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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

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