Naga (Shashi) Shashidhar, PhD
Vice President Strategy at Metal Oxide Technologies LLC- Claim this Profile
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Dave Velasquez
I started working with Shashi when I joined Gorilla glass team, where Shashi was one of the founders of Gorilla glass product concept and initiated many of the initial customer technical engagements. . Specifically, I worked with him to introduce new product extensions and business model concepts that leveraged our substantial success in the coverglass business. His innovative approach to increasing market share in the burgeoning China market was a big part of our success in making adjustments to our business model and go-to-market strategies to establish a healthy market position. He is terrific mix of technical depth and curiosity, practical application of new learning, resourcefulness, resilience, and organizational agility. I would recommend any partner, supervisor, or investor put him on the most complex, difficult high-tech business problems.
James Hollis
Shashi and I worked very closely together as part of the core team that launched Corning Gorilla Glass in 2007. In the early years of Gorilla Glass, Shashi and I led commercial and technical customer facing efforts around the globe. We worked with major Brands, glass processors, touch panel makers and ODMs in support of the industry’s adoption of cover glass for devices that would feature projected capacitive touch technology. This was no easy task as the industry was mostly familiar with resistive touch, if touch was featured at all. Shashi was our key external technical window working with our applications engineering teams and especially our customers and their selected value chain members. Shashi used his extensive materials knowledge and effective communication skills to successfully interact with various disciplines across a multitude of customers and geographical regions. What I found most intriguing was that Shahi was able to effectively discuss complex subject matter to both technical and non technical counterparts even when English may have been a second or third language. Shashi will forever be a trusted friend and advisor and I would certainly welcome and recommend him on any team charged with launching a new product or communicating the enhancement of an existing one. Don’t hesitate to DM me for additional discussion regarding Shashi’s skills. Hollis
Dave Velasquez
I started working with Shashi when I joined Gorilla glass team, where Shashi was one of the founders of Gorilla glass product concept and initiated many of the initial customer technical engagements. . Specifically, I worked with him to introduce new product extensions and business model concepts that leveraged our substantial success in the coverglass business. His innovative approach to increasing market share in the burgeoning China market was a big part of our success in making adjustments to our business model and go-to-market strategies to establish a healthy market position. He is terrific mix of technical depth and curiosity, practical application of new learning, resourcefulness, resilience, and organizational agility. I would recommend any partner, supervisor, or investor put him on the most complex, difficult high-tech business problems.
James Hollis
Shashi and I worked very closely together as part of the core team that launched Corning Gorilla Glass in 2007. In the early years of Gorilla Glass, Shashi and I led commercial and technical customer facing efforts around the globe. We worked with major Brands, glass processors, touch panel makers and ODMs in support of the industry’s adoption of cover glass for devices that would feature projected capacitive touch technology. This was no easy task as the industry was mostly familiar with resistive touch, if touch was featured at all. Shashi was our key external technical window working with our applications engineering teams and especially our customers and their selected value chain members. Shashi used his extensive materials knowledge and effective communication skills to successfully interact with various disciplines across a multitude of customers and geographical regions. What I found most intriguing was that Shahi was able to effectively discuss complex subject matter to both technical and non technical counterparts even when English may have been a second or third language. Shashi will forever be a trusted friend and advisor and I would certainly welcome and recommend him on any team charged with launching a new product or communicating the enhancement of an existing one. Don’t hesitate to DM me for additional discussion regarding Shashi’s skills. Hollis
Dave Velasquez
I started working with Shashi when I joined Gorilla glass team, where Shashi was one of the founders of Gorilla glass product concept and initiated many of the initial customer technical engagements. . Specifically, I worked with him to introduce new product extensions and business model concepts that leveraged our substantial success in the coverglass business. His innovative approach to increasing market share in the burgeoning China market was a big part of our success in making adjustments to our business model and go-to-market strategies to establish a healthy market position. He is terrific mix of technical depth and curiosity, practical application of new learning, resourcefulness, resilience, and organizational agility. I would recommend any partner, supervisor, or investor put him on the most complex, difficult high-tech business problems.
James Hollis
Shashi and I worked very closely together as part of the core team that launched Corning Gorilla Glass in 2007. In the early years of Gorilla Glass, Shashi and I led commercial and technical customer facing efforts around the globe. We worked with major Brands, glass processors, touch panel makers and ODMs in support of the industry’s adoption of cover glass for devices that would feature projected capacitive touch technology. This was no easy task as the industry was mostly familiar with resistive touch, if touch was featured at all. Shashi was our key external technical window working with our applications engineering teams and especially our customers and their selected value chain members. Shashi used his extensive materials knowledge and effective communication skills to successfully interact with various disciplines across a multitude of customers and geographical regions. What I found most intriguing was that Shahi was able to effectively discuss complex subject matter to both technical and non technical counterparts even when English may have been a second or third language. Shashi will forever be a trusted friend and advisor and I would certainly welcome and recommend him on any team charged with launching a new product or communicating the enhancement of an existing one. Don’t hesitate to DM me for additional discussion regarding Shashi’s skills. Hollis
Dave Velasquez
I started working with Shashi when I joined Gorilla glass team, where Shashi was one of the founders of Gorilla glass product concept and initiated many of the initial customer technical engagements. . Specifically, I worked with him to introduce new product extensions and business model concepts that leveraged our substantial success in the coverglass business. His innovative approach to increasing market share in the burgeoning China market was a big part of our success in making adjustments to our business model and go-to-market strategies to establish a healthy market position. He is terrific mix of technical depth and curiosity, practical application of new learning, resourcefulness, resilience, and organizational agility. I would recommend any partner, supervisor, or investor put him on the most complex, difficult high-tech business problems.
