Sanjiv Karani, Vice President, Global Product Management & Innovation

As an expert in driving innovation through customer-centricity and strategic agility, Sanjiv Karani brings over 15 years experience to the role of Vice President, Global Product Management & Innovation. He plays a key role in extending PointRoll's leadership and growth in the rich media industry by driving global product strategy and execution. He leads customer-driven innovation strategy in successfully launching new products, services, solutions, processes and business models for PointRoll. Working closely with other members of the senior management team, Sanjiv oversees PointRoll's long-term planning, strategic portfolio, voice of the customer and open innovation culture.

Previously, Sanjiv worked at Convergys Corporation for 12 years, in most recent capacity as an Executive Director leading the charge for product management, strategic planning, innovation and M&A. As a founding member of Convergys Innovation Center, he served as a General Manager of the New Business Opportunity (NBO) process. Prior to that, he was Senior Director, overseeing the development and commercialization of Advanced Technologies within Convergys Labs. Through various management roles at Convergys, he led the planning, development and launch of several successful products and services, and played an important role in shaping the company's growth strategies and new market development. Before joining Convergys, Sanjiv worked at Science Applications International Corporation and served as a senior consultant to Computer Sciences Corporation.

Sanjiv has a bachelor's degree from University of Mumbai, master's degree in electrical engineering from Wright State University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He has participated in executive education at the Harvard Business School, Kellogg School of Management and MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a fierce practitioner of open innovation and invites you to connect with him on LinkedIn, in case you have an idea to transform the current state of the interactive/rich-media marketing.

Sanjiv currently lives in Mason, Ohio with his wife Reshma, son Shrey and daughter Jinal.