An indicative list of activities I have done & could be help with are:Content Generation, Enrichment & Metadata – Current vision/strategy assessment, recommendation of additional initiatives, evaluation of current content structuring/enrichment processes/practices/technologies/vendors, content audit, project management, industry tracking/analysis and benchmarking. Content generation/structuring/enrichment includes AI, LLMs, entity extractions, XML schema/DTD development, taxonomy & ontologies development, semantic relationship development, RDF triple store development and hosting, abstracting, indexingEditorial & Production Process Re-egineering – Current state documentation, future-state definition, roadmap description, specification sheet development, project management, project evaluation, business-case preparation, RFP/RFI document drafting, editorial and authoring technology/platform development, integration of editorial and production processes with content enrichment initiatives, training of editorial and project management teams, author submission guidelinesContent Technology Landscape – Interface between technology teams/vendors and editors on technology projects in the areas of AI, LLMs, Master Data Management (MDM), Digital Asset Management Systems (DAM), Content Management Systems (CMS), Big Data, No SQL, Content Analytics. Make sure that they technology teams understand and deliver on the business objectives and needs.Outsourcing & Offshoring – Vendor evaluation & audit (process/technology/management/people), troubleshooting & resolving issues (root cause analyses of problems/working together with Customer and vendor to resolve them), Service Level Agreement (SLA) (drafting/compliance/improvement), vendor visits, vendor training

We are a Pondicherry-based not-for-profit, non-government organization (NGO) registered in 2020 as per Indian laws.Our Objectives:EnvironmentGrow bio-diversity. Build habitats. Conserve nature. Clean-up pollution. Grow Blue Carbon ecosystems.Artisanal Fishing CommunitiesDevelop facilities. Make a social impact. Improve livelihood. Enhance traditional knowledge. Build bridges between them and other communities.Research & ConservationEngage with academicians, researchers & scientists. Take scientific approaches. Conduct scientific research. Publish & share knowledge.BusinessesPromote sustainable solutions. Advocate responsible practices. Support fair trade.Governments & Agencies (Global, National & Local)Help create policies. Participate in global, national & local missions. Increase effectivity of government & agency programs. Efficient implementations.AwarenessEngage with schools, colleges & universities. Conduct field trips. Highlight challenges & the change needed to make a difference.

I am excited to engage with content producers in learning, education, publishing, media & advertising and put winning solutions in place using GW's robust set of editorial & content processing services.

GBL Gubler AG is a 100-year-old company based in Switzerland that offers digitization and a range of content, data and IT Services to customers in Switzerland and Germany. GBL has many large organizations as its loyal customers providing a regular stream of work.GBL is now looking to engage with one or two global business process servicing partners as part of its Global Sourcing Strategy. GBL is a major provider of digitization services with headquarters in Switzerland and over the years has executed many digitization projects and continues to do so. Conversion of analog material into digital has been the company’s core service for a long time. GBL is geared with an array of high-end cameras and scanners to receive paper-based content and digitize them for archival and processing. Handling of valuable legacy paper-based content must be done with care and GBL has the confidence of its customers in this regard.

The project required me to study global market opportunities in the IT Outsourcing Services Industry and find suitable opportunities for DDD's operational teams in Cambodia and Laos.

Hurix provides online teaching platforms and digital solutions to Enterprises, and Educational Institutions. Equipped with best-in-class technology and software infrastructure, Hurix creates custom corporate learning solutions for every business need.Hurix's content delivery platform Kitaboo has millions of users and hundreds of publishers.My role at Hurix was to help find new markets for the company.

Worked with the Information, Media & Entertainment vertical of Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) and built a Go-To-Market Strategy for CTS to penetrate the content supply chain or the operations & editorial markets across the global publishing/content/information industry. Laid out the market size and scope of the various segments and along with the leaders at CTS defined the markets we would go after. Helped CTS firm up an M&A strategy by identifying criteria for buying content BPO/KPO businesses while also getting involved in various due diligence of target businesses. Helped build CTS’s consulting offering in the content supply chain with specific packages to help publishers re-engineer their editorial & production/operation processes to become digitally optimized.

