Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Movie buff, Travel Enthusiast and some other things in no particular order.

Current stint: Business Head, Glo.Community

Suraj is currently Head of Business for Gilda.vc.  He was previously Head of Growth and Strategy at Eatable and Head of New Business Initiatives at SmartQ, both funded foodtech startups. 

Partner at Gilda Venture Capital, a $25Mn B2B & Saas focused fund with offices in India and UAE. The fund provides early-stage capital to entrepreneurs driving transformative changes through their businesses.

15 years of experience in business roles across IMEA region with large telcos, combined with 4 years with my own Startup. Angel invested in 3 companies and influenced 25 investments through my network.

I love meeting young teams who are pursuing solid ideas by building services of the future.
In my own LinkedIn invitations, I usually send a message note sharing my intent, and much appreciate others doing that too.

Hitesh Nathwani is a professional, qualified Chartered Accountant with a passion for startup related consulting & assisting in fundraising as well as related areas. Being an experienced qualified CA, with his dedication and experience, he strives to make value addition to the Gilda Venture Alternative Investment Fund (SEBI registered AIF Category 1 & 2) and portfolio Startups.

His experience also includes working for Statutory Audits, Internal Audits, Due Diligence and special assignments like Finance and Taxation Consultancy services focusing on early-stage Startups and SME based in India and UAE.

Gilda Ventures participants include government officials, private investors, venture capitalists and prominent businessmen and businesswomen seeking to explore new ventures and business partnerships with early-stage startups in MENA and India.

Arunabh Choudhary is a Partner at Juris Corp heads the Start-up and FinTech practice. He has rich experience in the sector and has assisted various Start-ups and investors on funding as well as other corporate issues. He is actively involved in creating legal & regulatory awareness amongst Start-ups. He has been highly appreciated for his understanding in the Financial Technologies (FinTech) sector. His FinTech related practice includes advisory, regulatory approvals for online instruments viz. e-wallets, payment gateways etc; drafting processes including KYC/AML, agreements, terms and conditions etc.

His other practice portfolio encompasses Commercial Laws, Tech Law, Private Equity transactions, Securities, Taxation, Competition Law and Policy Advisory. He caters to diverse national and international clients including corporates, funds as well as start-ups. He has advised organizations registered with multiple regulators viz. SEBI, RBI and IRDA. He also represents and advises the Competition Commission of India (CCI), and deals in complex matters faced by emerging FinTech entities, including aggregators.

Practice Areas
His core areas of practice are Start-Up, Commercial Laws, Tech Law, Private Equity transactions, Securities, Taxation, Competition Law, Policy Advisory and Fintech.

🏆🎬An award-winning movie and video producer, turned into a productivity coach & professional speaker ⌛📘

👉I believe in doing what you are passionate about and making a living out of it! I was always good in maths, and so I pursued a master degree in Finance with a dream to become a Wallstreet banker. Little did I know - another passion of mine: the art of making films - will become my professional endeavour and commitment.

🎬The world of movies, and video production taught me a lot. I learned the importance of time management, I learned how to use creativity to solve complex business problems, I learned how to lead teams and deliver results. I also learned a lot about entrepreneurship by running my own boutique agency in Denmark. I produced over 650+ videos for clients and won a number of awards for my work.

📘In 2006 I read my first book on the topic of personal growth. I loved the idea of digging deeper. Getting to know yourself better and improving. Ever since I've become committed to grow. I've invested in hundreds of courses, trainings, seminars, coaching trainings and workshops; I've read anything I can find on the topic, and have been applying what I've found of value on myself.

And so it was a natural progression to begin my own journey as a productivity coach and professional speaker, something that brings all my passions and strengths into one.
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MY FOCUS TODAY
✅Building world-class teams, one company at a time
✅Organizing high-end masterminds and corporate offsides
✅Writing a book about team performance & culture in startups with my co-author Cristobal Alonso

A passionate and adaptable business professional with a diverse industry experience of scaling up individual accounts to strategising business growth and enabling customer success in both established corporate & fast-paced startups. A natural flair for connecting with people at any organisation level or sector and adapting in diverse industries. Proven track record of taking the ownership & leading from the front and going beyond the regular call of duty to elevate people, processes, products & partners.

ITIL V3 Expert (India) | Prince2 Practitioner (India) | ISO 27001 Lead Auditor (India) | Green Belt Six Sigma (India) | Google Certified-Online Marketing Fundamentals (India) | Advanced Digital Marketing Certificate of Excellence from & Digital Marketing Academy (UK) Mobile App Marketing (India) | ISO 20000 Foundation (USA) | Lean Agent Six Sigma (USA) | CSAM (USA)

I have been mentoring leaders in startups, different size companies, and state institutions over 10 years. I've been supporting leaders to define and improve their strengths, to find and manage personal weaknesses with a major goal to improve business performance and personal wellbeing.

