Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Redmond, Washington, United States

• HiveGPT is AI agents for personalization, at scale. A Social27 company.
• AI-driven marketing campaigns, seamless event planning, and secure AI models. From creating buzz to booking meetings, our platform facilitates every step – from crafting campaigns and landing pages to orchestrating events.

Jul 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 8 mos · Redmond, WA, USA

• Built $12M ARR with focus on meeting my customers needs for business acceleration with Virtual and Hybrid Events.
• Grow the team and keep them motivated and happy!! More at: http://social27.com
• Customers: Microsoft, UN, UW, CapGemini, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Starbucks...

Jan 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · Greater Seattle Area

• MyActivityPal / TurnUpp: A mobile messaging and social activity app. Developed the app, raised $5M in funding, 100K+ downloads. Growth not according to plan- shut the app and returned $3.5M to investors,

Dec 2007 – Aug 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Led the $60M acquisition of the retail company with 1500 employees and 50+ stores across India.
• Took over as CEO and restructured the entire organization, the digital transformation led to record sales, full accountability and savings across the company.
• About Indiabulls Group:
• The Indiabulls Group is a listed (National Stock Exchange India and Bourse De Luxembourg) very sucessfull group of companies with a market cap of USD 4 Billion. Leading the Real Estate, Power and Financial Services sector in India and hopefully the Retail industry soon.

Oct 2004 – Nov 2007 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Developed the Mobility Solutions Competency
• (WW Windows Mobile Partner Program) from scratch and grew it to a vibrant ecosystem of 1500+ partners Worldwide.
• 1) The fastest growing competency in Mocrosoft Partner Program.
• 2) Highest Partner Satisfaction scores.
• 3) 90% partner renewal YOY.
• 4) Led very sucessfull cross competency Awareness, Recruitment, Partner satisfaction and Re-enrollment campaigns ww (US, Canada, EMEA, APAC and LATAM).

Oct 2000 – Sep 2004 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• Marketing Manager: WW Partner Team
• 1) Drove Partner Experience (partner research & feedback, business analysis, marketing strategy, UI, Design, data flow, support, branding, messaging, measurement etc) for the WW Microsoft for Partners web site.
• 2) Developed strategy for and launched the ISV / Developer business community, the Windows Server 2003 Readiness Program, the ISV newsletter, the ISV Breadth strategy programs (ISV Empower, Touchdown etc.)
• 3) Planned, developed, implemented and strategically followed through on all primary research projects related to Microsoft for Partners website (SAT surveys, UI Labs, 14 focus groups etc.)
• 4) Owned positioning and delivery of strategic GTMs (Secure Connected Infrastructure, Intranets & Portals) in the Microsoft for Partners online campaign center.
• 5) Represented the Microsoft Partner team in company wide initiatives like Microsoft Search, Microsoft Support (PSS), Online Seminars, and Community.

Jan 2000 – Sep 2000 · 8 mos

• Helpshare:
• Web Service company / ASP providing Q&A and related knowledge management solutions in P2P community space
• 1) End to end responsibility for client acquisition plans, partnership & affiliate marketing, user retention and loyalty programs, web advertising campaigns, competitive intelligence and profiling, budgeting, analytical measurement & reporting of user behavior and related statistics.
• 2) Successfully generated and implemented above-mentioned programs for 3 major partner account integrations.
• 3) Achieved tremendous Project management success by leading cross-functional teams in crunched time and tight deliverable schedules.
• 4) Assisted the CEO in business development efforts by identifying and preparing strategic value prepositions for potential partners.