Featured by Apple on the App Store, addappt is a free and private 'live' contacts app on the iPhone, Android and Apple Watch that updates when your friends change their contact information. It Merges Duplicates, sets Reminders for contacts & Groups with Auto Reminders for Birthdays/Anniversaries (wish with one tap), shows Weather for contacts, provides Cloud Directories for Universities, has animated stickers for the most popular acronyms for iMessage along with its own one tap messaging (tapp).addappt has been reviewed and rated very positively by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, ABC, CNN, WIRED, BuzzFeed, LifeHacker, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, CNET, Geekwire, Tom's Guide, Nerdwallet, The Next Web, Business Insider and many more globally like The Economic Times , NDTV and Zee News (India), UOL (Brazil) and Applesfera (Spain). All detailed reviews on addappt.com/pressWalt Mossberg's Review in The Wall Street Journal - “After testing Addappt, I can say it does what it promises”.It is YOUR private social network - own YOUR relationships and YOUR data

An early stage cloud startup funded by Accel Partners that is making enterprise simple and social (acquired by Citrix)

CrossLoop is a marketplace for remote tech support funded by El Dorado Ventures and Venrock with a very popular (over 10M downloads) P2P secure desktop sharing software that enabled a network of more than 15,000 technical experts, across 130 countries, to help with anything on Windows & Mac to remove viruses, update drivers, help with online videos, etc.CrossLoop was reviewed very positively by Walt Mossberg in The Wall Street Journal and many others in the media like TechCrunch, LifeHacker, CNET, VentureBeat, TechRepublic (CBS co.), CBS News and more.

- LinkedIn's first business development executive- Evangelized LinkedIn (and "social networking") in the Fortune 500 companies- Brand marketing at events and speaking engagements - Helped launch a new marketplace and its first revenue generating product, LinkedIn Jobs- Designed go-to-market programs to engage and acquire strategic customers including Google, Expedia, Symantec, eBay, Standard Insurance and Oracle, collect product feedback and ensure partner successIronically, I was unemployed for 3 years before this job, which helped me with this job. You can read 'on how the dots connect looking back' in the articles below

I was unemployed during the dotcom bust for a long time yet it was one of the best things in my life: - Initiated long term relationships and built a network of mentors- Collaborated with senior executives and entrepreneurs at companies, such as Plaxo, Shop.com, on market intelligence, product development and business development- Outsourced and coordinated software development projects off-shore - Aligned entrepreneurs with Venture Capital firms and Angel Investors- Audited classes at Portland State University- Learned job searching well enough to speak at many networking groups for job seekers- Worked with a successful entrepreneur ($250M exit) on hardware product development- Discovered LinkedIn early (5 employees) and developed relationship with their Co-Founder - Learnt to grow with the 'No'Featured in The Wall Street Journal - "Overcoming Setbacks" and interviewed on TechRepublic (a CNET co.)

Tata Elxsi is a publicly traded enterprise system integrator and services subsidiary of the $150 Billion TATA conglomerate. - Managed the company's largest account (and SGI's largest account in APAC) responsible for revenue in millions of USD for SGI workstations and servers, 3D Design, Industrial Design and 3D manufacturing software (Ideas, Alias, Euclid)- Penetrated local markets with partners such as SGI, HP, IBM, Sun, PTC, Autodesk, EDS, Cisco, 3Com- Acquired the first few strategic enterprise customers for Euclid software (3D Design and Manufacturing), for Dassault Systemes' launch in India