Experienced Speaker & Trainer, took sessions in various institutions on different topics. Skilled in Analytical Skills, Public Speaking and Motivational Interviewing. Strong media and communication professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Human Resources Management. Also attended i5 summit at IIM Indore and presented a project on HR-Tech. 

Two decades of experience in renowned multinationals across diversified sectors – FMCG (Lornamead Group), Life Insurance (AMP), Audit & Assurance (KPMG) and Oil & Gas (ExxonMobil) sectors. An active Angel Investor and serving as non-executive director in mid-size companies, both in India and abroad.

Rich experience in the FMCG - M&A space, having lead / been part of over 11 Acquisitions and 4 Divestments, including 100% divestment of UK headquartered Lornamead Group to Hong Kong-based consumer goods group Li & Fung. Handled many acquisitions as well as divestments, besides re-structuring and re-financing transactions in North America and Europe. In India, involved with divestment of Yardley brand to Wipro Consumer Care, and Tura Brand to Godrej Consumer Care.

His deep knowledge and expertise in M&A lead him to establish his own Investment Banking and Advisory Firm – ANOVA Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd. Through ANOVA, he works with Entrepreneurs and Business Owners for their requirements on acquisition of businesses or brands, sale of businesses for strategic reasons, besides helping with fundraise.

ANOVA’s recent M&A deals include OYO Rooms’ acquisition of Novascotia Boutique Homes (now OYO SilverKey), and Megadyne Group acquiring majority stake in Helicord. ANOVA also helped close an Endorsement Agreement with Mr Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a Cricketing Legend and Padma Bhushan awardee, for a UK client.

Awarded the prestigious ‘Rashtriya Udyog Ratna’ Award (2012) by National Organization for Commerce and Industry (NOCI) for his contribution to the economic growth and creating jobs in Small and Medium sectors. Barclays Capital recognized his outstanding contribution during the divestment of Lornamead Group to Li Fung by presenting ‘The Secret Weapon’ award. Also recognized by the Economic Growth Foundation, New Delhi, for excellence in the field of Finance.

Pankaj Jain is a seasoned CMA, CS and alumnus of IIM, Calcutta with vibrant spirit of entrepreneurship, having over 29 years of diversified experience across wide spectrum of industries while working at India and overseas with proven track record of aligning strategies with business and building trust based relationships globally.
While working at top corporate level positions like VP, CFO, CEO, Director, he has successfully managed the reputed business houses such as Super Seals, IAP, ERA Infra, Logix Group and has been instrumental in raising funds for projects (including megha infrastructure projects under Public Private Partnership) having cost of over Rs. 15000 crores. He has managed numerous strategic business initiatives involving Venture Formation, Business Modelling, Strategic Financial Planning, Corporate Alliances, emergers,Divestments, Cost Optimization, Business Restructuring, Capital Structuring, Corporate Governance and Corporate Financing for successful businesses with Global foot prints and hold distinction of turning around the financial position of companies through dynamic initiatives. 

If you are a young person looking for a direction for your career journey or are in your mid-career looking for help for a career change, finding a new job, planning your own business or retirement, I can help you to transition smoothly. I start with an assessment of your current status, help you in long-term planning, building your brand statement and leveraging your network and other resources to achieve your goals. It is not that difficult if you work systematically. Please ask for a free assessment session.

Experienced Chartered Accountant with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Skilled in Internal Audit, Income Tax, Financial Accounting, Statutory Audit, and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Strong accounting professional with a Chartered Accoutant focused in Accounting, Audit, Tax, Law from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Author in www.topcount.co, www.Whizsky.com and www.Merakhata.com. Most of my articles are focused on Accounting, Finance and tax matters.

With an unquenchable thirst for constant improvement and a passion for keeping up with the future, Aladdin Albatayneh’s journey has transformed him into a full-blown business-building specialist, enthused to show others the ropes. Beginning as Co-Founder and Cheif Revenue Officer for ShortPoint, a digital solutions company, Aladdin used his innate understanding of launching brands to help position ShortPoint as a global solution for seamlessly building Intra-net and collaboration sites without coding. 

ShortPoint was born in Dubai and has since gone global with its relocation to Silicon Valley, USA. This platform has helped companies like Microsoft and General Electric streamline their employee's collaboration and maximize the potential for growth.

Currently, Aladdin is the CEO of SoopaMarket, a new intelligent online grocery marketplace for retailers and food manufacturers for the Middle-East region.

