Experienced strategy & operations professional with ~8 years of experience in strategy and technology consulting, and business operations. Specialized focus on Telecom, Media & Entertainment, Technology / Web3 and Consumer & Retail sectors. Functional expertise across corporate strategy, opportunity assessment, market entry and growth strategy, digital strategy, org. transformations, learning & development, product development, content acquisition, entertainment rights, and 0-to-1 journeys. One of my strengths is breaking down problems, especially abstract ones, into smaller parts and holistically solving for the problem by deeply analyzing parts. I'm a creative thinker whose core life (and work) principle is to extract the most out of any given situation (never lose sight of that silver lining). My colleagues often point out that I am strongly passionate about my areas of interest and committed to delivering service excellence. Well, nothing like it if there's good music to go with it! Outside of work, you will find me immersed in and talking about Yoga, Pilates and Improv - all of which bring the same underlying value to my life i.e. to be present and focused in the moment. I also write about the content (films, shows, books, music, etc.) I consume (https://medium.com/@annapoornavirdi)