$3B Advertising and Marketing holding company in Research , PR , Media and Creative Services. EVP and CTO of Stagwell Marketing Cloud responsible for driving innovation ( Product and Engineering Teams) and integration of suite of offerings across Stagwell Global. Key areas of focus: 1. Generative SaaS Solutions to change Client engagement of Marketing stack 2. AI based efficiency tools within agencies to educate, build and drive new products internally3. Media acceleration in a cookieless world with a Integrated Media SolutionTraining, Teaching, Learning and Partnering with Vendors, Agencies and Clients to find optimized value in the marketing stack.Focused on delivery of AI and Gen AI based solutions in marketing and helping teams think creatively in using AI across the marketing landscape.

11.2 Ventures ( formerly K8 Ventures) is an investment fund focused on early stage capital investment and company development. I advise portfolio companies and help with marketing and sales efforts.

Applied Intelligence Practice - Strategy & Consulting , Data Led Transformation , Cloud Analytics , AI/ML based Use cases and Scenario Analysis for Fortune 500 companiesCoP Lead Data Mesh and CMT industry vertical

Investment Committee for the Northwestern Alumni Venture Fund for Series A and Seed investments

Providing guidance, connections to other startups and sales leads , hiring help and Product management guidance to early stage companies in the Acceleprise portfolio. Acceleprise invests in early stage B2B SaaS and enterprise technology companies and unifies the global technology community through mentors.

Seed stage startup in the Recruiting/ HR tech space, Wade & Wendy is building conversational AI chatbots to improve the hiring process. Responsible for product management , marketing , program management and GTM development of support of AI based products and solutions . Enhancing the Chat and user experience as well as building the core engineering product based on AI and ML based enhancements using Agile methodology and processes. Leading the Product , Design and Operations teams. Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, HR Technology, chatbot, and Recruiting

Plumdrop rents curated adventure boxes to Corporate Retreats/Events and Travel/Tour Companies. We use brand analytics and AI based solutions to provide Brands information on audiences to reach.Startup in the product/market fit phase. Was Finalist at Harvard Business School New Venture Competition in NY.

Teach a course on Global Marketing to Seniors and Juniors as an Adjunct Faculty. Rated high by the students and so they call me back every semester.

The DataXu Platform is a real-time bidding platform that shows fifty billion ads for purchase each day, where clients purchase ad space in accordance with the recommendations of DataXu's machine learning algorithm.I work on coming up with new features and functionality for the platform in collusion with engineering and sales. My team focuses on high impact solutions with strong depth in addressing tactical issues of customers.

Adeo Health Science is a research-driven food company with the mission of translating the latest food allergy research into easy-to-use, organic, and trusted products for families. Part Time CTO from inception to Seed Funding stage in helping build out back end platform, Website and security requirements while team focused on R&D and Sales and marketing of a product in much need today.

Mobile Financial Services GTM Strategy and Product Enablement. Mobile Marketing services and new launch of monetization services for Analytics and sales to new customer segments.

Brought in to grow Digital services portfolio with new partnerships and solutions. Responsible for : Strategic Marketing Go-to-Market Planning  Demand Generation Sales Enablement & Business Development  Market Evangelism Partnerships and Alliances: Struck 7 partnership deals  AWS (Amazon Web Services) based Product Management and Launch

Acting CTO for large innovation project spanning New Businesses across the various Opcos. Leading Product development of Key New Business initiatives across the Telecom Group for Cloud (SaaS and IaaS ) M2M/IoT , Mobile Money, Network Deployments and Mobile Advertising.

Reporting to the Head of Digital Services , launched a series of Digital Services projects for Indosat as a Internal Consultant . Projects included - Mobile Advertising , Mobile Money , Mobile Identity, Mobile Big Data , Mobile Cloud Solutions and M2M services.

Responsible for Delivery of Group level initiatives across multiple mobile operators in Middle East and SE Asia. Projects include Mobile Music, Mobile Social Networking, Mobile Money , Service Delivery Platform, Group Intranet and Active Directory. Focus moving into Clouod delivery services like Private Cloud solutions (IaaS ) , Archiving as a Service, VAS as a service and Managed cloud services

The IMS/NGN Forum is the non-profit organizer of IMS/NGN Plugfest(tm) events. The forum also sponsors the largest professional IMS Groups. With over 3,000 participants, this exclusive group touches the entire IMS and NGN ecosystem. Responsibility:• Lead the Plugfest 7 (Diameter interfaces) and Plugfest 8 (OSS/BSS/Security) IOT technical working groups.• Defining, developing and implementing technical plans for IMS/NGN interoperability testing for VoIP, IPTv, mobile multimedia for fixed, wireless and cable broadband • Participate in IMS/NGN forum webinars and round tables at leading conferences Contribute to white papers and marketing activities