International MBA with a global career spanning over a decade in strategy, business development and partnerships roles in consulting, technology and venture capital firms with cross-functional teams across international offices.

Skills: strategic planning, business development, partnerships, product marketing, business analytics.

Former Country Manager for India at Prodigy Finance, which provides international student loans via a borderless credit model enabling masters students to attend the world’s top universities. Grew India business volume by 41% year-on-year over 2017-2019, achieving 8x growth vs comparable market while managing the India team.

Dr. Saumya Arora is a passionate development professional with six years of deep experience in social impact organizations and social enterprises. Her experience and expertise span across program management, multi-stakeholder management, grant management, donor relations, fundraising and engagement for nonprofit organizations. Her work has revolved around identifying gaps and synergies within and outside of the local context and ecosystem to strengthen the work of nonprofits, in addition to identifying strategic needs around process improvements, tools development, communications and engagement for long term benefits. Her key achievements have been surpassing the fundraising goals in her roles, establishing and fostering long-lasting donor and supporter relationships; and playing an 'enabler' by conducting training and capacity building for several organizations and nonprofit professionals in the domains of fundraising, resource mobilisation, technology for raising funds, donor communications, donor relationships management and grant proposal writing.

As a Nonprofit Expert at Gilda 360, Dr. Saumya offers support to nonprofit organisations through the following mentoring and consultancy services:

1. 360 degree Fundraising Strategy Services- entails organizational audit (to assess fundraising capability and SWOT); business planning (fundraising case development and planning); co-designing tailor-made approaches (action plans as per organisation's context); developing strategies around donor reporting and stewardship;
2. Fundraising Services by case- Grant proposal writing; CSR pitches and decks; Personal appeals and emailing short-training; Stewardship communication; Donor/ Prospect Research and Mentoring for fundraising as per organisation's unique context and challenges.

Digital pioneer and entrepreneurial mind with over 20 years of experience and a proven international track record of creating and building leading concepts, ideas, brands, new products, as well as as well as developing and executing fully integrated marketing and communication strategies.

Passionate, creative out-of-the-box thinker, who pioneers new business fields and markets, acting upon consumer insights and responding to market trends. Dedicated and inspirational leader that recruits, builds and coaches international multifunctional high performing teams.

Book author and seasoned speaker in conferences and seminars, on topics like digital transformation and social media, marketing strategies, Blockchain, digital marketing and innovation.

Areas of expertise include:
• Marketing strategies, Brand creation and development
• Storytelling
• Digital strategy and implementation
• Digital Transformation & Customer Centricity
• Entrepreneurship & Start-ups
• Personal Branding

Brainstorming, Innovating, Problem-Saving are not just business verbs for me, but the essence and inspiration of what I do and want to get better at.

Working at an early stage startup (first employee pride), I've seen our product grow from a combination of WhatsApp Business Account & Excel Scripts to a fast and secure WhatsApp API powered WebApp. In my pursuit to learn about building a people-first company, I've worn multiple hats over the course of time at Kaarva. I started with Operations (built and lead a 20 member team, 20M+ disbursed, 82% repeat rate) and once that started taking a form, moved to Process and Product (worked closely with our tech and marketing teams for the launch of version 0 & 1 of our product). Currently, I work with the Growth team (B2B - lead to onboarding flow, new partnerships and data-driven expansion)

That's what I do in the day time. What keeps me occupied most evenings is LoopBox - system of hyperlocal reusable food delivery options.

When I’m not working, I love hiking to rather less explored terrains in the outskirts of my city, play a game or two of football and indulge in my craving for traditional Indian desserts.

Meeting new people and learning new things is second nature to me, so please feel free to drop a hello and share your story.

I help startups build, grow, fund raise, scale, focus, achieve through operations, discipline, fund raising, business development, leverage, and team leadership - for USA, MENA, South America, Dubai, European eco-systems.

As an experienced and proven leader , advisor, and mentor , I will assist or lead in business operations, business development, org transformation, customer management, PMO, and team growth.

As an innovative change agent in Technology, SW, IoT, Smart Home, Big Data and Analytics, I am able to provide for your scale, growth, and business needs through commitment, network, and skills to create, build, operationalize, and guide you through your journey.

My experience includes hands-on work, and leadership in high-demand, fast-paced, or structured environments in engineering, business, SW development, IT, Hi-Tech, Big Data/Analytics, PMO, and manufacturing.

