SSB Suddha Sattwa Basu IP & Innovation · AI & Data Strategy · Product
Exhibit D — Skills Ledger

Thirteen entries, filed in the order they were built.

IP first, because that's the discipline everything else was built on top of. Then deep-tech R&D, venture-building, and licensing. Then the strategic, financial, and go-to-market skills that came from running those programmes. And finally the modern layer — Agile delivery, design thinking, enterprise AI strategy, AI governance, and cybersecurity — that the last decade of enterprise work demanded.

01
IP & Patent Portfolio Management
Nineteen years prosecuting, licensing, and valuing patents — from novelty and FTO search through claim drafting and royalty modelling. Oversaw estates including 12+ US and 25+ international grants in AI/ML and digital pathology.
USPTO / EPO / Indian Patent OfficeFTO & invalidity searchClaim draftingRoyalty & valuation modellingPatent landscaping
02
Deep-Tech R&D Program Management
Ran PoC-to-PoV programmes across AI/ML diagnostics, industrial embedded systems, and Smart Grid R&D — translating research into technology-readiness milestones industrial partners could commit capital against.
PoC / PoV deliveryTechnology forecastingGemba & KaizenSmart Grid / Industrial IoTDigital pathology & microfluidics
03
New Venture Development
Founded Kreatrade at UC Berkeley SkyDeck (0-to-$30K-MRR in 90 days) and built new digital ventures inside Triton Valves generating $15M ARR within two years — comfortable owning a venture P&L from zero.
0-to-1 product launchVenture P&L ownershipMVP & customer discoveryAccelerator programme design
04
IP Transactions & Licensing
Negotiated and executed 8+ major international agreements — cross-licenses, option agreements, joint ventures, and sponsored research — with partners including Boeing, Westinghouse, and Pratt & Whitney.
Cross-license & JV structuringSponsored research agreementsTechnology transferUniversity out-licensing (IPIRA @ Berkeley)
05
Strategic Planning
Built 12-month cross-vertical roadmaps and long-term product strategy for TPMS lines, AI diagnostics, and enterprise data platforms — consistently applying a feasibility / viability / desirability / strategy lens.
Multi-year roadmappingFour-lens product strategyOKR definitionPortfolio prioritisation
06
Business & Financial Modeling
Managed R&D tax-credit approvals and capital budgets for new IP programmes; modelled royalty-revenue streams for licensing negotiations; owned P&L accountability for accelerator cohorts.
Royalty & revenue modellingCapital budgetingR&D tax credit planningP&L accountability
07
Fundraising for Startups
Raised and scouted capital across two ecosystems: as a SkyDeck-backed founder navigating Tier-1 LP-backed accelerators, and as Deal Scout at NewChip Accelerator mentoring 100+ founders on equity and non-dilutive fundraising.
Investor readinessNon-dilutive IP-backed financingDeal scoutingCap-table & term-sheet fluency
08
Enterprise Business Development
Launched India's first digital tyre e-commerce marketplace and scaled an India IWMS product division from 3 to 75 staff — enterprise BD that spans new-channel launch and organisational scaling.
Digital channel launchMarket-accessibility expansionOrg scaling (3→75)Fortune 100 stakeholder management
09
Agile Product Management
End-to-end Product Owner across SaaS, fintech, and AI platforms — backlog, sprint ceremonies, release planning, and UAT — for platforms ranging from a $40M leasing product to a >$1.4B-revenue-supporting AI portfolio.
Backlog & roadmap ownershipScrum / Kanban / SAFeRelease & UAT managementCross-functional squad leadership
10
Design Thinking
Design Thinking- and Lean Six Sigma–certified; trained thousands of engineers in Design Thinking, TRIZ, and Kaizen, and run ideation, journey-mapping, and co-creation workshops with client and internal stakeholders.
Journey mappingCo-creation workshopsTRIZLean Six Sigma (Black Belt equivalent)
11
Enterprise Data & AI Strategy
Architected Agentic AI (LangChain, Semantic Kernel), RAG pipelines, and Data-as-a-Service platforms (Databricks, MS Fabric, Apache Spark) for Fortune 100 clients, cutting time-to-insight by ~35%.
Agentic AI (LangChain, Semantic Kernel)RAG pipelinesDatabricks / MS Fabric / SnowflakeGA4, Pendo, Power BI
12
AI Regulations & Governance
AIGP-certified; builds responsible-AI review into delivery — fairness, explainability, and data-ethics evaluation for C-suite and regulatory stakeholders under the EU AI Act.
AIGP (AI Governance Professional)EU AI ActModel fairness & explainabilityGDPR-aligned data privacy
13
Cybersecurity
Coordinated compliance across MISRA C++, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls for industrial OEM clients — security as a standing input to the product roadmap, not an afterthought.
NIST CSFISO 27001CIS ControlsMISRA C++
Certifications on File

Licenses & Certifications

AIGP (AI Governance Professional) EU AI Act Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt equivalent) Design Thinking Agile / SAFe PMP (classroom) AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional BigQuery for Data Analysis ISO 27001 NIST CSF Venture Deals (Fall 2020) Leading Innovative Change — UC Berkeley Haas / ExecOnline