Chinmaya Saxena

Partner, Community Strategy & Partnerships

2023

Venture Partner & Lead Strategic Platform Initiatives

2019

Developer Programs Lead, India & South Asia

2016 - 2018

Region lead for Developer programs covering engagements with Startups & Developers. Worked in close collaboration with ecosystem partners ranging from Developer communities, Accelerators/Incubators, VCs, Industry bodies, policy stakeholders and internal XFNs to drive Facebook’s long-term strategy in the region.

Audience Marketing Lead, India

2010 - 2016

Seasoned Marketing leader, responsible for All Developer engagements for Microsoft in India along with the Start-up ecosystem for the North. Working with key accelerators across India and start-up communities. Driving all marketing engagements across Microsoft priorities of building the intelligent cloud, more personal computing and re-inventing productivity for these audiences Leading the Institutional engagements and driving the Microsoft Innovation Centres (MICs) in India, engaging with top STEM institutions in the country, local government. Helping realize the Digital India vision.

Market Intelligence Lead, India

2007 - 2010

AVP- Business Development

2005 - 2007

Manager - Strategic Sales

2005 - 2005

Led the Sales and Business development organization out of India. Responsible for managing a team of smart people with driving business pipeline forward. Led the implementation of a sales management process across the organization right from tools, processes, scorecard and metric measurements etc.

Manager

2001 - 2005

Web Evangelist

1999 - 2001

Summer Trainee

1998 - 1998