Sab Kanaujia is the Vice President, Digital Product Strategy & Development at NBC Universal. He’s responsible for developing the strategy for cross-company product initiatives including online video, community/social networking, social media, video gaming and others across all online entertainment, sports and news properties. His team drives synergies across all NBCU digital businesses based on analysis of consumer needs, technology trends, competitive landscape and evolving business models. Kanaujia brings to this role over fourteen years of global experience from leading Fortune 500 firms and startups.
Prior to joining NBC Universal in August 2006, Kanaujia was at AOL where he held several key positions. Focusing on product development at AOL Video, he successfully launched the AOL Hi-Q Video, an online platform that delivered DVD-quality videos to consumers and provided a rich, interactive, lean-back user experience. AOL Hi-Q Video became a critical part of the distribution network for AOL’s In2TV service, the first broadband TV network in the U.S, that provides users thousands of hours of free, on-demand, full-length classic TV shows from Warner Bros. Earlier, Kanaujia was a founding member of the AOL Audience corporate development team that launched new ventures including TMZ.com (a first-of-its-kind, 24/7, on-demand entertainment news network on the Web), Network Live (the first multi-platform digital entertainment company for live programming), the largest online radio network through strategic partnership between AOL & XM Satellite Radio, among others. He led the development and execution of the distribution strategy for AOL.com - AOL’s open Web portal – and other AOL products (IM, Web browsers, toolbar, etc.) designed to provide users a rich and convenient online experience and drive traffic to the AOL’s vast network of online properties. Additionally, he helped the development of AOL’s international expansion strategy as a Web portal into high-potential, new and emerging consumer Internet & digital media markets outside the U.S.
Kanaujia came to AOL after serving as a Director with a closely-held, boutique private equity investment group based in Greenwich, CT, where he led investments in digital media & technology firms. Prior to which, he spent four years with KPMG LLP in New York, where he provided consulting services to KPMG’s major Fortune 100 global media and technology clients, advising primarily on technology commercialization and global business transformation.
Before joining KPMG in September 1998, Kanaujia was selected for AlliedSignal’s (now part of Honeywell International) prestigious Corporate Leadership Development Program, where he managed a $20M global technology initiative across company’s 15 locations in North America and Western Europe. Kanaujia started his professional career in the U.S. in 1996 as the Manager, Strategy & Business Development for a technology startup in Reston, VA. He led the development of the firm’s online business strategy and contributed to revenue growth through acquisitions and partnerships. Kanaujia’s efforts played a key role in the firm’s highly successful NASDAQ IPO.
Kanaujia earned an MBA with honors from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was awarded full scholarship based on merit. He received his Bachelor’s in Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, graduating third in his Class.