Key areas,
- Start-up Operations & Growth
- Big Data, Analytics, Wearables and IoT
- Operations: Strategy, Global/local, Planning, & Execution
- Product and Service Delivery
- Customer Service, Support, and Retention
- Team building and org structure
- Program, Product, & Project Management
- Product Life Cycles Management
- Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, & Six Sigma Methodologies
- Business Process Development & re-Engineering
- Product development – Hardware, Software, Tool & Services Products

Business Strategy and Technology products are my key strengths. I am on the board of a few companies to help them build their business strategy and scale up their technology operations. I help start-ups understand investment cycles and lead them to raise investments. My focus is on simple and quick execution and have learned to be very process-oriented in my approach.

A Certified Training & Development professional with proven success, spanning over 20 years in Facilitation Management, People Development, Consulting, Strategic Planning, Learning & Leadership Development, Instructional Design, Project & Program Management

Passionate, Experienced, Data-Informed & Insights Driven International Digital Marketer with 12+ years of proven experience in building successful antifragile start-up brands from scratch (★Recent One: Elevating an Unknown Category Brand to Category Leader & Successfully Getting It Acquired).

A Six Sigma Green Belt certified professional who has designed multi-channel digital strategies for established and emerging "B2B and B2C" brands with a core focus on "brand awareness, visibility, customer acquisition, nurturing and retention" across *Paid, *Owned and *Earned Media channels including Trade Shows, Events, Partnerships and instrumental in brand: Pennyful.in’s" successful acquisition.

Specialize in early-stage traction and establishing growth channels, SEO, PPC, Affiliate Marketing, Customer Research, Positioning and Messaging.

Strong ability to understand prospects and users-customers' needs. Experienced in owing full funnel from Awareness, Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, and Revenue.

Experienced in designing, strategizing and executing multi-million (¥/₹/$) paid acquisition campaigns on Google Ads (Search, Display, Prospecting & Remarketing), Yahoo! Gemini, Bing Ads and on Facebook Ads, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

Successfully transformed ordinary email marketing programs into high performing, super high ROI generating email marketing engines for leading B2C brands.

Significantly improved email list size, engagement, revenue, referrals by deploying innovative personalized and customized segmenting and targeting email strategies for a mega-sized list.

Successfully launched and managed PR programs in the US and India (In House and Agency) and got the best media placements (Fox Business) for brands across continents.

My Toolkit: Asana, Slack, Ahrefs, MailChimp, WebEngage, Google Analytics, Ads, Facebook Ads, AdRoll,

📌 12+ years of Business Leadership experience | MBA in Sales & Marketing | Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology
📌 Strategic Business Management Specialist having a successful career with diverse roles distinguished by commended performance with P&L responsibility
📌 Skilled in turning around under-performing businesses and enhancing the value of operating business units through process improvements focused on sales & best practice identification and implementation
📌 An energetic leader known for skills to envision & create successful outcomes in complex and multi-cultural environment
📌 Co-Founded a handicraft distribution business under the banner www.Zestango.com
📌 Deep understanding of various Business Domains - Education, Financial Services, Public Sector, Travel & Transportation, OEMs, General Trade / Retail, QSR, Telecom, Enterprise & Cloud, and AI-enabled voice technology, FMCG, and ITeS
📌 Set up profitable businesses from scratch for 4 diverse business units in past 5 years at Amazon and Zopper
📌 Drove 25% growth on distribution of Microsoft Mobile Devices and enhanced prepaid revenue by 30% for Airtel
📌 Pioneered the GTM strategy for rural India for Airtel Money through a unique customer connect model
📌 Built & led winning teams 150+ in size at Zopper, Airtel and Microsoft
📌 Possess International exposure across India, Europe, US & Middle East

ABOUT MYSELF
✎ I am adventurous, a diligent self-starter, a go-getter and a continuous learner. My professional stints have made me meet interesting people and learn from the positive aspects of their lives. I am savvy about emerging technologies that provide customers with fantastic & innovative experiences. I firmly believe in delivering business solutions through focused efforts and having a long term outlook.

I have spent over 12 years as a storyteller, marketing professional, and facilitator. I have consulted various large B2B and B2C clients as well as startups on their brand messaging, story, and content strategy and followed through with flawless execution.

An entrepreneur at heart, I stepped out of a lucrative corporate career to follow my passion. I successfully founded a boutique marketing consultancy that filled a big void in the market – that of bridging the gap between business outcomes and creative conceptualization. My strong point is content and I have been the voice of many a CEO and Chairpersons in leading organizations. I have personally been published on reputed platforms such as the World Economic Forum on a variety of topics including technology, entrepreneurship, and women centric issues.

After a deeply personal journey I went through, I published my first book, A Piece of Him. Based on real life experience the book is a story of vulnerability, strength, and unflinching perseverance. Having facilitated 500+ hours of trainings, I now coach people from all walks of life to lead happy and fulfilling lives.

I am a single mom to a feisty 1-year old baby boy and a laid-back 3-year old Labrador. When I'm not writing, I love to think up and contribute to new business ideas.

