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Kamal Kumar Chidirala.
Kamal Kumar Chidirala.
Experience

From business analysis to platform and portfolio leadership.

14+ years spanning e-commerce, communications, contact centres, conversational AI, CDP and AI-powered marketing automation — across the complete product lifecycle. Beyond traditional product ownership, I have helped organisations evaluate acquisition opportunities, integrate acquired technologies, unify overlapping products, simplify customer offerings and define long-term platform strategies following mergers and strategic investments.

Companies

Unifonic
Dec 2020 — Present
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Senior Product Manager
  • Lead the CX and Marketing Automation Suite — campaigns, CDP, conversational channels, Flow Studio, contact-centre, AI and analytics.
  • Scaled customer-engagement platforms to more than 600 million annual transactions and drove 800%+ WhatsApp adoption growth across GCC markets.
  • Defined product vision, multi-year roadmaps, AI recommendation concepts and goal / ROI / control-group measurement frameworks.
  • Contributed to strategic acquisition evaluation and supported enterprise adoption across key markets.
Strategic Initiatives

Beyond leading day-to-day product management, I played a strategic role in shaping Unifonic's long-term product evolution, AI platform strategy, enterprise integrations, and post-acquisition platform unification.

  • Defined the product vision and long-term roadmap for the Multi-Channel Campaigns Platform, Audience (Customer Data Platform), Contact Centre Platform, and Conversational AI Platform, driving these products from inception into enterprise-scale solutions.
  • Contributed to Unifonic's transformation from a Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) provider into a unified AI-powered Customer Experience platform.
  • Participated in Product and Technology evaluation for acquisition opportunities, assessing product capabilities, technology fit, platform maturity, customer impact, and strategic alignment.
  • Led product integration strategy and planning for several strategic platform integrations, including Segmentify, WotNot, Tracardi, and Sestek.
  • Defined platform consolidation, customer experience alignment, roadmap integration, and unified product offering strategies following strategic acquisitions and partnerships.
  • Worked closely with executive leadership, engineering, architecture, commercial, and customer-facing teams to align long-term platform strategy.
Cisco Webex through IMImobile
Jun 2019 — Dec 2020
Hyderabad, India
Product Manager
  • Owned roadmap areas for IMI Engage — the enterprise omnichannel CX and contact-centre platform that became part of the Cisco Webex ecosystem.
  • Launched WhatsApp Business, delivered Apple Business Chat integration and integrated an in-house intent-based chatbot across 5+ channels.
  • Enabled white-label partner solutions and supported integrations for ecosystems such as Talkdesk.
  • Designed a product licensing framework from scratch to improve pricing and monetisation governance.
Strategic Initiatives

In addition to managing the product roadmap, I contributed to several strategic initiatives that expanded the platform's market reach and strengthened the product portfolio.

  • Participated in IMImobile's product portfolio restructuring and corporate rebranding initiative prior to its acquisition by Cisco.
  • Led the product strategy and execution for the Cisco Webex Contact Center white-label integration with Talkdesk, enabling Talkdesk customers to leverage Webex conversational capabilities through a seamless embedded experience.
  • Successfully launched WhatsApp Business and Apple Business Chat capabilities as part of the enterprise contact centre platform.
  • Designed and implemented a comprehensive enterprise licensing framework to support commercial scalability, pricing governance, and monetisation.
  • Expanded the platform through strategic partner integrations and ecosystem enablement.
Telebu Communications
Nov 2015 — Jun 2019
Hyderabad, India
Associate Product Manager
  • Built grptalk from the ground up — supporting a two-way outbound voice conference with more than 40,000 participants in a single session.
  • Developed Telebu Hub from the ground up, expanding the company from SMS aggregation into enterprise customer-engagement technology.
  • Built voice-campaign capabilities and supported contact-centre deployments exceeding 500 seats.
  • Supported large enterprise and government opportunities across sales, presales, support and implementation.
Strategic Initiatives

Alongside leading multiple customer engagement products, I contributed to the company's strategic evolution into an enterprise communications platform.

  • Supported the company's transformation from SMSCountry Networks into Telebu Communications.
  • Contributed to the evolution of the organisation from an SMS aggregation provider into a comprehensive enterprise communications platform.
  • Defined product vision and long-term roadmaps for grptalk, Telebu Hub, and Voice Campaigner.
  • Worked closely with leadership on product positioning, go-to-market strategy, enterprise solution development, and portfolio expansion.
  • Helped secure large enterprise and government opportunities through scalable product capabilities.
Cynex Solutions
Dec 2011 — Aug 2015
London, United Kingdom
Business Analyst
  • Delivered e-commerce and retail point-of-sale implementations for UK small and medium-sized businesses.
  • Managed requirements from inception to sign-off — discovery, functional specifications, UAT and change management.
  • Established foundations in customer discovery, business process design and end-to-end product delivery.

M&A & Strategic Integrations

Selected initiatives where I contributed to acquisition evaluation, product integration and white-label partnerships across Unifonic and the Cisco Webex / IMImobile ecosystem.

Unifonic · Strategic Product Integration & M&A
Unifonic × Segmentify
Product Integration Lead

Product & technology due diligence, platform capability and AI maturity assessment, product overlap analysis, consolidation strategy, capability mapping, integration roadmap and migration planning — contributing to an expanded AI-powered customer engagement offering.

Unifonic × Sestek
AI Platform Integration

Integration of conversational AI capabilities into the Unifonic portfolio — unified AI product strategy, cross-team alignment, identification of reusable AI capabilities, roadmap alignment and enterprise AI positioning.

Unifonic × WotNot
Product Integration Lead

Product strategy for integrating WotNot AI chatbot capabilities into the Unifonic platform — customer experience integration, unified chatbot offering and seamless capability integration with engineering and product teams.

Unifonic × Tracardi
CDP Integration Lead

Product strategy for integrating Tracardi customer data capabilities — unified customer profile strategy, event architecture, customer identity, audience activation roadmap, customer intelligence integration and unified platform experience.

Cisco · Strategic Integrations & White Label
Cisco Webex Contact Center × Talkdesk
Product Lead

Led product strategy and execution for white-labeling Cisco Webex Contact Center capabilities within the Talkdesk ecosystem — integration strategy, white-label capability definition, conversation and chat integration, partner roadmap alignment, customer experience consistency, technical coordination and enterprise rollout planning.

Outcome — Enabled Talkdesk customers to leverage Webex conversational capabilities through a seamless white-labelled experience.

Skills

Product StrategyPortfolio LeadershipEnterprise SaaSAI / MLCustomer Data PlatformsMarketing AutomationOmnichannel EngagementConversational AIContact CentresJourney OrchestrationProduct AnalyticsMonetisation & LicensingGo-to-MarketCross-Functional LeadershipMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Product Due DiligenceTechnology AssessmentProduct Portfolio StrategyPlatform IntegrationProduct ConsolidationEnterprise IntegrationsPartner EcosystemsWhite Label PlatformsCustomer MigrationPlatform RationalisationProduct UnificationGo-To-Market StrategyPortfolio TransformationAI Platform StrategyTechnology PartnershipsEnterprise Architecture CollaborationProduct Integration StrategyPlatform ModernisationProduct Rebranding

Education

Degree
Master of Business Administration
Wrexham University, United Kingdom
Degree
Advanced Diploma in Business Management
London Community Training College
Degree
Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology
Osmania University
Degree
Bachelor of Science
Kakatiya University

Certifications

Pragmatic Certified Product Manager — Level IV
Pragmatic Institute
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO®)
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Master (CSM®)
Scrum Alliance
Leadership Development Program
Cornell University