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Neel Bhatia

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India33 yrs 5 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led foreign investment initiatives across multiple regions.
  • Co-founded a technology alliance to support startups.
  • Successfully launched a national startup ecosystem platform.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the SaaS and Telecommunications sectors, focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyTeam ManagementProduct ManagementEntrepreneurshipBusiness AlliancesProgram Management

Other Skills

Business DevelopmentCloud ComputingCollaborationCompetitive AnalysisConsultingCross-functional Team LeadershipData CenterEcosystem AlignmentEcosystem DevelopmentEnterprise SoftwareForeign Direct InvestmentGo-to-market StrategyIT StrategyIntegrationManagement

About

A professional leader with passion and proven track record transcending several streams in the career journey of nearly three decades. Energetic to build and nurture high impact team. Building trusted relationships for success. Enthusiastic to take an idea/initiative from concept to deployment in reality, brings with him years in the Industry with proven business leadership in strategy and execution and a hunger for launching of ‘new’ initiatives, products and services. In the last decade have focused on innovation and innovation frameworks, defining of new product/service ventures, Intrapreneurship, build out of strong alliances and eco-systems, business strategy/modeling and value creation. He is adept at product planning and its intercept with business strategy, negotiating successful wins, influencing venture capital and establishing strong CxO and industry relationships. Under his leadership he and his team have taken product and service ideas from concept stage and power point to making them material with real customers and building alliances leading and negotiating win-win business deals with partners around the globe. He possesses a good balance of expertise between business acumen and technology delivery and has the ability to set strategic direction for either a team or a project and deliver on that vision by executing and evolving the strategy; see it all the way through. In recent times Neel led Asia, ASEAN, OCEANA, and MENA for driving business growth for Invest India as the Chief Economic Relations Officer. He also led the Intel Startup Program and co-founded the Plugin Alliance held APAC regional and global initiatives. Neel enjoys mentoring and building teams and nurturing ideas and upcoming entrepreneurs. It's fun and a learning experience and journey always.

Experience

Invest india

2 roles

Sr. Vice-President and Chief Economic Relations Officer - Asia, Oceana, Pacific and MENA Geographies

Promoted

Dec 2024Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • In my role at Invest India, I lead efforts to enhance foreign direct investment across diverse regions, including Asia, Oceana, and MENA. By developing region-specific strategies and understanding investor needs, I have successfully driven growth initiatives that align with India's economic objectives. My leadership has fostered collaboration within my team, resulting in significant advancements in attracting global industries and services.
Business StrategyForeign Direct InvestmentTeam LeadershipTeam Management

Sr. Vice-President and Chief Incubation Officer

Apr 2024Dec 2024 · 8 mos

  • Prior to being the CERO, Neel was the Chief Incubation Office responsible for leading the Startup India Hub and lead the Foreign Institutional Investors initiative (FII). During this tenure Neel led his team to define, productize and launch BHASKAR the prestigious National Startup ecosystem platform in a very short duration. On the FII initiative Neel has set the foundation by putting together the team already. He is leading his team to build one of its kind in India a Foreign Investor’s Alliance in the financial ecosystem for the various stakeholders to get an one vantage view of the challenges of this ecosystem and collaborate together to build a framework to achieve the nation’s ambition and drive more Foreign investment in India.
Startup EcosystemProduct LaunchTeam BuildingProduct ManagementEntrepreneurship

Plugin alliance

Co-Founder - Plugin Alliance

Aug 2021Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • With the belief that no single company or individual can lift or drive an entire ecosystem, "collaborate to innovate" became the motivation and motto. At Intel Startup Program along with my team co-conceived and co-built the industry wide technology alliance to support startups and ecosystem in the Industries 4.0 arena.
CollaborationEcosystem DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipBusiness Alliances

Intel corporation

9 roles

Sr.Director and Head: Intel Startup Program + Incubation Initiatives (Education, rural connectivity)

Promoted

Jan 2020Apr 2024 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Built and grew Intel's foray into the Startup Ecosystem in India by establishing with my team one of its kind "Intel's Startup Program" into one of industry's leading corporate startup programs. Nurturing and mentoring startups cross spectrum as a passion, built and evolved subject matter experts across domains within Intel. Believing in the mantra collaborate to Innovate Intel founded the Plugin Alliance first of its Technology collaboration Alliance on advancing smart industries through Industries 4.0 innovation.
  • Led the Intel's Rural connectivity initiative on Wireless Ove Wire (WoW) complete from solution conceptualizing, ecosystem alignment to pilot deployment making a lab project move closer to reality.
  • Led Education initiative for Intel's pilot worldwide foray into STEM Education product and opportunity fitment from opportunity to concept to idea definition and pilots with real deployments.
Startup EcosystemMentoringRural ConnectivityEntrepreneurshipProgram Management

Head - Blockchain and Security Ecosystems, APAC Region

Jan 2017Jan 2020 · 3 yrs

Entrepreneurship

Director - IP Scouting - IP Group

Promoted

Jan 2015Jan 2017 · 2 yrs

Entrepreneurship

Director and Head, Customer Support - Intel Aepona, Software and Services Group

Jan 2014Jan 2015 · 1 yr

Venture Head/General Manager-Content/Media Screen Services+Director APJ Region-PC Client Services

Jan 2011Jan 2014 · 3 yrs

Entrepreneurship

Associate Investment Director - New Business Initiatives (NBI)

Jan 2009Jan 2011 · 2 yrs

Entrepreneurship

Director, IT@Intel - Asia

Promoted

Jun 2006Jun 2009 · 3 yrs

Entrepreneurship

Head, IT@Intel Program - Greater Asia Region (Program Manager)

Jul 2002Jun 2006 · 3 yrs 11 mos

India Project Manager - Data Center Consulting Services, Communications Product Group (CPG)

Jun 2000Jul 2002 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Computer associates

Sr Consultant and India PM

Jan 1999Jan 2000 · 1 yr

Reuters

Head - Projects and Telecommunications

Jun 1996Jan 1999 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Modi olivetti

Head, Western Region, Services Divsion, Oliservice

Jan 1992Jan 1996 · 4 yrs

Education

Xavier Institute Of Management and Research

Marketing Management — Marketing Management

Jan 1997Jan 1998

Thadomal Shahani Engineering College

BE — Electronics

Jan 1984Jan 1991

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