Feb 2011 – Present · 15 yrs 4 mos · Greater Atlanta Area

• Besharam, an XBIZ award winning brand, is India’s favorite adult store for 8 years now.
• Showcasing over 120 brands and over 2000 unique products on its beautiful website IMbesharam.comm we have over 1M+ orders delivered in India, Middle East & Indian subcontinent. With over 15,000+ positive reviews online, over 250,000 fans and followers on its social media channels, we are not only the most popular but also the most talked about Adult Brand featured in over 120 media articles and features including Maxim, Yourstory, TechInAsia, Yahoo, Times of India, Economic Times, Zee News, Star TV, XBIZ, EAN, Entrepreneur, VICE and many many more.
• Besharam means Shameless, but in essence Besharam is about speaking up and expressing yourself, without any fear or stigma from the society. The brands purpose has evolved over the last 9 years of existence from being am online safe place to access pleasure products, to now being the voice of millions of Indians who strive for equality and diversity, both in bedroom and outside of it. In short, Besharam is about democratizing sex & pleasure.
• We are a US company, founded by US citizens, with over 50 years combined business experience. The HQ is in Atlanta, GA with offices in India, UK & Ukraine.
• Besharam will launch the Global #AdultStore for NRIs in Summer 2021.
• Website: www.IMbesharam.com
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/IMbesharam
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/IMbesharam
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/IMbesharam
• Youtube: www.youtube.com/IMbesharam

Feb 2010 – Aug 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos · Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• My love for food, music and Bollywood cinema gave birth to this casual dining concept with a Bollywood Theme: Bollywood Cafe. We designed the restaurant with an eclectic and modern Bollywood theme, complete with a lip smacking variety menu and a cinematic ambience with a 100ft screen for Bollywood entertainment, a patio for outdoor events and movie screenings and a very urban dining area for quick casual and clean service. After supervising the marketing and operations at Bollywood Cafe for two years, we sold the business as I had decided to pursue my next vision of an Internet brand that I can scale up quicker, faster and with greater efficiency.
• Website: www.bollywoodcafe.us Facebook: facebook.com/bollywoodcafe

Nov 2009 – Present · 16 yrs 7 mos · Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• ShiningStar Entertainment represents Bollywood Celebrities in USA & Canada. We promote them in our network, negotiate appearances and performances, assist and coordinate with managing musical and dance events while handling their branding and presence in North America. We have worked with several major events like IIFA Awards in Canada (2011) and USA (2014), as well as small regional events like Mika Singh & Sunny Leone tour in 2015, Shabana Azmi's - Broken Images, Abhijeet Musical Tour.
• Our office is in Tampa area, and we cater to markets in GA, FL and TX.
• Official Website: www.shiningstarusa.com

Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 · 4 yrs · Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• After working as a sub-dealer for AT&T for over two years, and armed with great business knowledge and expertise, I signed up directly with AT&T as a Premier Dealer for Cellular Sales & Service. We took over three AT&T failing locations and converted them to be top sellers in NFL market within 9 months. From sales of under 60activations a month, We took each location to averaging 225 activations per month. My team of 28 super motivated and experienced professionals including sales and customer service, achieved a fantastic record breaking sale quota in 2008 by crossing $4M in sales and winning two awards 1.Top Dealer: North Florida Region 2007 and 2. Top Seller AT&T 2008
• After a very successful stint for 3 years, and 5 locations, in 2010 we ended our contract with AT&T as the market had got into a slump and it was no longer profitable to run dealership for AT&T.

Aug 2004 – Mar 2010 · 5 yrs 7 mos · Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• This was my first work position after moving to the US. I partnered with a friend and we owned and operated 5 premium dealerships for AT&T Wireless (formerly Cingular Wireless) with a workforce of 32 professionals in various high traffic locations in the north & west florida region. We literally turned around AT&T profitability in the very low revenue generating region of WFL. After having learned the ropes of this industry, I went ahead and signed up directly as an Premier Dealer with AT&T in 2006

Dec 2003 – Jan 2009 · 5 yrs 1 mo

• Own and Operate multiple brand stores for FMCG products sold via kiosk retail outlets in busy malls in west florida region. Imported primarily from China.

Sep 1996 – Nov 2003 · 7 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Right in school, I wanted to do something of my own and wanted the extra cash. So when this opportunity came in, I jumped in while managing my school. Fantoosh was a brand of low priced garments for men & kids and was launched only a year ago. I was offered to manage and own their 7th location in 1996. I learned the operations and processes pretty quick and opened the second store within 6month of the first. After that we added 3 more stores. By Dec1999 I had 5 high volume fashion garment locations for Fantoosh India, which by then had become a giant brand of 200+ locations and one stop shop for garments for the low income & middle class population in India. I handled their branding and PR as well as their digital advertising from 1999 to 2003