Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

• As a Forbes Technology Council member, I look forward to collaborating with esteemed leaders in our private forum, where we'll exchange insights & shape the future of technology
• I'm excited to contribute to Forbes.com as well, sharing insights and participating in expert panels alongside fellow experts

Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• Our mission is to educate, train and elevate start-up entrepreneurs to the highest standards, by providing avenues to accelerate their market expansion globally
• One Internet • One Blockchain • One World

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · India

• This programme is designed to nurture and promote the evolution of world-class Indian DeepTech Startups on global diasporas. The NASSCOM DeepTech Club (DTC) programme is dedicated to leverage Indian deep technology companies to solve global challenges.
• DTC tries to find world changing startups that are enabled by AI, ML, AR, VR, IoT, Robotics, Blockchain, NLP and similar technologies. The central focus of the DTC programme is to act as a catalyst in empowering pioneers, in India based deep technology startups and connect them with industry leaders, investors, academia, researchers and government regulators to establish a global deep tech ecosystem impacting physical and digital transformation.
• DTC offers mentoring, nurturing and thriving opportunities to its member companies and trains them to be more innovative, robust and agile. The startup companies at DTC have experienced strategic transformation through industry led confluences, conferences and networking events with the presence of global partners and leaders.
• Launched in 2017, the pursuit of DTC is to reach a mile deep in solving global challenges. Since 2017 the programme has received 900+ applications from pan India. Over the years DTC has helped companies raise $70 million and has brought the deep tech startup companies from the lab to market-ready global ground.

Oct 2020 – Aug 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos · India

• Wadhwani Venture Fastrack (VFT) is an initiative of the Wadhwani Foundation to empower incubators and startup entrepreneurs with knowledge and skills to create high-potential startup businesses that lead to job creation.
• VFT offers structured incubator manager training, an online startup upskilling curriculum as well as on-demand content and connects to entrepreneurs through its technology platform. Our aim is to support entrepreneurs to achieve superior outcomes, including better traction, higher survival rates, and funding opportunities.
• My role is to be the Business Growth Mentor - how should B2B Startups go global in a Customer empowered World. I share my experiences, ideas, initiatives that have work for me, and the ones that haven't. These include
• 1. How to chose a particular Geography / Country to expand
• 2. Focus on creating a unique sales experience
• 3. What should be the GTM strategy? Direct or Channel? Target Market selection.
• 4. How should the startup build the 'Spirit of Insurgency'
• 5. What should the team structure? Investments required? sales tools?

Apr 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai, London, Dubai

• The Operating System for the Enterprise AI World
• Network Science is the Operating System for the Enterprise AI World — enabling organizations to transform AI from scattered pilots and disconnected experiments into a fully integrated, business-critical engine.
• In a world where enterprises struggle with where to start, who to trust, and how to deliver measurable ROI, we provide the clarity, speed, and accountability needed to move from AI curiosity to AI at scale.
• What makes us different?
• 1. AI Office as a Service — We embed dedicated AI teams inside your organization, co-owning strategy, design, and full-scale execution. AI becomes an integral part of your operating fabric, not a side experiment.
• 2. TurinOS — Our proprietary AI Operating System acts as the central control tower, connecting your vision to execution through 400+ curated use cases, real-time market signals, and business-aligned KPIs.
• 3. Deep Ecosystem Advantage — We work with 70+ pioneering AI and Deep Tech startups worldwide, giving you access to innovations that keep you ahead of the curve.
• 4. Proven Impact — 150+ AI projects, 100+ global enterprises, 15+ AI Offices deployed, and 8X ROI delivered across industries and geographies.

Jul 2017 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Responsible for Microland’s business in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Focus is to "Scale-up" the UK business and "Start-up" the Continental Europe presence.
• Microland accelerates the Digital Transformation journey for global enterprises enabling them to deliver high-value business outcomes to their customers. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Microland has more than 3,700 professionals across its offices in Europe, North America, Middle East, Australia and India. Microland enables global enterprises to become more agile and innovative by integration of emerging technologies and the application of automation, analytics and predictive intelligence to their business processes.
• Through "As A Service" engagement model, our focus is on:
• 1. Industrial IOT
• 2. Cloud Adoption and Management
• 3. Next Gen Automation
• 4. Service Integration and Management Services (Application + IT Infrastructure)
• 5. Integrated Life Cycle Security Services
• 6. Software Defined Networks

Sep 2015 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• As an Operating Private Equity Fund, the Firm leverages best in class operational and people management skills and best practices to manage businesses in the sub $250MN range, where domain is seeded and revenue model is established, and now the objective is to accelerate scale & margins.
• First Assignment (16 months) - Chief Commercial Officer for Talentedge, a growth stage Ed Tech Startup. Set up in 2012, it is "Changing the way India learns" as it was first to bring ‘Live & Interactive’ anywhere learning in digital format. Its ability to recreate classroom type interactions in the virtual world has struck a chord with over 3, 00,000 individuals and corporate learners. My primary responsibility was to scaleup "Talentedge for business" which offers solutions to increase sales effectiveness, increase revenue per full time employee, on-boarding cost reduction, employee engagement, compliance enforcement and workplace learning.
• Second Assignment (6 months) - Chief of Solutions (RPO) for PeopleStrong - A leading Indian HR Solutions company, out to bring HR at scale to Indian and international businesses. It is the largest and fastest growing HR solutions company servicing more than 175 Clients with around 1000 employees spread across multiple locations in India. It currently serves 550,000+ users on its HR Technology platform; its helpdesk efficiently solves 1 query every 5 minutes, process 2.5 lakh+ paychecks every month and recruit 50000+ candidates per annum at 250+ locations PAN India. My primary responsibility was to support the sales team with techno - commercial solutions for generating and winning multi-year, complex, business case driven outsourcing engagements.

