The host Rahul having deep conversations with interesting people on meaningful, somewhat personal and perhaps controversial topics [Currently in Pilot Season production]. Produced by Ocio Media.

Private conglomerate that owns Ocio Media and Ocio Consulting.

Providing strategy & business consulting for investment firms, management consulting firms and corporations.

About Dialpad: AI-powered collaboration company powering voice, messaging, contact-center and sales capabilities worldwide.

About Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND): Global communications software company with 20+ years of experience connecting people around the world with cloud-ready voice, messaging, and emergency services. Backed by a global network reaching 60+ countries covering 90 percent of global GDP, companies use Bandwidth's APIs to easily embed communications into software and applications.

Advisory board for Vonage, fully owned subsidiary of Ericsson. About Ericsson: Leading communications technology provider HQed in Stockholm, Sweden. Employing more than 100,000 people, Ericsson's technologies underpin modern communications infrastructure provided by major telcos around the world. Ericsson is also the famed inventor of bluetooth and has 60,000+ patents in its portfolio. About Vonage: Global CPaaS company focussed on APIs that deliver sms, messaging, voice, chat, contact-center-as-service, unified-communications-as-a-service, and residential voip lines.

About Uber Wireless: Uber Wireless group monetizes Uber's wireless and telecom assets amongst its ecosystem of partners, roamers, riders, eaters, drivers, couriers, restaurants and fleets.

Co-Founder of UberSIM. Global Awards for UberSIM1. Fierce Innovation Awards 2023 (IoT)2. IoT Global Awards 2023 (Retail connectivity solution of the year)3. MVNO World Congress Awards 2023 (Enterprise eSIM solution of the year)4. Unconventional Mobile World Congress Americas Awards 2022 (Industry Innovation)About: UberSIM is a carrier-agnostic, award-winning and GSMA compliant solution powering all of Uber ecosystems' wireless needs.

Managed and led ~$2Billion/yr investments, partnerships, joint-ventures, leases, rents, buys and spend of external technologies at Uber. Owned the global IoT, wireless, messaging, voice, network, hardware, data center, telecom, API, direct software & contact center tech deal-making, supply chain and relationships at Uber. Backed various groups at Uber including Autonomous cars & trucks, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Labs, Micro mobility, Engineering, Mapping Cars, Elevate, Uber Freight, IT, Operations, Product, Machine learning and UberEats. My organization's mission was to make outside technologies a competitive advantage to Uber and were always on lookout for solutions that made Uber do things better, go faster and be cheaper.About Uber: Uber's mission is 'To ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion'. Uber is evolving the way the world moves. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through our apps and self-driving cars powered by deep learning, we make cities more accessible, opening up more possibilities for riders and more business for drivers. From our founding in 2009 to our launches in over 10,000+ cities today, Uber's rapidly expanding global presence continues to bring people and their cities closer.

Advisory Board member @ Global Automotive Advisory Council (GAAC)About SEMI: SEMI is the industry association representing the global electronics manufacturing and design supply chain. SEMI® connects over 2,000 member companies and 1.3 million professionals worldwide to advance the technology and business of electronics manufacturing. SEMI members are responsible for the innovations in materials, design, equipment, software, devices, and services that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and more affordable electronic products. Since 1970, SEMI has built connections that have helped its members prosper, create new markets, and address common industry challenges together. SEMI maintains offices in Bangalore, Berlin, Brussels, Grenoble, Hsinchu, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C.

Advising the non-partisan industry body on how to steer the direction of IoT industry and promote cross-industry collaboration to solve problems using IoT.

Chaired the center of excellence focussed on Mobility & Connectivity. The center of excellence focused on advancing the cause of Internet of Moving Things (IoMT). Five focus pillars were 5G, Connected vehicles, Edge computing, Blockchain and wearables.About IoT Community: An non-partisan industry body that is bringing together IoT leaders, industry experts, legislators, key stakeholders, end-users, evangelists and providers of IoT who are contributing to further the discussion helping to shape the future outlook and direction of the IoT industry. Producer of industry renowned IoT Slam® (http://iotslam.com) conference series, and IoT content portal - IoT Practitioner.com® (http://iotpractitioner.com) that features world-class and exclusive IoT thought leadership from the IoT elite.

About Plug and Play Tech Center: Brings startups, investors, and blue chip corporations together to create a mutually beneficial ecosystem. Active in 22 locations globally, including U.S., China, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Singapore, Indonesia, and Mexico. It's startup community has raised over $6 billion in venture funding since inception and make over 160 investments worldwide every year. Some success stories include: Dropbox, PayPal, Lending Club, NatureBox, SoundHound, Zoosk, Matcha (acq’d by Apple), VentureBeat, FiscalNote, CreditSesame, Api.ai (acq’d by Google), Milo (acq’d by eBay), AddThis (acq’d by Oracle), Baarzo (acq’d by Google), ChangeTip (acq’d by Airbnb), Danger (acq’d by Microsoft), Ellie Mae (NYSE: ELLI), Vudu (acq’d by Walmart)

About GTT: Top global internet, network (Tier 1) and telecommunications provider.

Founding member, San Francisco chapter. About Private Directors Association (PDA): PDA creates, sustains and enhances Private Company value through the active use of Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards. PDA advocates for excellent practices in board formation and governance. PDA provides a national network where executives and professionals interested in board service can find and meet with those interested in securing exceptional board members.

About AutoThink: AutoThink takes your car for service appointments and repairs so that you don't have to. A concierge service that provides dealerships and aftermarket service centers a turnkey technology and labor solution for pick-up/drop-off of their customer's vehicles for their service appointments.

