Karthik Krishnan

Strategy, GTM, Partnerships, AI, Autonomous Mobility, Physics AI, SDV, HPC, Cloud, ex-AWS

United States12.5k followers
MediaTekex-Amazon Web Services (AWS)ex-MSC Software

I am a strategic thinker and leader with deep expertise in the automotive domain including new technology areas like Autonomous Mobility and ADAS, Connected Mobility, Software Defined Mobility and Vehicle development.

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In addition, I have led GTM strategies for companies creating software and hardware solutions in the automotive space and grown their market footprint globally. I'm passionate about driving equitable outcomes through technology, helping cities become more livable, leveraging smart infrastructure and new clean approaches to energy generation. Focus areas: Software sales, Smart mobility, autonomous systems, ADAS, business development and strategy, Complex deal negotiations with large automotive OEMs and suppliers, creating partnership ecosystems, machine learning, cloud computing, process automation, Design of Experiments and Optimization, emergent behavior modeling SaaS solutions, GTM strategy for cloud based solutions, Autonomous Mobility & ADAS consulting, product management, strategic account management, Salesforce, AWS/Azure/GCP, Open Standards development with ASAM, VIRES VTD

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GTM Index

  1. MEDIATEKJOB
    1. Dir
      2Y
  2. AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)JOB
    1. Worldwide Head - Automotiv…
      3Y 5M
    2. Automotive Strategy Leader
      3Y 5M
  3. MSC SOFTWAREJOB
    1. BD Mgr, Autonomous Vehicle…
      5Y 7M
  4. HONDA R & DJOB
    1. Vehicle Dynamics Analyst
      5Y 5M
  5. LMS INTERNATIONALJOB
    1. Applications Eng
      1Y 11M
    2. Applications Eng
      1Y 4M
  6. FORSYTHE RACINGJOB
    1. Simulations Eng
      11M

Time in market 19Y 7MOpen 2Closed 7Stints 9

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  1. Job: MediaTek — Director · 2024-08 – present
  2. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Worldwide Head - Automotive GTM · 2021-03 – 2024-08
  3. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Automotive Strategy Leader · 2021-03 – 2024-08 — Strategic thinker and leader in the Automotive and SaaS domains with expertise in Autonomous Mobility, ADAS, Software Defined Vehicles, Data Driven Development. Developed Strategies and Solutions to help Automotive companies and suppliers to accelerate development and innovation using modern data driven approaches
  4. Job: MSC Software — Business Development Manager, Autonomous Vehicles & ADAS · 2015-07 – 2021-02
  5. Job: Honda R & D — Vehicle Dynamics Analyst · 2010 – 2015-06
  6. Job: LMS International — Applications Engineer · 2008-02 – 2009-06
  7. Job: LMS International — Applications Engineer · 2008 – 2009
  8. Job: Forsythe Racing — Simulations Engineer · 2007-01 – 2007-12
  9. School: Colorado State University — Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering

Skills

SalesforceDirector levelAutomotive SalesCustomer EngagementThought LeadershipCorporate StrategyC-Level LeadershipSales StrategyBusiness PlanningStrategic VisionExpansion StrategiesP&L ManagementSales OperationsContract NegotiationClient RelationsC-LevelInternational Business DevelopmentProject ManagementChange ManagementBusiness Relationship ManagementSales

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