Results-focused business leader, change agent and designer with 25+ years of experience at Accenture helping Fortune 500 companies implement large scale digital transformation programs. Expertise in growing large businesses, merger integration, start-ups, user centric design, product engineering, product management and innovation. Ankur served on the leadership team that helped grow and scale Accenture Interactive to 9K people, $4BN revenue helping program manage cross functional leadership teams, digital strategies with Fortune 100 companies and the merger and acquisition of several companies to accelerate Accenture’s overall growth trajectory. Entrepreneurship and innovation has always been part of Ankur’s DNA which drove him to found two startups inside of Accenture and helped grow them into material new businesses for the firm whilst authoring 10 patents. His last start up, DAS – Digital Agriculture Service, aimed to help farmers make better operational decisions using telemetry from drones, satellites and sensors in the soil.Post retiring from Accenture, Ankur founded REVEL Moments : a live, unscripted two-way story telling platform aimed to transform the future of fandom by making it simple to create, market and deliver experiences that drive “moments that matter” and serves as its Chief Experience Officer. As a founder of a fast growing start up, Ankur is involved across the business helping support product management, brand development, social media marketing, creating strategic partnerships and drive new business development opportunities. It has become critical to use Ankur’s analytical skills to manage the iterative nature of start up innovation, product management and digital marketing in order to get the most from the limited resources of a start up environment. Ankur is passionate about building new things, driven by the intellectual curiosity of “why could that not work ?” and focused on building products, services and businesses that people want to use vs have to use. Ankur now lives in Glencoe, IL with his two sons and amazing wife. Ankur’s passion for design and technology extends into his personal life where he enjoys building furniture from reclaimed materials, drone racing to get back to his engineering roots and relaxing on the lake with the family to ground himself in what’s truly important.