SKYPIPES
WIRELESS , Chief Marketing Officer (present)
Saund co-founded the stealth stage startup leading marketing
and sales efforts to bring a break-through technology to the
broadband wireless access market. Restarting the company with
new business plan, he helped close $5M series A.
 The
technology is based on a unique antenna in a mesh
formation compatible with WiMax
standard. At 7 megabits-per-household it enables service providers
to deploy triple
play service of internet, telephone and television through
license-free spectrum.
Saund delivered funding focused around
the micro-market strategy of prosperous and short decision-cycle
rural telcos. Selected
to present at exclusive trade conferences
he collected top endorsements to create commitments and $48M
pipeline prior to product roll out. More
YAGA Inc. & CORVIGO (TUMBLEWEED), Consultant
Saund partnered with former NBCi CEO
to establish a wireless micro-payment strategy for Yaga
Inc. Later, his channel development and eMarketing helped
sell Corvigo (antispam)
for $41.5M to Tumbleweed
six months after its $5M funding round by Sequoia
Capital. More
ACTIVESKY,
VP Marketing & Business Development (2001-03)
Selected by board,
Saund led the restart of the wireless video company in 2001.
He re-oriented company technology, marketing and business
plan from dot.com to network operators and top-tier
media firms generating revenue relations with industry giants
worldwide: Verizon
and FOX in US, mm02
in UK, DoCoMo
in Japan and Telstra
in Australia.
 Working
closely with world renowned MPEG-4
pioneers,
Saund established a product marketing strategy that was endorsed
by top 3G carriers and channel
partners.
Despite a pipeline of $4M in revenues, company came up short
in raising series "C" financing in the aftermath
of the dot.com bust.
In addition to revenue generating carrier
and media relationships, worldwide channel partners included
Qualcomm,
SUN
Microsystems, Openwave,
Infospace,
PriceWaterhouse Coopers,
Handspring,
Palm,
Itochu,
Cartezia,
Dentsu,
and Emblaze
... More
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