Yash assists early and mid-stage SaaS/Tech companies to define their RevOps by focusing on go-to-market plans, business development, customer development, strategic partnerships and sales.

As a results-driven strategist, business developer and salesperson with 14+ years of experience in IT industry - he's passionate about growing businesses, consistently driving revenues and develop collaborative culture. He is experienced in product launch, business development, technology sales, strategic partnerships and customer development. He has efficiently worked with business, product and services teams, (remote & in-office) across geographies and in cross-functional environments.

Exposure to 20+years in B2B market in the telecommunication industry in the key areas of Marketing and Sales, Mobile Financial Solutions, Business Solutions, Product Life Cycle Management, Market Segmentation and Strategy development, Cloudification and Connectivity including Digitization and Digitalization applications that are relevant to various verticals.

Specialities: Design and launch of telecom services from the drawing board to the field. Group-wide roll-out of Business segment propositions based on Value Management principles, Profitability, Channel Design, Support processes that objectively lead to Business customer delight.

Capt. Savio Gomez, MSc MBA PhD

🌐 Fintech, Startups Incubation Acceleration Venture Capital M&A 🚢 Auditor / Inspector OCIMF CDI CDIIMPCAS

Savio is a Marine Consultant and a Business Strategist with international & diverse experience in two very different realms.

In the International Business - Fintech - Blockchain - AI realm:
- A certified Blockchain & AI professional;
- A Regional Partner at a virtual incubator assisting IT startups through acceleration and incubation programs.
- A consultant to a financial intermediary bank and a lending house.
- A business consultant to projects in relation to strategy, business development, partnerships, project enhancement.
- A M&A Advisor handling transactions related to consolidations, tender offers, purchase of assets and management acquisitions.

In the Maritime Transportation & Technology realm:
- An experienced and qualified Maritime Transportation & Technology Consultant with close to 3 decades of experience.
- An OCIMF SIRE Auditor
- Accredited OCIMF SIRE, CDI-M and CDI-IMPCAS inspector.
- A class I Master Mariner who has sailed as a Captain & Deck Officer on various types of vessels - oil, chemical, gas, FPSO, bulk, etc.
Rendering Services such as:
- Audits of new & existing OCIMF SIRE inspectors.
- OCIMF SIRE inspections of oil, chemical and gas ships.
- CDI-M inspections of chemical & gas ships.
- CDI-IMPCAS Audits of Ship Agents, Freight Forwarders, Container Freight Stations, Container Port Terminals & Tank Container Operators.
- TMSA / Marine Terminal Information System (MTPQ, MTMSA & MTOCT) Audits and GAP analysis reviews on behalf of Terminals; including due-diligence audits.
- Audits - ISO systems (9001, 14001 & 21500), OHSAS 18001, ISPS, ISM.

Helping Businesses and Startups to grow with a focus on business process consulting, People Empowerment, Right Technology adoption, channel development.
Catalyst & Sales Trainer !!!!

I have 15+ years of experience, working on emerging technologies, creating B2B and B2C Mobile, Web and Desktop software for consumers and businesses (Fortune 500 companies to Start-ups). I help businesses deliver - by creating engaging products, catalyzing sales, establishing processes, building teams, coaching team members and managing projects from idea to marketing. Have been instrumental in awesomizing several (25+) products and their delivery.

Profile Summary

• MBA (University of Cambridge, U.K) with a GMAT score of 710 (Top 4 percentile) and Undergraduate degree in Information Technology (India)
• Over 15 years of professional experience in Cyber and Information security
• Financial Services, UK Local Govt. body/CNI and Big 4 Professional Services work experience
• 360-degree view of information/cyber risks through having worked in all 3 lines of defence roles
• Published Author of IoT Cyber Security book available globally
• Widely published Cyber security articles and proof of concept codes related to software vulnerabilities
• Member of the EC-Council Global Advisory Board for CEH ✓ Member of the renowned Covid 19 CTI (Cyber Threat Intel) League
• Multiple Industry leading professional certifications ( TOGAF-1, CISSSP, CCSK, ISO 27001 LA)

Specialities

• Advising Board on Cyber Risk Management
• Cyber Security Strategy and Target Model development and implementation
• Offensive Cyber Security
• Security Architecture Development
• ISO 27001 & PCI Compliance
• Cloud and IoT Security

Shailendra has been active in Helping People Grow.

When People grow they need Counselling, Guidance, Mentoring and Coaching. As & when required, all this was exercised with people around to help them reach their Personal / Professional growth. He has been a People Person with Business in mind in his professional journey of over two decades of diverse experience in Business Management, Consulting, Franchising in - Education & Training, Telecom, Recruitment, Concept Sales.

