Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Founder Mental Health Pledge is a coalition of startup investors, founders, and leaders coming together to destigmatize and encourage mental healthcare for founders and the greater startup community as a business imperative. Visit FounderPledge.com to learn more and take the pledge.

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · India

Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

Feb 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

May 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Helping Eagle10 Ventures with Early Stage Startups curation, Community building and expanding investor network.

Feb 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Working towards expanding our latest venture of Recycling of Used Lead-acid batteries and related Polypropylene Plastic Waste for a long-lasting sustainable life of our mother earth.
• As an investor, interested in and exploring Innovative Tech and Business models (PAYG : Pay as you go, rent-to-own) in the field of Blockchain, AI / ML, Self-driving / connected vehicles, Data Science / Data Analytics, IOT, AR / VR / MR, Big Data, BMS (Battery Management systems), EMS (Energy Management systems), DC-DC Inverterless, Graphene, Li-ion Batteries, Nano materials.
• Sauroville, is also about bringing social change and delivering significant Positive Impact on Bottom of Pyramid (BoP), while working in a sustainable for-profit mode, offering solutions to recycle Lead-acid Batteries scrap and related plastic waste material.

Jun 2015 – Jun 2017 · 2 yrs · Gurgaon, India

• (Merged with Sauroville Tech)
• We aggressively expanded our Business Associate network all over India to install our Smart Clean Energy Generation / Storage Systems and distribute Solar panels, Solar Batteries, E-rickshaw Batteries under the brand name SOLARIO.
• With the help of experienced industry leaders and experts in the field of Solar PV Modules and Power Plants, SOLARIO GreenTech also engaged in Solar Rooftops, KW (KiloWatt) and MW (MegaWatt) scale power plant projects all over India.
• Also explored new technologies in the field of nano materials, IOT, Big Data, Data analytics, BMS (Battery Management systems), EMS (Energy Management systems), DC-DC Inverterless.
• Conceptualised the idea of IOT Monitoring for Lead-acid batteries storage (along with Solar PV) at home or in a moving E-rickshaw, to continuously monitor the health of the Battery (Deep discharge, Overcharge, short of water, remaining life etc) to avoid surprises, to enhance Consumer Experience, reduce battery AMC (maintenance cost), to plan spare parts or service battery availability at the service center.

Jul 2013 – May 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Vinay was involved in Sales & Marketing, Strategy, Technology Platform Selection and continuous Enhancements, Vendor Selection, Product Placements, P&L, Analytics, Hiring. Performance Reviews, HR Policy Formation. Branding, PR
• With a clear focus on profitability numbers, reached the peak of 100 orders per day starting from 1 order per week.
• Successfully created a Vastradi brand on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Vastradi/) with more than 130K likes and consistently high rating, using both organic and paid methods.
• Helped the Team of 10+ employees to Study sales trend independently on various e-commerce marketplaces (Amazon, eBay, Flipkart, Snapdeal) and allocate products accordingly to increase product sales
• He created and Managed company’s home website (using Magento open source) and guided the team to upload products of dedicated vendors after analysis of user click patterns through Google Analytics .
• Migrated, Controlled and monitored procure-to-pay cycle for order processing activities through e-commerce platform, Shopify, by continuous guidance to cross-functional teams
• Evaluated, Negotiated, Finalised and Signed contracts and coordinated with suppliers/vendors/ logistics Partners such as shipping companies (FedEX), local freight forwarders and trading agents to provide best delivery experience to customers
• Guided the team in Creation of new sub categories and pricing depending upon popularity and Best selling models.

Apr 2012 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Vinay was part of India Sales team driving various sales initiatives towards Indian operators /Service Providers for the following product lines:
• A2P (Application to Person) Messaging Service for Enterprise, primarily for those who need reliable International /domestic SMS to be sent.
• Focused on Foreign Banks, MNCs, Travel portals, Insurance companies who have international customers or end users receiving messages in India.

Oct 2011 – Apr 2012 · 6 mos

• Conceptualised, Advised and Mentored the development of an Online Social Karaoke singing platform, which was eventually licensed to a major Online Music Portal for their Karaoke App.
• The key distinguishing feature about the product is that it analyzes user's voice in real time and provides singing score. Its all about having fun with singing !
• During the stint, Vinay worked on various startup Sales Strategy, Business Development, Social Media Marketing, Pay-per-click Advertising, Social Media Campaigning, Facebook Marketing, Go-to-Market Strategy,

May 2010 – Oct 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Vinay led ip.access, a specialist of IP based 2G and 3G picocells/femtocells in-building solutions, in solving in-building access problems for Indian & Srilankan mobile operators, opening up new revenue streams while defending existing business.