Nov 2012 – Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Primarily responsible to grow business in the emerging markets (India and Middle East)
• Part of the Leadership Council to steer the company towards sustained and profitable growth
• Lead strategy and transformation initiatives for India and Middle East businesses
• Be a CIO partner in driving key initiatives in Microland – Client engagement
• Be part of Quarterly Business Reviews with all existing clients to help steer growth and increase acceptance of Microland in multiple other areas
• Focus on globalization of existing client relationships
• Work towards converting input – based engagements to outcome – focused engagements
• Build a high – performance, result – oriented team that focuses on building Trust through transparency, flexibility and innovation with their clients
• Key Achievements:
• India business has grown 80% over last Financial Year
• Middle East business has grown 100% over last Financial Year
• Led a team to win a multi – year, multi – million dollar deal with a large financial institution

Apr 2012 – Oct 2012 · 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Formerly known as TPI
• To establish TPI in the consulting, benchmarking and Governance Services space in India
• Collaborate with Indian clients across verticals to identify key pain areas and create a sustainable business model
• Customer acquisition through disruptive innovation and questioning conventional wisdom
• Work with Service Providers to identify their core strengths so as to help clients select the right partners
• Provide oversight to all projects and act as an escalation point.
• Increase brand acceptance through marketing initiatives – participation in industry events, TPI branded events and specific initiatives around customer communication.
• Create a 3 year business plan for India geo

May 2009 – Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Responsible to establish HCL in the Strategic Outsourcing and Managed Services market in India
• Portfolio to be established – Business – aligned IT, Total Outsourcing, Asset – Light Outsourcing, Operations Outsourcing, Infrastructure and Application Operations Managed Services
• Create a high performance team to do Business Development across India goaled on providing value – based, multi-services, Proactive IT approach to clients.
• Work closely with various partners to create a service delivery framework specific to the Indian market.
• Work closely with the Marketing and Communications team to create HCL’s brand in India for Strategic Outsourcing and Managed Services

Jun 2006 – Apr 2009 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• P&L responsibility for HCL Technologies for setting up of operations bringing in the right combination of business development, growth and profitability to the company. Break-even in the first year of operations itself and highly successful venture there-after
• Set-up operations in the Middle East with complete responsibility for Sales, Marketing, Projects and overall operations. Build the team from scratch spread across Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Program Management.
• Established direct operations in UAE, SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) in Saudi Arabia and partnerships in other GCC countries.
• Signed contracts across the complete portfolio for HCL Technologies including Application Development, Enterprise Application Services (Oracle, SAP, Microsoft), Enterprise Content Management Solutions (Documentum, FileNet, IBM), Enterprise Transformation Services (IT Consulting Services), Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) Services & BPO services
• Executive Sponsor for key customer engagements including the largest services contract signed by HCL in Middle East (a $25mn Operations Outsourcing engagement)
• Worked very closely with Marketing team to create HCL brand in the region – brand building through exhibitions, press event, speaking at various industry forums, customer newsletters
• Key Achievements:
•  Setup HCL Operations in Saudi Arabia & UAE
•  Awarded as the “Best Initiative” in 2008
•  Established HCL’s first “common front-ending” business development team addressing the entire portfolio
•  Sponsor for “Glocal” Ecosystem Engagement Partnership with the largest ISP in Saudi Arabia

May 2001 – Jun 2006 · 5 yrs 1 mo

• Responsible for Infrastructure Services Sales in Enterprise segment in Western region
• Team Lead of 8 experienced sales account managers
• Sales and Marketing responsibility offering key business Infrastructure solutions which includes Network Connectivity (Terrestrial Links, VPNs, VSATs), Network Security (Firewalls, IDS, Two Factor Authentication and Security Life Cycle Management), Network Management (Remote Management through Network Operations Center) and Network Intelligence.
• Responsibilities include understanding the client's business, need generation, cost-benefit analysis, preparation of techno-commercial proposals, presentations and ensuring win for HCL Comnet - Key Account and Relationship Management including Project Management.
• Key segments handled by team: IT / ITeS, Private BFSI and Manufacturing & Distribution

Jun 1997 – May 1999 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Worked in the Power Systems Group handling various projects ranging from Relay Co-ordination to Electrical System revamp to Islanding studies for many clients. Job profile included understanding the client's system completely, feasibility studies, vendor appraisal and approval, inspection, commissioning activities and cost-benefit analysis.