He is currently offering following services to help people leverage his expertise in:

• Career Mentoring-Counselling-Coaching to professionals College students, Startups
• Helping Individuals in Job search, Job Interview Preparation, Career Planning, Career GOAL setting, Career issues, Career Success strategies, Career Roadblocks, Resume review, LinkedIn profile review, Professional networking strategies, Career-related webinars
• Franchise advisory to companies
• Sales and Business advisory to companies 
• HR and Recruitment advisory

Experienced Investment banking professional with a keen interest to continuously learn in a dynamically changing environment. Working closely with strategic & financial partners and promoters/founders advising them on Buy-side and Sell-side M&A transactions.

As a Chartered Accountant, I have experience in working and understanding various industries with the most recent experience being working in a unicorn startup.
My journey of consultancy starts with CapNetic Consulting Group where we get involved in a very micro level to work with the founders and help their startups create a deck that best highlights their journey and further go the extra mile to help with the projections, company structuring and finally helping with connecting to investors.

Our goal is to ensure that we work with the founders to help them with their various needs (Financial, HR and PR)

Jeet Thakkar has over seven years of mobile and online advertising experience with an extensive focus on international business development and global growth strategies.

He is active as the Head of Strategic Partnerships at Wagawin, helping the interactive ads startup grow it's international business while helping them open an office in Berlin.

Before his current role, he was active as the Associate Director of Business Development at Glispa Global Group in it's global HQ based in Berlin. In that role, he hired and mentored a team of Business Development Managers spread among Glispa's offices. He not only launched Glispa's very own app monetization solution but also played a pivotal role in launching a social influencer platform for Glispa.

Prior to Glispa, Jeet helped companies like idealo internet and tyntec Gmbh unlock international markets. Before moving to Europe, he helped the Yahoo Bing Network grow their global supply by promoting their contextual solution on top publishers like Forbes.com & Answers.com.

Jeet holds a Master of Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai and a scholarship degree in International Trade from New York University, Stern School of Business. He has studied and worked in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Key skillsets:
Mobile Marketing, Mobile Advertising, App Analytics, Attribution Analytics, Mobile Analytics, Building global sales teams

Satya is currently heading Programmatic and Supply Growth teams at Applift globally. He is also the Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at Media and Games Invest, the parent company of Applift.

He is passionate about — Mobile advertising, Interactive Media, Gaming, and Football. During the last few years, as a Business Development professional, he has set up new businesses and negotiated deals with International clients from more than 15 countries. His experience in Business Operations, Market Research and Technical Sales gives him a unique instinct for planning and executing product/business strategies.

- Giridhar is an entrepreneur and an engineer passionate about technology. He loves building products and growing companies and has worked in the public and the private sectors extensively.
- He has worked and implemented solutions in the Smart City and Edtech projects in the Governance Sector which culminated into Tech42 Ventures which is a System Integration Enterprise bringing together cutting edge technologies and methodologies in this space.
- He is currently working on building products to solve some of the critical problems in the Hospitality industry. He is also working on building communities around skills to strengthen the gig economy.

I was working as Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys Ltd. After quitting Infosys, I've done my certification in HADOOP admin and development. I was in an experimentation mode to find out what exactly I enjoy doing rather than the usual IT rituals like coding and testing which I was totally done with. Dabbled in a lot of things in SEO and digital marketing, currently, I'm working as a social media consultant at Midas Touch Consultants, the work which I'm really enjoying right now. I would say, I'm totally loving it.

Working for brands is exciting me a lot. It's like how you nurture a baby. Finding the right audience and connecting with them with valuable pieces of content only will help you generate leads for the company. I specialize on content curation and LinkedIn lead generation for brands along with that optimizing the social media handles with the right content.

Executive Leadership Coach, Entrepreneur, CEO, Keynote Speaker, Mentor, Advisor, Angel Investor and Trainer. I specialize in Executive Leadership Coaching and Mentoring, focusing on business strategy, product leadership, strategic partnerships, and alliances. I speak on various forums inspiring and coaching senior corporate leaders, entrepreneurs and business owners. I specialize on helping leaders double their sales through strategic innovations, sales strategies, empowerment and partnerships. I train and coach on "Strategies for faster time to market, reduce cost, gain high quality and productivity", "Power of Decisions for Business and Professional Growth", "Success Strategies for Executive Leadership", "Company Valuation and Strategies and Key Focus areas for corporate growth and innovations", and "Sales Strategies". I help people choose the right path for a successful business and professional growth.

