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Adobe, San Jose, California: Bharatwaja Namatherdhala

Company: Adobe
Company Description: Changing the world through digital experiences. Great experiences have the power to inspire, transform, and move the world forward. And every great experience starts with creativity.
Nomination Category: Product Management Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Product Developer of the Year
2023 Stevie Winner Nomination Title: Bharatwaja Namatherdhala
  1. Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the achievements of the nominee since January 1 2021, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
    Written answers to the questions
  2. If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.

    Bharatwaja is the Senior Product Manager for Adobe. He works on Adobe core products like photoshop, Acrobat& Illustrator. As a growth Product manager, he is responsible for driving the revenue for the company by optimizing the customer experience and working with multiple stakeholders to drive complex projects. 

    Bharatwaja comes from a solid technical background. He has a master's in computer science and completed his master's in business administration in 2021. He has experience in software engineering and Machine learning, which has helped him drive ML/ AI projects in Adobe.

  3. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: Briefly describe the nominee: his or her history and past performance (up to 200 words):

    Total 138 words used.

    Through 2021 & 2022, he has worked on multiple projects, which has helped the company with $15M in Annual recurring revenue each year. He has driven projects across Retention, Acquisition & Upsell, where he has built the strategy from scratch and executed them across regions like Australia, America, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, and other markets.

    He also writes AI Product Management and research articles, which are published on multiple websites, and he has also written numerous research papers with nearly 70+ citations in google scholar and research gate.

    He also works on multiple side projects where he judges in prestigious awards like globee, golden bridge & Stevie awards. He has judged 300+ applications to date. He also works on interviewing candidates for multiple roles and works with junior PMs mentoring and guiding them in their projects. 

  4. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Outline the nominee's achievements since the beginning of 2021 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):

    Total 139 words used.

    1. He is a passionate team player and a great contributor who has delivered $15M in ARR through 2021-2022, for which he got promoted to senior product manager. 
    2. An individual with a solid technical background comes from a software engineering and Machine learning background and has completed his second master's ( MBA) in 2021. He has also Master in Computer Science.
    3. He helps other teams in hiring strong candidates for the company and also mentors junior PM's in the company. He is also on Stevie, globee, and Golden Bridge's judging committee. 
    4. He has also won the Bronze Globee Award for Product Development Management professional of the year 
    5. He has written multiple articles on product management to help students and others new in the product management career.
    6. He has written scholarly articles on AI product management with 70+ citations Google scholar citations. 
  5. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the nominee's past performance (up to 250 words):

    Total 68 words used.

    The achievements that Bharatwaja has are very significant in terms of contribution to the business and also contributions outside of work to help others who are in the career of product management by writing scholarly articles and blog posts based on his career learnings is very unique. He also helps in research by writing research papers that have gained more than 70+ Google scholar citations is very unique. 

  6. You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):

    Total 43 words used.


    Google Schoalr Profile:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rB-TWZkAAAAJ&

    Research gate Profile : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bharatwaja-Namatherdhala

    Globee Business Award 2022:  https://globeeawards.com/business-awards/winners/

    Globee Judge: https://globeeawards.com/bharatwaja-namatherdhala/

    Stevie Judge: https://stevieawards.com/iba/new-product-product-management-awards-judging-committee

    medium Artciles: https://medium.com/@bnamatherdhala

    Linkedlin Articles:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharatwaja-namatherdhala-823a7189/recent-activity/shares/

Attachments/Videos/Links:
Bharatwaja Namatherdhala
URL scholar.google.com/citations?user=rB-TWZkAAAAJ&hl=en