Rhishikesh Agashe
I work at Joynext, where I manage a multi-country audio team, own part of the ADAS function, and contribute to business development, product strategy and the analysis of the company's social media engagement.
Responsibilities
My role sits where commercial intent meets delivery reality. I manage an audio team distributed across several countries and, more recently, took on function ownership for part of the ADAS scope.
Alongside that, I contribute to business development and product strategy, and I analyse the company's social media engagement — work that connects what the market responds to with what we choose to build and how we position it.
I hold five filed patents and have cleared the iSAQB Foundation examination in software architecture.
Core skills
Customer management
Owning the relationship through the whole lifecycle, including the conversations nobody enjoys having.
Coordination across teams and countries
Keeping distributed groups pointed at the same outcome, across time zones and working cultures.
Project delivery
Committing to dates that hold, and escalating early when they stop holding.
Communication
Translating between technical and commercial audiences so both make decisions on the same facts.
Beyond the role
I am the author of two published books — a science fiction collection and a travelogue — and I write regularly on strategy, leadership and the technology industry. My interests run increasingly towards early-stage ventures and the commercial side of technology.