Accomplished Delivery Head and Program Manager with track-record of bringing domain and business lead solutions with high team effectiveness and team satisfaction, meeting deliverable in-line with operational targets and ensuring enhanced revenue generation. Career spanning 20+ years with a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services.

Specialties: Product Leadership, Portfolio Management, Delivery Management, Account Optimization, Process Re-Engineering, Practice Management, Team Building, Team Leadership

Product Manager and ex-Entrepreneur with a passion for working in the consumer internet space. Skilled in problem-solving from bottom-up thinking, Business Strategy, and understanding data flow. Strong EdTech understanding + love for building new things helped by a B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

I love to build upon ideas and give them shape so they can fly - I love to be imaginative. But it is not always imagination that helps, mainly when someone entrusts you to redefine their career - one needs to be Empathetic. I grew up among people who struggled a lot, be that financially or health-wise or nudging family issues. Their struggles and my urge to help them out made me a person who can easily connect with others' emotions. Probably this is what helped me the most as the Innovation Manager at Mahindra Research Valley, where I helped more than 400 engineers transform Ideas to Innovative Products and Services with a defined Business Model woven around them.

My formula for Innovative Implementable Solutions is to apply Design Thinking principles combined with Inventive Problem-Solving Methodologies (I am a TRIZ Level II Practitioner) and build strong Business Case for each solution. This formula helped various students, start-up and educators/ researchers whom I mentored in converting promising ideas to Innovations.

But an individual always needs a lot of inspiration to keep going and for me it is the honest feedback that I get from people who matter. The one that I adore the most was from a mentee cum friend who said (in verbatim) " It's my piece of advice to you to listen to yourself... coz your advice always works ;) "

If you are someone who could resonate with me – drop me a message and a connection request!

Rohit Khadtare, working with leading Consumer Electronics company as DGM with past string in IT & FMCG industry. 15+ years of experience in various markets in MEA & India with Business establishment, cultivation and growth in different environments.

A competent professional with over 17 years of experience in the areas of People management, Transitioning, Operations, Project Management, Training and Client Servicing. I currently work with a US based startup, managing Business Development and market research across all regions. An enthusiastic planner with the ability to manage projects with perfection. Proven ability of achieving Service Delivery / Process Targets. Ability to develop a detailed project plan, train the new team & design a measurement framework to smoothen the process. An excellent communicator with the ability to deal with issues with accuracy & precision. I have been a key contributor to several projects, helping create many new systems that solve business problems using the latest technologies, innovative solutions that improve competitiveness, productivity, revenues and customer service. My communication and team-building abilities are both supportive and effective. My formal education is similarly extensive, covering Hotel Management, Law, Economics and Entrepreneurship.

Specialties: Sales/ Strategic Planning / Process Engineering / Project Leadership / PMO / Operations/ Relationship Management / Team Leadership / Negotiation / Budgets / Product Management

Based in Mumbai, Amit holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, with major in Economics and Accounting. He has donned many hats—from marketing, sales, business development, public relations, to captaining successful businesses in India, Turkey and the United States.
He sees himself more as a creator than an operator. He plans to scale his business up and establish viable Virtual reality indoor adventure sport theme hubs across every India city.
Amit eloquently puts across saying: ‘only skydivers know why birds sing.’ An adventure sports aficionado and a gadget-freak, besides cherishes the dream of making Virtual Reality indoor adventure sport a way of life with adrenaline seekers in India.

I am a Delhi-based operation and analytics professional with 10+ years of experience across various domains (rideshare, co-working, events and entertainment, hospitality). I have worked with 91springboard, Baroda Taxi Cabs, Wizcraft International, SHRMI, and MeasureOne, and also ran a restaurant.

At 91sprinboard, a co-working company with centers all over the country, I headed two of their hubs in Gurgaon, following stints in their Goa and Mumbai hubs. I specialize in P&L, operations, team and community management, event planning, and process improvement.

Expertise:
• Operations
• Customer relationship management
• Data analytics
• Process excellence
• Process improvement
• Team management

A competent professional with rich knowledge & experience into Startup Ecosystem:
~ Startups Investment Thesis
~ Incubator / Accelerator Strategies
~ Marketing Operations & Business Strategy
~ Marketing Research / Latest Trends
~ Program Management
~ Brand Management
~ Social Media Marketing
~ Investors Relations
~ Startups Management
~ Startups Fundraising
~ Startups Due Diligence
~ Corporates Networking
~ Strategic Partnerships
~ Investors Network

Helping startups raise funds. Building the incubation and acceleration cohorts at Neotec Hub - one of India's leading corporate incubation/acceleration hub. Constantly on the lookout for startups looking for early and growth-stage funding. Deeply engaged in building investor and corporate relations.

