Vivek Jain

Vivek Jain (born 11 April 1980) is an Indian business executive, and is the Chief Strategy Officer of Times Internet Limited.[1]. Prior to his stint at Times Internet, Vivek worked with international and Indian organizations in different positions of responsibility in addition to working for the US government.

Vivek R Jain
Born
Vivek R Jain

(1980-04-11) 11 April 1980
Bangalore, K.S., India
Alma mater
OccupationChief Strategy Officer, Times Internet Limited
EmployerTimes Internet (Feb 2017–present)

Early life and education

Vivek was born in Bangalore, India and grew up in Mumbai & Delhi.

Jain earned B.E. degree in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai University. He holds an MS degree from Illinois Institute of Technology in Electrical and Computer Engineering and pursued MBA from University of Texas at Austins's McCombs School of Business.

Career

Vivek started his career in United States as one of the early members of the start up, Ashley Laurent. He later became the Deputy Director of the company which was later acquired by Cisco;[2][3] post which he joined Motorola Mobility, a division of Google.[4] In Google, he managed business relationships with carriers in multiple developed and emerging markets (US, Brazil, Mexico, Ukraine, Jordan etc.)

In 2010, Vivek joined SMC Networks, to work on Internet of Things (IoT). In SMC Networks, Vivek lead the Residential and Commercial Security, Monitoring, Control and Automation product verticals and helped successfully launch a number of products.[5] At Amazon.com, he was the Bandwidth Product / Business Head for the cloud division (Amazon Web Services). Vivek Jain has also worked with Housing.com as its Chief Product and Technology Officer post his 2 year stint at Reliance Jio.[6][7]

Vivek also has worked as a Business Plan Reviewer at US Department of Commerce, NTIA where he reviewed Business Plans at BTOP (Broadband Technology Opportunities Program) to assist President Obama and Federal Government deliver on the promise of economic recovery (ARRA) through the $7.2 Billion Recovery Act's BTOP & Broadband Initiatives.[8][9][10]

In 2014, Vivek returned to India as the Vice President, Product for the Digital Media vertical at Reliance Jio. Vivek also briefly served as the Chief Product and Technology officer at Housing.com.[11]

Vivek currently works at Times Internet and overlooks Times Prime as Business Head and MX Player as Head of Product, Technology and Operations across India and China.[12][13]

References
  1. "Chief Strategy Officer, Times Internet Limited".
  2. "Cisco buys Ashley Laurent to enhance Linksys lines". Arabian Business. 21 October 2006.
  3. "Cisco-Linksys Division to Enhance Line of Its DSL Gateways Through Acquisition". Business Wire. 10 October 2006.
  4. "Google snaps up Motorola Mobility". Financial Times.
  5. "SMC Launches 2nd Generation Home Security Products". Business Wire. 17 October 2012.
  6. "Housing Hires Vivek Jain". MediaNama.
  7. "E-Commerce business through predictive analytics". Economic Times.
  8. "Stimulus - $7.2 Billion fund for rural broadband Internet". CNN. 11 August 2009.
  9. "NTIA and RUS Streamline Programs to Bring Broadband, Jobs to More Americans". NTIA. 10 November 2009.
  10. "Broadband Infrastructure Programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" (PDF). FPC. 20 March 2009.
  11. "Housing.com appoints Vivek Jain as chief product and technology officer". The Economic Times. 18 August 2016.
  12. "India's Times Internet buys popular video app MX Player for $140M to get into streaming". TechCrunch. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  13. "How MX Player is Revamping Itself To Take On Netflix, Hotstar and Amazon Prime in India".
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