Ashvin Sologar Email & Phone Number

Global

Kalido is an AI-powered, privacy-first, real-time opportunity platform for individuals, enterprises & communities that supercharges worker well-being, business productivity & innovation. Proprietary AI enables all users to develop dynamic, intent-driven, 360 - degree personas which trigger personalised opportunity matches across trusted networks. This enables enterprises to reconfigure work and step-up productivity whilst improving employee well-being, laying the foundations of a more sustainable, trust-based economy. As a network of networks, Kalido connects ever-expanding pools of skills and opportunities to enhance economic outcomes for all users in unprecedented ways.Notable achievements:• Built a company with my co-founders that has raised ~20m USD, is a World Economic ForumTechnology Pioneer, and serves clients including one of the world's largest IT outsourcingcompanies, with >80,000 users in a single deployment• Led the creation and execution of our strategy, including a pivot from B2C to B2B• Built an inclusive culture, operating workflows and people processes that consistently drivetop-decile delivery in an environment that our hires frequently say is better than any they havepreviously experienced• Led the creation of the entire product, including hundreds of features and four distinct AIengines, delivered faster and at radically lower cost than our competitors, while simultaneouslyachieving GDPR, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliance• Currently, I lead a team of 40, covering Strategy, Operations and Compliance, spread across 3continents• Previously, I have managed functions including Finance, Marketing, Human Capitaland Legal; In these roles, I have mentored a strong group of managers, including some whohave gone on to start their own companies

Global

• Helped build and finance the world’s highest quality and most cost-efficient producer of steelmill balls• Today, Yellowstripe is the largest producer of its kind in Southern Africa• By combining scrap and hydroelectricity to produce new steel products, we have also built a leader in sustainability• As a Director, I now provide guidance on growth strategy, finance, technology, and risk management, among other topics

London, United Kingdom And Johannesburg, South Africa

Led McKinsey's Africa-based work on technology topics for energy, mining, transport and logistics clients; and helped our clients to improve asset productivity through capital productivity, front-line change management, operations advisory, and mobile apps.- Co-developed our proprietary Digital Influence Model approach to driving organisational change quickly at scale through technology-enablement- Improved freight rail operations by more than 15%, including development of a mobile app to improve transparency of yard activity, and improvement of mine/rail/port interfaces- Improved power plant outage management by more than 20%, including development of a mobile app to coordinate issue tracking live across contractors and sites

- Designed a detailed cloud services strategy for a global IT player- Worked with a national rail, port and pipeline provider to help divisions create robust implementation plans for an ambitious multi-year strategy to double business volumes- Helped a large IT services firm clarify its infrastructure and cloud strategy- Helped a large Asia-Pacific infrastructure player choose among network expansion options for a 1 billion USD capital spending plan, identifying savings worth more than 300m in the process.- Built and ran the transformation office for a large aerospace defense manufacturer operating across two continents- Helped an African rail operator to refine a resource allocation and customer demand alignment process for freight- Ran a rapid operations diagnostic for the rollingstock maintenance division of a large freight and coal railway and reviewed the sale strategy as it prepared for privatization- Developed a BI function and ran a BI project pilot for workforce planning in healthcare

- Designed a strategy for a national children’s charity, from vision and purpose definition to investment prioritisation and organisational implications- Assisted a large global bank in developing and executing an expense management program to reduce non-headcount costs by >20% within 12 months- Created a cost curve for water supply and demand projections to 2030 in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, including economic analysis of emerging water-related technologies- Helped a large European corporate bank develop an active credit portfolio management system, resulting in a fundamental shift in its real estate portfolio management approach, and eventual shuttering of its marine lending facility- Developed an IT governance structure for a major national healthcare provider, including a clear supply/demand split through the design of new executive roles, an accompanying investment process and a high-level talent management program.

• Developed competitive strategy for products in utility sector• Marketed and launched software products for intelligent management of electrical grids

Designed algorithms to evaluate genetic syndromes in children using photogrammetry and fMRI

Tested and debugged HMI software for the electric utility industry

Constructed and tested Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) for a SCADA system

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

France and Singapore campuses

Bachelor Of Science, Computer And Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Gamma Delta