Gunjan Bagla ✔ Email & Phone Number

Malibu, California, Us

Performed full-spectrum India market engagement for major clients, from prospecting, to sale to delivery and execution.• Advised top management of the world’s largest tree-nut grower to offer premium-priced product via channel partners, to hire India-based executive management team, build their first international processing plant and introduce a branded product. Traveled to India several times with and for the client. India became a top-10 market for the company.• Conducted international market research, recommended entry strategy for CxOs/VPs of consumer health and medical device companies: imaging for breast cancer, skin transplants for diabetic foot ulcers, feminine care products, and probiotic and omega-3 supplements. Cumulative Revenue potential of $840 M.• Trained 36 mid and senior-level executives at a top OEM on how to do business in India. Company teams subsequently won numerous multi-billion dollar deals in India.

Malibu, California, Us

Built Global R&D Practice advising C-level executives on leveraging captive and outsourced engineering talent from Asia.• Worked with the Chief Innovation Officer at top CPG company to create novel home care prototypes for Latin American market, to formulate new personal care products for American consumers, and to eliminate packaging problems of top-selling wipes; leveraging diverse engineering and industrial partners in India. This was a six-year advisory relationship.• Advised the Chief Technology Officer of Covidien (now part of Medtronic) on building a 400-person captive R&D center in India, selected location of center, determined engineering functions to relocate, advised on selecting engineering leadership for offshore center. Selected and vetted external engineering service providers to complement the in-house team.

Malibu, California, Us

Created a vibrant business helping top companies to leverage global partners for outsourced services, low-cost international procurement, and overseas manufacturing• For Vivendi Universal, built and executed plan for $60 million in global outsourcing of entertainment software, art, animation, and testing, across 12 partners and four countries.• For British, Danish, German, and U.S. manufacturers, found, vetted, selected and managed manufacturing partners in India, China, Korea, Vietnam and Mexico. 5-year impact $870 M.• For Midway, planned and execute software testing that deployed 450 quality assurance personnel at two vendors in India. While cost savings exceeded 60 percent, the bigger accomplishment was that Indian QA staff outperformed the U.S.A. team in hourly productivity by 13% within two years. Results enabled the client sponsor to rise rapidly in rank and responsibility.

Co-authored articles about business with India, marketing consumer products in India, guidance for foreign companies in dealing with India and analysis of global R&D and Engineering operations in India and China.Some examples at https://hbr.org/search?search_type=search-all&term=gunjan+bagla

New York City, Ny, Us

Wrote a number of articles about international business with India for the world's top blog. Writing was based on personan business experience and insights, also on interpretation of public events. See some of articles now archived at https://www.huffingtonpost.in/author/gunjan-bagla/

New York, Ny, Us

Author of the definitive guide to doing business in India; available in hardback, paperback, audio book and Kindle versions. Book continues to sell over a decade after publicationAlso produced a short movie on Doing Business in IndiaThe book received 37 5-start and 4 star reviews on Amazon.com. It was mentioned in the New York Times, Business Week, Industry Week, Business World, India Today, the Los Angeles Times and more

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Designed, created and taught the executive workshop on "Doing Business in India". Three times a year senior executives from all over the United States attended the campus version of this workshop. Also offered it in-company all over the word and traveled to Canada, Denmark and the UK to educate managers on how to succeed in India. Executive attendees rated the workshop at over 5.5 on a six point scale.

• Established new relationships in the Asian Automotive sector with clients including Acura, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, and their ad agencies.• Created entertainment business unit, generating lucrative deals with Fox, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Online and Warner Bros.

Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering With Minors In Industrial Engineering And Computer Science

Mba, International Business, Minor In Computer Science