Founded this small venture more, initially, for the pleasure it gives and as an extension of my interests and hobbies with an idea to also do some service to Local Music Artists of Pondicherry and nearby areas.My role has been quite limited as an investor and mentor while my friend Manosh Bardhan has been the key Person handling the functioning of the business.www.asthadigital.comSold of the business to my friend who was anyway running the business solely. Wish Manosh Bardhan all the well.

Engaged with Lexis-Nexis on a project-by-project basis. The projects included smart content creation, technology vendor management, vendor strategy, IT & BPO integration, editorial & production processes re-engineering, M&A due diligence & setting up of captive operations unit.

After selling my business, Kolam Information Services Pvt. Ltd., to SPI, my role at SPI was to help the company get into new businesses and service-lines. Help in developing a Strategic Outlook for the future course of the company.I also had to help in Integrating my Company with SPI and transition many of my responsibilities to them. I continued owning the Key Customer Relationships and growing the business. Fire-fighting at all levels and making sure that all employees and customers and stake holders were totally comfortable with the new owners of the business.Another key part of my role was to develop SPI's India Presence and Strategy. Set-up an Office for SPI in Chennai and New Delhi and helped the M&A team in an acquisition in the Medical Transcription space.I was also starting to play a key role in developing a European Sales Presence for SPI when a personal calamity required me to stop working and be with my children.

Having become Independent Business Owner and Sole & Senior-most Management Team Member I took over the ownership and functioning of the Publishing Services Business.Over the next 5 years, I grew the business 10 times having Revenues of US$ 3 million and a strength of about 300 FTEs. With Subsidiaries in St. Louis, MO, USA and Paris, France, the business was moving towards truly becoming a Global MultiNational Company.Our core customers were Reed Elsevier Group, John Wiley & Sons, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford University Press ...We were one of the first organizations to use XML-based workflows and several other technical firsts.We were also one of the first Indian small-to-medium Business to Open Operations in the US and adopt an On-Shore-Off-Shore Policy instead of relying totally on our Offshore Capabilities.At this point, needing additional capital to meet all the opportunities and customer expectations, I decided to Sell my entire stakes in the Business to a large US$ 50 million Global BPO firm, SPI Technologies, and grow the business as its Management Team Member. Previous painful experience of sharing ownership with the Angel-Investor-turned-Management-team-Member made me not want to be in Business Partnership with anyone with sharing of ownership.

The experience with the Angel Investor-now-turned-Management-team-member did not turn out to be very positive for the business or for anyone. In these 7 years we basically did not grow much in business or number of people.We tried to diversify into several other businesses like Multimedia CD Production & Authoring, Web-Site Design and hosting. . . All very pioneering work at a time when these were not widely even known in India and the world let alone there being successful Business and Revenue Models.My role was to handle entirely & independently the SBU (Structured Business Unit) that was handling the core Publishing Services Business while also providing all the Technical and Techno-Strategic direction to all the new businesses we were trying. For the Publishing Services Business I was handling Sales/Marketing, Customer Relationship Building and Management, General Administration, HR, Finance, Technical and Production Responsibilities.We needed to re-invent our core business to be able to offer more value-added services which was done successfully.Our Core Customers were Oxford University Press, Blackwell Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, Chapman & Hall . . .Finally after 7 years the Business and Management Team was restructured with the Angel Investor-now-Management Team Member taking over the new businesses of Web Design/Hosting and me separating out while I took over the core Publishing Services Business.

I Co-Founded one of India's first BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) firms with specialization in the Publishing Services Industry. My Father was the Business Head taking care of Sales/Marketing, Finance, Administration and Entrepreneurial Decision, and I was taking care of Technology and Production.I was only 19 then and still going to University.Starting like a typical garage business with 4 people, in 4 years we grew the Business to a 100-man organization with revenues of of US$ 200,000 (at today's rate of conversion).Core Customers of the business were Oxford University Press, Hachette Livre, Random House Publishers, Larousse, Group de La Cite, Chapman & Hall, Blackie & Sons, Blackwell Publishers, John Wiley & Sons . . .Needing additional Funds to grow the business, we got in an Angel Investor and transformed the Management Team. The Business was renamed to Pure Tech India Ltd. and my Father stepped out of the Business leaving me in Business Partnership with the Angel Investor.