Gyaan Tel is mobile device platform for emerging market retailers. We help traditional retailers and the marketers who serve make smarter decisions, faster. Retailers can order from suppliers, track sales and inventory and accept payments and financing.In developing markets, traditional retailers sell thousands of products every year. In India alone, the market for fast moving consumer goods is projected to reach $100 billion by 2025. However, armed with with little more than a pen and paper, retailers fail to track sales and expenses accurately.Healthy businesses suffer because retailers are unable to make crucial decisions on purchasing, inventory management, and capital expenditures. Marketers are also unable to determine dynamic consumer tastes and preferences because of a lack of access to data.

Concierge Tablet is a new technology start up that offers casinos, cruise lines, hotels and resorts a new way to interact with guests through mobile technology.Our Concierge Mobile Solution™ has been designed and engineered to increase guest satisfaction while increasing hospitality industry revenues. Cruise lines, resorts, hotels and casinos can broadcast announcements, offers and promotions to guests at any time using our custom Concierge Mobile Solution™ Instant Messaging System.

Managed portfolio of 5 small and medium sized enterprise companies ranging from $20,000 to$250,000 in revenue and set financial and operational milestones for additional financingAdvised Tibetan Government in Exile on income generation opportunities in 28 settlements including rural business process outsourcing, loan guarantee programs, and small business accelerators– Findings accepted by Central Tibetan Authority and His Holiness the Dalai Lama– Report resulted in USAID funding and implementation in Tibetan settlementsRedeveloped TechnoServe sponsored business plan competition to focus on SME enterprises

Assisted high-impact emerging market entrepreneurs with strategic planning and expansion challenges. Conducted strategic needs assessment for $48 million Turkish wireless networking companyConsulted $1 million South African Web 2.0 company on board expansionDeveloped market expansion plans for $10 million Argentine financial services software company Advised $13 million Uruguayan textile manufacturer on Latin American partnership strategy

Advised IBM Corporation on emerging mature market growth strategy, pricing, and sales strategyBuilt cost allocation model to determine internal business units’ ability to meet IBM EPS goals, affecting $14 billion of corporate G&A spend and over 40,000 employees – Led client work sessions to evaluate IBM Real Estate Site Operations’ process efficiency, assessing over $3 billion in annual spend – Final projections were basis of IBM CEO and CFO Fall 2008 financial plan Interviewed 40 senior executives to investigate and resolve sales incentives program implementation challenges in growth countries, including Poland, Malaysia and Mexico Conducted market analysis of US telecommunications service providers and health care payer industries to create client development strategy for Business Process Outsourcing division Projected economic sustainability of outsourcing in South East Asia and Latin America utilizing macroeconomic and socioeconomic data, affecting $65 million in development spend – Results used to inform offshore site selection and market entry decisions

Advised firm on merger of two internal business units

Wrote print and TV advertisements for DHL, American Express, Castrol, Kodak, and BP