Insiya Lokhandwa
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Insiya Lokhandwa
Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2018 - Current
Lead the GTM acceleration function for our consumer/prosumer startups- We support our founders on their GTM efforts which includes strategic business development, growth marketing (paid and organic) corporate alliances and partnerships, influencer engagements across all Gen AI applications spanning consumer sectors like Gaming Media, Sports, Travel, Food, travel, hospitality and Social Media etc
Director Of Business Development @Level5
2018 - 2018
Partnerships and Business Development for Autonomous Vehicles @ Level5
Director, Business Development
2014 - 2018
Business Development *Product Partnerships for data and Technology integration eg: Waze and Google Maps into Lyft : https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/12/16465414/lyft-google-maps-waze-navigation-app-drivers *APIs and Distribution Partnerships for growth eg: FB Messenger, Waze, Universities, etc https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/7/11173354/facebook-messenger-lyft-app-integration-software-uber
Business Development - Google Glass
2012 - 2014
Business Development and Strategic Partnerships for Google Glass. Responsible for ● Glass prescription frames partnerships: http://nyti.ms/1b0sS1F ● EyeCare as a channel for Glass http://lat.ms/1gYQCTE ● Glass Creative Collective http://engt.co/1hymLAz ● International expansion ● 3rd party distribution
Business Development
2010 - 2012
Responsible for growing YouTube's distribution via global partnerships with SOCs, ODMs, OEMs, Browser, ecosystem-vendors to bring YouTube to living room devices.
Sales Engineer
2008 - 2010
Lead technical negotiator for licensing VOD content from all major studios- WB, MGM, Sony, NBCU, Disney, Weinstein Executed 40+ API license and technology license deals Launched YouTube Live Streaming via 'Obama’s 100 days in office' speech
Sales Engineer, AdSense for TV
2007 - 2008
Founding member of Google's AfTV technical partnerships team - Led negotiations and architected custom integration solutions with Bloomberg TV, EchoStar/Dish, Wave Cable, etc
Technical Services and Deployment Engineer
2005 - 2007
Responsible for deployments with Cable operators in the US, Europe and Asia like Comcast, UPC, Cablevision, Time Warner. Cable Headend, IPTV systems, VOD infrastructure, third party, QAMs like Motorola SEM and Harmonic
Product Manager
2004 - 2005
Launched beta product at 2 hospitals
Education
Masters
2002 - 2003
Bachelor's degree
1997 - 2001