# Aran Ziv > Technical executive with proven track of record leading business growth at the triangle of customers, technology and product. Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/aran Portfolio leader with over 20 years of experience leading cross-functional top-notch teams to identify and capitalize on new market opportunities. Proven track record of delivering and scaling ‘0 to 1’ innovative products for Fortune500 customers, delighting millions of users, generating profitable revenues, and driving transformative growth for organizations. Thrives at the intersection of product, customers, and technology, combining a robust technical foundation with passion, strategic vision, hands-on attitude, data-driven values, requirements deconstruction (the why), obsession for customer experience and empathetic leadership to execute challenging missions that matters. Experienced entrepreneur in both start-up and corporate environments, as well as global multicultural business settings, fostering collaboration and achieving business goals. Domains: Semiconductors, Hardware, Software, Memory, Storage, Applications, AI, Security, Mobile, Wireless Power, Servers, manufacturing, alliances, standards, patents. markets: Consumer Electronics, Telecom, Data centers (CSPs), servers memory, B2C and B2B2C. Significant Accomplishments and Awards • Product Innovation – Co-Inventor of the USB Flash-Drive, a $Billion+ Market • Global Awards – 3 CES Innovation Awards, Best Mobile App Award (2016), ICT Prize Award (2007) • Application & Product Satisfaction: 4.5+ Star Apps (iOS, Android), and 4+ star Products • Registered Patents – 20 Patents in Data Storage, Web-Server, Wireless Power Distribution, and more ## Work Experience ### Vice President of Product, Marketing @ SunRise Memory Corp. Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Deep-technology Silicon valley semiconductor start-up on a monumental mission for the future of data-intensive compute. Path finding at the triangle of technology, customers, and product: - Strategy and leadership. - Product management for product-market fit, from value, strategy to specifications. - Technical business development with key hyperscalers, CPU/GPU companies, and partners. - Enabling the market by participating at industry alliances, such as: JEDEC, CXL, OCP, SNIA. - Outbound messaging and collateral ### Director Product Management for Growth, SW and Services, Client Solutions @ Western Digital Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Held GM accountability for a premium mobile brand, leading teams and cross-functional initiatives to drive market growth and operational excellence. Identified and captured new business opportunities, consistently achieving top global market share and business objectives. Led engagement transformation through data, evolving customer relationships from transactional to deeply engaged, and built an award-winning product portfolio. ### Director Product Management, Consumers solutions Division @ SanDisk Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Founded and led an internal entrepreneurial venture to drive portfolio innovation from strategy to market launch, directing cross-functional teams across product development, operations, and go-to-market execution. Established new business categories, enabling scalable growth and significant portfolio impact. Focused on delivering strategic outcomes and transformative revenue opportunities. ### Senior Director Product Management, Mobile Network Operators Division @ SanDisk Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 Drove value-added sales strategies within the global mobile ecosystem, delivering differentiated solutions and recurring revenue growth. Led product delivery customization for mobile network operators, driving account stickiness and market impact. Partnered with global sales on outbound product and technical marketing. Oversaw business development from concept to execution, and led technical product marketing initiatives including collaterals, demos, and white papers. Demonstrated leadership in portfolio innovation, cross-functional management, and successful go-to-market execution. ### VP Products and Application Engineering @ Microelectronica Espanola SAU. Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 | Madrid Area, Spain Reinventing the telecom SIM card with Microelectronica español who developed, manufactured and sold telecom SIM and banking smart cards. Led global technical and product teams as VP Products and Application Engineering, driving end-to-end program leadership and securing key design wins with mobile network operators and smartphone vendors. Managed product management and technical marketing for disruptive telecom solutions, with full responsibility for portfolio strategy and execution. Oversaw technical sales and FAE teams worldwide, represented the company in industry collaborations, and drove business development with service and software partners as a core member of the executive leadership team. ### VP Business Development, Emerging Technologies @ M-systems Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 • Founding a cross-functional (R&D, Marketing, business development) division whose mission was to identify the company next growth engines. Market evangelism and new concepts incubation. • Key expansion programs: enterprise, banking, telecom industry via an identity protection solutions. • Partnerships with industry leaders for technologies and markets, leading alliances • Identifying, and partnering to create new high-growth opportunities at the consumer electronics, and gaming. Skills: Business Strategy · Product Road Mapping · Communication · Emerging Technologies · International Business Development · Executive Presentations · Strategic Initiatives · Business Case Preparation · Marketing · Problem Solving · Product Design · Creativity and Innovation · Customer Experience · Technology Trends ### VP R&D and a founding member of the Retail division @ M-systems Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 | Israel • Founding member of the division whose mission was to approach the retail market. • Co-inventing the USB Flash Drive product and category. Today a $3.6B industry. • Building the division engineering group (~50 HC): SW, FW, HW, ASIC. From prototype to volume production. partnering with operations. • Setting the product vision and specifications. • Partner with marketing and sales, working closely with customers. • Active participant and a contributor to standard organizations (such as USB IF), and filing Numerous IPs. ### R&D leader/ Researcher @ Israel Jan 1994 – Jan 2000 FPGA, HW designer SW EDA programer and project manager Out of the box research and development ### Electrical Engineer, VLSI designer @ IBM, PHYSICAL DESIGN DIVISION Jan 1993 – Jan 1994 ## Education ### B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering Technion - Israel Institute of Technology ### M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering incorporated with Management studies Tel Aviv University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aran-ziv --- Source: https://flows.cv/aran JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/aran/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05