Summary
Raj Uppala is a senior marketing and partnerships leader with 9 years of experience building AI-first growth engines for complex deeptech and silicon IP products, currently leading Marketing, Business Development, and Partnerships for Rambus’s Silicon IP business. He blends product marketing, corporate strategy, and ecosystem partnerships from roles at Western Digital and ON Semiconductor with hands-on engineering roots in mixed-signal IC design, enabling him to translate technical complexity into go-to-market motion. As a founder of an AR/VR and IoT startup, he has practical entrepreneurial experience in product ideation and execution that complements his venture diligence background sourcing startups across XaaS, security, robotics, and IoT. He holds an MBA and advanced technical coursework in machine learning, self-driving systems, and augmented reality, reflecting a rare mix of business strategy and applied AI/ML curiosity. Based in Sunnyvale, Raj is adept at aligning cross-functional teams, crafting partner ecosystems, and turning deep technical IP into scalable commercial outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Andhra University
Getting started with Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality, Getting started with Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality at Coursera
Self-Driving Car Nanodegree, Self-Driving Car Nanodegree at Udacity
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
MS, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, MS, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science at Mississippi State University
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Queen's University
Machine Learning Course by Andrew Ng, Machine Learning Course by Andrew Ng at Stanford University
Hindi, Telugu, English, Spanish