Oct 2008 – May 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Has been directly responsible of handling business worth over $25M and helped service providers turn the complexities of convergence into competitive advantage, through rational network evolution, new services, and enhanced customer experience
• Won the President's Award for over-achieving the Sales Targets consistently.
• For more than two decades, Telcordia has supported leading communications companies around the globe with a robust, end-to-end portfolio of software, services, and research that spans key functions including:
• Planning & Engineering: GIS-based systems for planning, designing, engineering, and documenting complex communications networks
• Fulfillment: a flexible, proven approach for managing inventory, provisioning automation, fallout resolution, and number management
• Service Delivery & Charging: a set of service creation and control enablers for creating and deploying advanced services for fixed, mobile and converged operators
• Service Assurance: multi-layer, configurable service quality solutions that enhance customer experience

Apr 2006 – Oct 2008 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• As a Sales & Business Development Manager, Vinay was responsible for relationship management with Marketing / Network / IT / VAS team of Telecom operators / Service providers.
• Vinay has always been in relentless search for new business ideas, products or partnerships which can help customers to enhance the value for the end consumers.
• He also managed and led successfully a team of solution architects for various solutions.
• Having a rich experience in IT and Telecom Software domain in various roles like Sales, Business Development, Account Manager, Entrepreneur, Pre-sales, and Consultant that helped him in creating:
• Expertise in business modeling / cases
• Deep domain knowledge in wireless technologies and standards
• Expertise in providing business / sales support for multi-million, multi year technology contracts
• Expertise in creating the response for RFI, RFPs.
• Expertise in creating solutions, setting up teams.
• Primary focus on winning net new business from existing customer base
• Key Skills: Relationship Building & Management, Networking, Customer and 3PP Commercial & Contract Negotiations, Entrepreneur Skills, Business Acumen, Communication and Presentation skills, General Mangement, Consultative Selling, People Management
• Under the broad vision of Ericsson, Vinay managed Sales and Business Development of product portfolio from Multimedia Business Unit towards Telecom Operators which consists of following verticals:
• Telecom Management - IN Prepaid Charging platform / Content Charging
• Content and Media solutions - Mobile TV / Video Gateway / Streaming Solutions
• Service Delivery Platform - Transcoding, DRM, CMS
• Service Layer - Device Management (OTA) / Next generation messaging Over IP, Message Router, WAP gateway, SMSC, MMSC, IM and Presence solution, LBS and Systems Integration services.
• 3PP VAS and Multimedia solutions

Mar 2005 – Apr 2006 · 1 yr 1 mo

• As an Account Manager, Vinay handled Account management, Sales and Business Development activities for telecom software solutions and VAS products with Telecom Operators as customers.
• Managed the relationship at all the levels across IT, Network and Marketing departments of customer.
• XIUS -bcgi (a division of Megasoft Ltd) is (f/k/a XIUS) a part of the iLabs group (www.ilabsgroup.com).
• Established in 1994, Megasoft is a publicly traded company listed in the Bombay stock exchange (BSE) with major funds including Carlson (Sweden), Prudential, HDFC, Tata Mutual and others holding greater than 20 % of the company’s outstanding equity base.
• Megasoft is an SEI CMM Level 4 company that operates out of USA, UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Germany, and in Hyderabad and Chennai in India.

Jun 1999 – Jul 2003 · 4 yrs 1 mo

• Hughes Software System (Now Aricent) is one of the leaders in the Telecom Software world. Company has changed its name to Flextronics Software System and subsequently to Aricent.
• In his role of Senior Inside sales Executive, Vinay helped the Sales and BD managers in the field with the knowledge of opportunities available in the market, market research and study and Cold calling the potential customers.
• Vinay also Worked as a Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer, wherein he provided onsite consultancy for design and development of Softswitch, SS7 protocol Layers (ISUP / MTP3 / MTP2) and GPRS SNDCP to Multinational customers.
• In the process, he got involved in studying, implementing and testing various specifcations like ETSI GSM 02, 03, 04series, CCS#7, ISUP Q.761-Q.764 etc.