James Hollis
Shashi and I worked very closely together as part of the core team that launched Corning Gorilla Glass in 2007. In the early years of Gorilla Glass, Shashi and I led commercial and technical customer facing efforts around the globe. We worked with major Brands, glass processors, touch panel makers and ODMs in support of the industry’s adoption of cover glass for devices that would feature projected capacitive touch technology. This was no easy task as the industry was mostly familiar with resistive touch, if touch was featured at all. Shashi was our key external technical window working with our applications engineering teams and especially our customers and their selected value chain members. Shashi used his extensive materials knowledge and effective communication skills to successfully interact with various disciplines across a multitude of customers and geographical regions. What I found most intriguing was that Shahi was able to effectively discuss complex subject matter to both technical and non technical counterparts even when English may have been a second or third language. Shashi will forever be a trusted friend and advisor and I would certainly welcome and recommend him on any team charged with launching a new product or communicating the enhancement of an existing one. Don’t hesitate to DM me for additional discussion regarding Shashi’s skills. Hollis
Experience
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Vice President Strategy
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Jun 2020 - Present
Here, I am responsible for developing and executing the integrated strategy to leverage process, facility development, operations, and development teams for a rapid and successful roll out. I will also drive introducing HTS wire into new applications, developing value propositions, reducing the barriers to adoption of HTS wires and gaining market share. Here, I am responsible for developing and executing the integrated strategy to leverage process, facility development, operations, and development teams for a rapid and successful roll out. I will also drive introducing HTS wire into new applications, developing value propositions, reducing the barriers to adoption of HTS wires and gaining market share.
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Corning Incorporated
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United States
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Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Development Manager, Emerging Innovations
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Apr 2014 - May 2020
Corning is a leading innovator in materials science with unparalleled expertise in glass/ceramics science and optical physics along with deep manufacturing and engineering capabilities to develop category-defining products that transform industries and enhance lives. After 9 years of success driving the business development of new Gorilla Glass initiatives, I joined the Emerging Innovations Group division at Corning Inc. My efforts now center on developing markets for new products, developing Intellectual Property strategy for new products in the electronics packaging, industrial, and consumer electronics industries, along with generating foundational IP.Core efforts for business development include:► Identifying a need in the market and creating an offering that fulfills this need based on Corning’s new inventions.► Evolving strategy for manufacturing this offering, including strategic external relationships that enable this offering.► Estimating costs and developing and testing a business model.► Managing cross-functional teams that deliver on new business. Show less
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Business Development Manager, Gorilla Glass
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Apr 2010 - Apr 2014
By 2010, Gorilla Glass was being used in most major mobile handset manufacturer worldwide.Here, I was promoted to lead business development initiatives as Gorilla Glass became its own division and problems became different. Specifically, this included building technology roadmaps and collaborative relationships; capitalizing on value proposition, product concept, and market opportunity; and enabling continued differentiation within the smartphone and other consumer electronics devices space. Some of my key successes and contributions included: ► Developing and executing strategy for doubling market share of Gorilla Glass use in China ► Increasing overall gross margin and bringing plant manufacturing utilization from 30% to 90% in less than 6 months. Show less
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Business Development Manager, Technical Materials
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Jan 2005 - Apr 2010
Tasked with developing and managing new business opportunities for Corning’s technical materials division, I was part of a small team that founded Gorilla Glass, bringing it to commercial use when Apple asked Corning for a thin, toughened glass to be used in its new iPhone. Some of my key successes and contributions included:► Leveraging foresight to a <$1B Gorilla Glass business, serving as New Business Development Lead for an untapped market/industry.► Partnering with Apple in 2007 to rapidly introduce Gorilla Glass in original iPhone, meeting an aggressive 5-month deadline. ► Increasing Gorilla Glass usage from 1 to nearly all major smartphone manufacturers in less than 5 years. Show less
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Product Line Manager
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Apr 2001 - Dec 2004
Key driver of product line strategy that supported business development growth and profitability within the microlenses division. My areas of responsibilities included oversight for the product line from innovation through commercialization and life-cycle management.Among my most significant contributions was introducing a process that allowed optical engineers to model and design new products with new micro-lens. Additionally, I spearheaded the move of manufacturing from the US to China, reducing costs by 67%.Prior to this post, I served as a Materials Scientist for the Federal Highway Administration in McLean, VA. Show less
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Education
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Alfred University
PhD, Ceramics -
Alfred University
Master's degree, Ceramic Sciences and Engineering -
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
B Tech, Ceramic Engineering
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