Hyther Nizam

Hyther Nizam is the product management director of Zoho (www.zoho.com), which provides online office suite and business apps like CRM, project management. In this role, Hyther leads a key division of Zoho which includes the online spreadsheet, database, wiki, calendar, collaboration suite and the marketplace. Hyther has been with Zoho since the past 12 years and has a rich experience in building products from the scratch to a profitable business. He is also a speaker having spoken at conferences and guest lecture at business and technology schools. He has spoken at CII events, Nasscom Emerge, IIM Ahmedabad Incubation Centre, Tokyo University and several other engineering colleges. Prior to Zoho, he was Director of Enterprise Products at AdventNet and played roles in both product management and technology. As a technical architect, he contributed to Java specifications and standards (JSRs), particularly JMX and J2EE Management specs. He started the career as Software Engineer with Mutitech Systems, the networking products manufacturer. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Madras University, India.