technologist, web2.0
Schools: Indian Institute of Technology, The Wharton School

FEATURED STARTUP

Feder8, Inc

Feder8, Inc Feder8, Inc

Data analysis of social networks.

  • Startup type: Company
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Prototyping

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Feder8, Inc
Position: VP Marketing and Business Development
Time period: February 2008 - Present
Description: Created the core business model for Feder8. This model allows small businesses to successfully market through word-of-mouth on popular social networks. Managed all facets of the startup life- from accounting, finance to legal and marketing.

Employer: Google, Inc
Position: Technical Account Manager/Software Engineer
Time period: January 2004 - January 2008
Description: As a Technical Account Manager I managed the technical relationship of Google and its strategic partners with over $100 million annual revenue.

I joined Google as a Software Engineer and helped build key tools for large-scale advertisers.

I also put together a successful team for making Google applications accessible.

Employer: Netscape
Position: Principal Software Engineer/Senior Technical Manager
Time period: June 1997 - December 2003
Description: As a Principal Software Engineer I developed artificial intelligence bots for AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) platform and prior to that, as a Senior Technical Manager, managed the development of the networking library in use for all Mozilla based browsers including Firefox.

EDUCATION

University: The Wharton School
Time period: 2006 - 2008
Degree: MBA

University: Indian Institute of Technology
Time period: 1988 - 1992
Degree: BTech

PUBLICATIONS

Patents: #7124123, #6055572, #6023726

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