Built the market across Europe, Asia and US for Introwise.com - a SaaS platform for events and communities to get their participants engaged.

Built the product and market for Benefits (benefits.infimonk.com) - a blockchain-based incentive platform. Benefits enable instant, goal-based rewards for employees and channel partners.
Also worked towards establishing strategic partnerships for the custom blockchain (and other) services business.

Built the global customer and partner base for Ideal Analytics (SaaS data analytics product) from ground up (20+ strategic customers, 2000+ cloud accounts). Worked closely with the World Bank and Government of West Bengal for multiple Smart City (transportation, pollution and safety) projects.

Built my startup (full women team) - Refittings.com - have processed over 10000 garments in the past year while uplifting the lives of at least 10 woman tailor partners.

Vivek Kejriwal is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of OneWay Cab, a one-way inter-city taxi service. He is responsible for enunciating the overall vision for the company and propagates new service definitions. Vivek handles market analysis and charts out the market expansion plans for OneWay Cab, managing operations, finance and supply chain with deft hands.

A technology graduate from Fergusson College, Pune and MBA from the Asian Institute of Management, Philippines and Vivek has over eight years of experience in handling the nuances of information technology and management.

As a techno-sales professional, Vivek looked after relationship management for global customers in large companies like HCL where he handled a $10 million portfolio. At heart however, he nurtured the dream of becoming an entrepreneur and this motivated him to return to India in 2013, leaving behind a cushy, well-paying job at USA. The same year he successfully launched Baroda Cabs Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara's first radio taxi cab service.

An inherent workaholic and active by nature with a demonstrated history of working in the investment banking industry with interest in Venture Capital, Real Estate, and Corporate Finance. Opportunities in Strategy and Business development excites me. I always look forward to capitalize on the project with a business perspective.

Skilled in Financial modelling, VC introductions,Start up idea evaluation, Strategy and business planning, Structuring financial models, Cash Flows, Microsoft Excel, and marketing. Mastered in Financial consultancy with the experience to work on deadlines and experience of multiple sectors.

Core Competencies:Raising Debt, Structured Finance,Venture Capital, Investment advisory, Wealth Management, Capital market, Project Management, Portfolio Management , Program plan,Team handling & Coordination, Task Allocation, Business Analysis, Client interaction, Business development etc

• Enabling Early-stage Startups to be Investors-Ready.
• Creator of Awesome Pitch Decks that help you get Funded, Fast!
• 10X Sustainable Growth Enabler through Customer Experience.

OMS | Supply Chain | SaaS | Technology | Architecture | FinTech | Payments |

A well-accomplished leader in IT Services with over 33 years of experience, with spanning more than 10 years in the UK, Australia, Singapore and the Middle-East.

He has been involved in Business Discovery, Mergers and Acquisitions, Sustainable Business Models, Serial Entrepreneur over the last 17 years with a mission to help Emerging Companies to scale their business. One of his main strength includes identifying the "niche" within small IT services companies and leverage them for growth within the Emerging Companies Ecosystem.

He believes in creating uncontested market-space and he's also a practitioner of Blue Ocean Strategy Framework.
His expertise lies in Growth Hacking, Digital Marketing, Investment Readiness, Product-Market Fit Assessment and Channel-Product Fit Assessment

An experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental services industry.

He is skilled in Project Management, Waste Solutions, International Relations, Market Research, and English and a strong professional with a Bachelor of Technology focused in Information Technology from JECRC.

Trusted mentor and coach with 28 years in senior leadership roles in India and abroad. Seshadri is an accredited coach from many international institutions, like ICF, Dale Carnegie(USA), Neuro leadership group(Australia) and an advanced NLP practitioner. A hotshot in the field of eastern metaphysics, having accomplished his honours in the Vedas and the Upanishads. With this unique fusion, he brings about peak performance blueprint for organisational turnaround planning and effective interventions with individuals.

A former banker turned writer and entrepreneur with 19 years of experience.

Managing Partner, Hubwords Media LLP, a boutique creative shop with experience in content services, PR, digital marketing, and online branding. (2011-present)

Founder, HerMoneyTalks.com, a digital finance platform for women (a venture of Hubwords Media) (2018- present)

She has 7+ years of corporate experience in banking, customer service, credit appraisal, branch operations, training and team management at ICICI Bank, HDFC Ltd and Reliance General Insurance and 10+ years in communications, branding and new media strategy profession; as a founder of Hubwords Media.

Nisary is also a Consultant, trainer and mentor for budding writers, online branding, creative communications, personal branding and new media strategy. A mentor at various women and startup platforms.

She is passionate about empowering women financially and she has also managed over 80 professional projects involving creative content, editorial management, marketing communication, and online branding.