Avelo Roy

CEO

Kolkata, West Bengal, India18 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Built a million-dollar company by age 22.
  • Mentored over 550 startups, creating 5200+ jobs.
  • Delivered 500+ speaking engagements, including TEDx Talks.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a tech entrepreneur with expertise in startup mentorship and product development across multiple industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Management ConsultingEntrepreneurship

Other Skills

AnalyticsBranding & IdentityBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCompetitive AnalysisConsultingCross-functional Team LeadershipE-commerceEmail MarketingEmotional IntelligenceGoogle AnalyticsKeynote SpeakingLeadershipMarket Research

About

A tech entrepreneur, investor, 4 times TEDx speaker & TV Host, who started his first company at the age of 19 around his patent pending technology while still studying at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He built it to a million dollar valuation by the age of 22 and thereafter established the Krishna House, Krishna Lunch and Krishna talk projects in Chicago for spreading the wisdom of Bhagavad Gita while continuing to build businesses in the US & India with multi-million dollars worth of products and services ranging from consumer electronics, artificial Intelligence systems, healthcare process automation, food science, wireless communications, wearable technology and graphical password applications. His mentorship through Kolkata Ventures in the past 7 years has resulted in 550+ revenue generating startups, 5200+ jobs created. As the great great grandson of Sarojini Naidu, Avelo continues the legacy forward by tirelessly serving the Indian youth through entrepreneurship education using lean startup methodology and management education using principles of Bhagavad Gita. He is an influential youth icon with a monthly reach of 400,000 youths over social media. -500+ speaking engagements including 4 TEDx Talks, Whitehouse Panel for Entrepreneurship Education, Invest India Summit at Rashtrapati Bhavan & TV show with 7.5 million viewers. -Winner of 70+ awards in India, US and Canada. -Featured on 100+ news media in US and India from CNN Money to Times of India. Top Skill: Growth Hacking (integrated tech product development & marketing) Passion: Knowledge sharing (through videos, keynotes and mentorship sessions)

Experience

18 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
11 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Alfred ford school of management

Member Board of Trustees

Jun 2023Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Belgium

Bengal business council - বঙ্গীয় বাণিজ্য পরিষদ

Co-Founder, Director & Governing Body Member

Jun 2020Present · 5 yrs 11 mos · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Management ConsultingProduct MarketingVenture CapitalKeynote SpeakingEntrepreneurship

Comedy munch

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

Jan 2020May 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Delhi Area

Amity online

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

Jun 2019Jul 2023 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Nearify

Investor & Director

Dec 2017Sep 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Acquired Nearify as a dead company and grew it to 300,000 users. It was an artificially intelligent event discovery platform customized to the tastes and preferences of the event-goers.

Atal incubation center

Board Member (BIMTEC, Nitte, BBSR)

Nov 2017Present · 8 yrs 6 mos · Greater Noida, Nitte, Bhubaneswar

International society for krishna consciousness (iskcon)

Advisor for Marketing, Communication & News (US, Europe & India)

Sep 2017Present · 8 yrs 8 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Kolkata ventures

Managing Director

Jun 2016Present · 9 yrs 11 mos · Kolkata, India

  • Kolkata Ventures is a platform where established entrepreneurs help budding entrepreneurs with mentorship, investment, carefully crafted startup courses, networking events and business plan competitions for our next generation of entrepreneurs to learn, lead and succeed.

Ecc engineering pvt. ltd.

Director

Feb 2015Present · 11 yrs 3 mos · Kolkata, India

  • Leading the expansion and growth of a family owned manufacturing business with 25 years of reputation in building bus ducts, control panels and transformers used in power plants, steel plants and other industrial facilities that require power distribution.

Innerworkings

Product Manager & Pre-Sales Engineer

Feb 2014Aug 2014 · 6 mos · Chicago

  • Managed the development and deployment of e-commerce platforms in more than 15 countries for clients like Unilever and MoneyGram International. Also, worked with clients to integrate their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems with our e-commerce sites to enable seamless PunchOut processes.

Pongworks

Investor & Partner

May 2013Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Greater Chicago Area

  • A healthcare automation company meant to build custom products to streamline healthcare billing for hospitals and home healthcare companies. Achieved as high is 90% automation efficiency before getting an exit in 2017.

Narrative science

Consulting Product Manager

Jan 2013Jul 2013 · 6 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • Worked collaboratively with Google Analytics to launch Narrative Science's first B2C product which would take in Google Analytics data and output one page report in business-friendly English translating complicated data into insights and action items followed by future recommendations based on past data. 300 ad agencies from US, Australia & EU helped fine tune the product with their feedback and we had paid users even before we launched.

Omg biscuits

Owner

Jun 2010Oct 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Chicago

  • A food business that had a 600% profit margin started in 21 days from ideation to revenue. This weekend business supported us as we struggled through hard times to launch our wearable tech business, eMotion.

Northwestern university - kellogg school of management

Guest Lecturer

Jun 2009Aug 2014 · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Guest lectured mostly on entrepreneurship and marketing and tech businesses.

Jules f. knapp entrepreneurship center

Project Manager

Jun 2009Aug 2009 · 2 mos

  • Helped startup founders with their business development and technical needs. Services rendered include consultancy related to web technology, marketing and distribution, business plan development, and refining technical and business strategy.

Illinois institute of technology

3 roles

Guest Lecturer

Promoted

May 2009Jan 2019 · 9 yrs 8 mos

  • Frequently guest lecture at Engineering, Marketing and MBA classes to give students a perspective of entrepreneurship from the viewpoint of an engineer.

Undergraduate Research

Aug 2008May 2009 · 9 mos

  • Researched and created a new form of graphical password system that can be implemented on multiple kinds of embedded systems that are equipped with an accelerometer. (Included in the Global and US patent (pending) mentioned above)

Resident Advisor

Jan 2008May 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Upheld policies and expectations in the Residence Halls while creating a healthy community for the student residents.

Emotion group inc.

Cofounder, Inventor & Product Manager

Aug 2007Dec 2012 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Chicago, IL

  • Co-founded eMotion while in college. Built & manufactured the patent-pending product in China, raised venture capital & launched and exited America's first wearable fashion gadget targeting girls aged 8 to 13. This smart necklace called BFF Gemz allowed girls to sync up in the real world, send messages to each other and become a friend authentication device for social networks to protect from cyberbullies, pedophiles and stalkers.

Education

Illinois Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science — Computer Engineering

Jan 2005Jan 2009

University of Cambridge

O Level — AS Level & A2 Level

Jan 2001Jan 2005

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