Vice President of Product Management, Roku, Inc

Rajeev Raman is an experienced entrepreneur in the areas of mobile and digital entertainment. Rajeev joined Roku in 2011 as the company’s vice president of product management responsible for software product development, service merchandising and interface design for the Roku streaming platform. Previously, Rajeev was the founder and CEO of mywaves, inc., a free mobile video service, where he led the company from incubation to a top 10 mobile entertainment service reaching more than six million users each month in less than 24 months; and spearheaded partnerships with well-known entertainment brands including MTV Networks, CBS, FOX and Playboy. At mywaves, Rajeev also established distribution partnerships with Verizon, Vodaphone, Nokia and Sony-Ericsson.

Prior to founding mywaves, Rajeev was an EIR (Entrepreneur-In-Residence) at Menlo Ventures, where he incubated mywaves and assisted with other investment activities. Before that, Rajeev held executive positions at Questra Corporation, where he helped the company grow from inception to more than $7 million in annual revenue; and ETI, where he built the practice to more than $10 million in annual revenue from clients including Motorola Semiconductors, Infineon, LSI Logic and Intel. Rajeev has held other technical positions at ETI, as well as at the American Heart Association and UMS Industries.

Rajeev holds BSEE, MSEE and MBA degrees. In his spare time, he enjoys cycling and discussing topics related to education, politics and technology.

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