May 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

• Helping build Zeev to power the retail ecosystem in India
• Assist in Strategy, Marketing & Fund raising.

Dec 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Helping companies grow exponentially across geographies leveraging Digital, People and Alliances.

Mar 2017 – Present · 9 yrs · Thiruvananthapuram Area, India

• We bring businesses and customers together.
• We believe in harnessing the collective intelligence of human mind and the power of technological advancements in delivering sustainable value to businesses and their customers.
• DIRO focuses on Innovation Factory (taking ideas, that solve business problems, to market), Global Marketing / GTM Services, Business Growth Advisory, Idea Funding.
• http://www.diroglobal.com

Feb 2014 – Jul 2014 · 5 mos · Singapore

• Advisory geared towards Business Development/JV opportunities and Technology M&A
• Since Feb 3rd results achieved:
• ✓ 130+ prospective investors sourced - Private placement team - Down stream of more than 120 prospects
• ✓ 5 member advisory team which is world class put into the company
• ✓ 1 MOU established with the largest healthcare group in Kerala
• ✓ Internal PMO resource was hired through referral

Oct 2009 – Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 2 mos

• EGUARDIAN has evolved to become one of the leading information technology solutions providers in Asia with more than 100 employees in 4 countries. EGUARDIAN's solutions and services, inclusive of Acceleration, Availability, Security, Storage and Virtualisation address crucial aspects of business continuity, availability, security and regulatory compliance.

May 2008 – Jun 2014 · 6 yrs 1 mo

• Qiuinc and IndigoEdge have a strategic alliance which enables SME's and Start-up's expand and roll out internationally a lot quicker and aids the go-to-market for companies coming into any of the Asian markets. Complimentary networks,skill sets and knowledge bases.We offer end-to-end services for our clients like Corporate Finance support, JV/M&A advisory, Market and Opportunity assessment, Business Development and Sourcing advisory,Operations and turnaround consulting, etc..

May 2007 – Dec 2020 · 13 yrs 7 mos · Doesn't Matter

• ♦ International Business Development
• ♦ Strategic Alliances,Due-diligence and Deal sourcing
• ♦ International expansion - Capital, Network, Knowledge and People
• ♦ Expansion: People, Infrastructure for global expansion
• in Europe, US, South America, South Africa, Middle East, India, SE Asia,
• Japan and Australia
• 2007: Relocated to Singapore to explore business opportunities.
• Probably over paid for services and put under effort to go after business.
• 2008: Through an investment group, got involved in the digital signage wave going on in
• Asia. Finding companies with contracts, introductions.half of 2008 witnessed the recession. Survived. Barely.
• 2009: Spent a lot of time at the gym since most clients(Startups) where not doing much
• or had evaporated into thin air. IN addition, moved the
• Qiu Inc model more mid market to focus on midsize firms. Locked in Europe, Brazilian,African, Japanese, Indian
• and US business partners.
• 2010: Wanted to test out the expansion platform created by Entrepreneurs who are globally
• dispersed and get a kick out of helping clients win in their market/or set of markets. Brought
• CAV Asia - Branch/spin off investment from CAV Japan to Singapore markets.
• Focused less on Qiu Inc and more on CAV Asia. With 30K in the bank, increased revenue
• with 0 full time employees to around $800K+ in 14 months.(Contracts with all large consumer electronics retailers in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia)
• 2011/2012: Having put the CAV Asia business on auto pilot by June 2011. Mind was itching to do
• something else. Started an Ad-network, aggregated other websites and inventory to push it to around 260Mn+ users worldwide. At peak was doing around 80-90M impressions a day.
• Went back to soul searching. My mistakes are my skills. My knowledge is
• what i don’t know YET.Core skills are understanding and evaluating business
• problems, finding collaborators -co-founders, building team & development of an out of the box solution that will annihilate competition.

Apr 2006 – May 2007 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Independent Consultant for OPNET Technologies in Asia.
• First guy in the market for the then NASDAQ listed firm.
• Business Development and Strategy - Asia Pacific and Japan
• OPNET was acquired much later (2012) by Riverbed Technology

Sep 2000 – Mar 2006 · 5 yrs 6 mos

• International Business Development - Japan and India.
• Managed relationships with customers in the Engineering/Automotive/R&D and Banking and Financial services sectors.
• Sabbatical from Wipro to do an MBA from INSEAD in 05.