Corporate Strategy and M&A house for Tellabs ($1.5B in revenue) company in the Telecom Infrastructure space. Responsibilities included• Managing theend to end strategic process and analyzing findings on Strategic Outlook, prioritization, communication and MarketAnalysis to Senior Management, Board of Directors and Analysts• Conduct and report on industry trends and present Macro Market Reviews, Industry War Gaming and CompetitiveBenchmarking for expansion opportunities, M&A and Internal Performance• Engage with Business unit leaders and managers on defining market value propositions, segmentations,business case development and operational roadmap management (products, distribution, markets,processes etc.), customer analytics – trend monitoring, analysis and reporting perspectives.• Coordinate planning of strategic implementation calendar and annual forecasting and revenue planning activities.

Provide the Telco Industry with a real-time Application Software platform for agile development, deployment and efficient management of VAS, Content Apps, SMS, Roaming, Voice services across current and next generation network technologies. Responsibilities: • Key Member of the Business development team responsible for NA and MENA Customers • Work with Carrier VAS Planning Teams and Product Marketing Teams in all accounts to provide OpenCloud value proposition. Bonus tied to Sales and Revenue to these accounts.• Responsible for all RFx responses, tenders, presentations, consultations, and proposals by providing product information, pricing, and pre-sales site solutions designs.• Sales augmentation & support of customer meetings, presentations, RFP responses, lab trials, trade shows etc.• Work with Systems Integrators to form alliances for joint responses and partnered solutions to Wireless Carriers. Examples: Accenture, InCode, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Sasken etc.• Responsible for technical partner management with Ericsson USA, Nokia Siemens, Motorola and Alcatel-Lucent partnerships and joint strategies• Provide technical leadership in the area of VAS, roaming, billing, any emerging disruptive technologies and mobile services • Track GSM / telecom standards and provide guidelines to engineering, Product Management, product marketing and sales teams

Led support and BD activities for 3 startups in the program. Built out the mobile applications of web startups in the online radion and photo apps space. Helped Befunky.com get to be the Top 5 photo apps on IOS and Android Photos grouping. Built strategic partnerships and built out their financial modeling for seeking next round of investment.

Won the Navteq Location based challenge competition for Best navigation app - Built the app for Parkwhiz which went on to get VC funding. Developed GPS devices for selling into Mid america by sourcing hardware and software components and managed a angel investment of $350K to build , launch and grow the company and handed over operations to the team.

Key Member of the New Business Development team focused on creating Blue Ocean Strategy solutions to bring into the Mobile Marketplace. Key Projects involved included: Mobile Commerce and Advertising, MVNO Strategy and Applications Content services and Motorola Ventures (Assist the Ventures team in understanding the technology space and engage with companies on due diligence in the emerging Mobile ecosystem spaces) Also, Initiated and championed an Intra-prenuership effort within Motorola initiating a new solution for the seamless mobility portfolio. (Very Similar to the Google Grand Central Application). Led and managed a team of 25 towards an on-time quality delivery of the solution.Responsible for senior management approval/review, business development, product management, funding and working with key customers in all the regions. Showcased Motorola thought leadership by presenting at major internal and external conferences/talks.

Identify, develop, market and generate revenue for the Networks Business Unit. Activities included identifying funding, securing third party vendors for solutions and delivery. Responsible for complete P&L management of the Convergence products and increasing market share and revenue quarterly. • Key presenter at marketing launches and key customer visits. • Worked with various handset vendors and developed alliances for testing with Nokia, Motorola and Samsung. • Responsible for all Deployment, Support and Integration Services for the Core Network and latest Softswitch Product Family.• Responsible for Service development spend• Responsible for development of Transmission Services and business development in Europe, Latin America and North America

BSC Release Program Manager • Managed multiple successful projects with the System Validation Labs. • Status & Issue tracking, Risk Identification and resolution, Schedule creation• Mentored New Project Managers into their RoleBSC Release Project Manager • Successfully managed and delivered Call Processing Software• Consistently exceeded PjM team goals and brought project closures with least defects in lifetime.• Rated best Project Manager in the entire division.

RAN Customer Support Engineer • Responsible for working with Account Teams, Field Engineers and Customers to clarify, simulate, investigate and develop a suitable work-around or complete solution. • Interact with Customer and Upper Management to provide Technical Presentations. • Traveled extensively to customer deployment sites.RAN Call Processing Development • Lead developer for the Mobility Manager Handoff Call Processing Software for Mobile Systems.