About G-20Y Association: G-20Y Association invites from the G-20 countries influential leaders in technology, banking, energy, finance, insurance, government, education and other emerging industries. Organizer of the annual G-20Y summit in Évian-les-bains, France. G-20 countries are ones with economies that account for around 90% of the gross world product (GWP), 80% of world trade, two-thirds of the world population and approximately half of the world land area.

About Indian School of Business(ISB): Ranked in Top 20 Global B-schools by the Financial Times, ISB offers MBA for students, executives and working professionals.

About Christ University: One of top-ranked private universities in India.

About Maker Village Kochi: Incubator hosting 70+ startups.

About IIITM-K: Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K) is an autonomous educational institution established by the Government of Kerala. Located in the Technopark Campus in Trivandrum, IIITM-K offers, post-graduate programs such as MSc Computer Science with various specializations, MPhil, PhD and PG Diploma in E-Governance.

About Drexel University: Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More than 24,000 students are enrolled in over 70 undergraduate programs and more than 100 master's, doctoral, and professional programs at the university. The LeBow College of Business has been ranked as the 38th best private business school in the nation. Its online MBA program is ranked 14th in the world by the Financial Times; the publication also ranks the undergraduate business program at LeBow as 19th in the United States.

About Fairmarkit: Fairmarkit is a pioneer in tail spend management and uses its technology to address the often-neglected area of an organization’s smaller spend.

Vodafone AmericasAbout Vodafone: British multinational telecommunications conglomerate, with headquarters in London and Newbury. Predominantly operates services in the regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Among mobile operator groups globally, Vodafone ranked 4th (behind China Mobile, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea) in the number of mobile customers.Vodafone has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalization of approximately USD50 billion. Vodafone owns and operates networks in 25 countries, and has partner networks in 47 further countries. Its Vodafone Global Enterprise division provides telecommunications and IT services to corporate clients in 150 countries.

About Hult: HULT in among world’s Top-20 MBA programs with campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai & Shanghai. With its focus on international business, it has students from over 150 countries.

Head of Technology PartnershipsAbout Atlassian: World's leading provider of collaboration, development, and issue tracking software that unleashes the potential of teams. With over 50,000 global customers (including 85 of the Fortune 100) and market cap of +$5B (NASDAQ: TEAM), Atlassian advances the power of collaboration with products including JIRA, Confluence, HipChat, Bitbucket, and more.

Head of Technology Partnerships.Technology = Cloud (IaaS, PaaS), Software (Open Source, SaaS, On-prem), Telecom(Wireline, Wireless, Fiber, UCaaS, CCaaS, CPaaS), Hardware (Server, Storage, EUC, Open Compute, Accessories, Cabling, Grocery Lockers, Audio Visual), Network (Content Delivery Networks(CDN), Switches, Routers, Load Balancers, SDN, SD-WAN, NFV), Security (Firewalls, Monitoring, dDos), Data Center (Owned, Wholesale, Colocation, Cabling, Cross connects, Power, Cooling and Hands & Feet support) and Services.About Walmart eCommerce: San Francisco bay area headquartered digital arm of world's largest retailer and Fortune 1 company - Walmart [NYSE: WMT]. Walmart eCommerce brings together best entrepreneurs, technologists, data scientists, and consumer internet professionals around the world.

Founder of a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Failed startup. Happy to share the lessons learnt.About Upriso: Upriso delivers best educational content online. By integrating ideas and best practices in various educational systems around the globe into one portal.

Consulting Engagement; Client: CFO & SVPAbout ModelN: Silicon-valley headquartered leading provider [NYSE: MODN] of Revenue Management and analytics solutions for Life Sciences and High Tech manufacturers. Over 40,000 users across 60 countries, ranging from the Fortune 500 to emerging businesses, use Model N's business process and analytics solutions delivered in the Cloud or on-premise.

Managed technology partnerships. Co-managed 3PL and services partnerships. About Infineon: World's semiconductor leader in automotive semiconductors, security ICs and power discretes & modules.

Consulting Engagement; Client: Founder & CEOAbout WeVideo: An end-to-end video-management solution which is transforming the way people communicate. WeVideo offers cloud-based collaborative video-editing, publishing, and blogging. New avatar of an established Norwegian Company.

Consulting Engagement; Client: Founder & CEOAbout 'The Startup Angel': Established leader in Los Angeles tech startup space. Helps venture capitalists and angel investors to find public-beta technology startups that require Series-A funding, in Internet, Computer Software, and Mobile Applications space.

Consulting Engagement; Client: Head of MarketingAbout Hitachi Consulting: Management and Technology consulting arm of Hitachi Limited (NYSE: HIT), employing over 2,000 people worldwide.

Consulting Engagement; Client: VP Innovation/Chief Medical OfficerAbout Verizon: Global leader in communications, IT, security and network solutions (NYSE: VZ), employing over 230,000 people worldwide.

Managed end-to-end internal communications. Launched new products like Vodcasts, Lead Infy and Let's Connect. Led senior management communications, employee communications, newsletters, grassroots communications, communications trainingAbout Infosys BPO: Business processing subsidiary of Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY), employing over 24,000 people worldwide.

Producer and creator: 80 shows. Anchor: 30 shows. Interviewed celebrities, senior leaders, and created video celebrities.About InfyTV: World's 1st corporate TV channel.

About Infosys Technologies: Multinational IT services company employing over 120,000 people. (NASDAQ: INFY)

About Bank of America: American multinational banking and financial services corporation employing over 260,000 people. (NYSE: BAC)

About Dell: Fortune 50 computer Technology Company employing over 100,000 people.