Rakesh Desai Email & Phone Number

Edison, Nj, Us

Portfolio includes investments in 7 different startups in the field of gaming, peer to peer rentals, online market place, social media and events.CricBattle.: Founder, Product Architecture & Board of DirectorGrew business exponentially by building strategic partnerships & innovative marketing strategies.Daytivity: Co-founder, Business GrowthSocial platform helping users plan for activities, events to attend & places to visit. Driving strategy for growth.99 Lyft: Founder, Investor“AirBnB for cars” - 1st in industry to provide peer to peer private car rental in India, launched in 2019.OMSGuru.com: AdvisorPlatform to integrate supply operations (inventory, orders, logistics & payments) for online marketplaces such as Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, PayTM. Providing strategy inputs towards driving growth for OMS Guru.Others: Under development (Book My Events, Personal Finance), Closed (Kuch Bhi Bikega)

Forchheim, De

Leading new product launch teams.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Lead new product launch programs ($50M to $1B) across the world to ensure cross functional teams deliver world class products for HoloLens, Surface & next generation highly confidential products. Lead teams from engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, finance with the end goal of delivering a high quality hardware products.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Lead multiple new product development programs representing Product Supply across NA, EU & Asia. Lead internal teams to work with strategic partners Panasonic HealthCare (Japan) & RR Donnelly (US, Poland, Singapore) to design, develop and manufacturer new products.

• Key member of ELT (executive leadership team). Managed $400M yearly materials supply chain by leading teams of around 80 professionals in purchasing, planning, ERP systems, inventory control, receiving, shipping & transportation.• Strategically started international sourcing initiatives in China & Singapore by exploring of relevant global sourcing markets for the assigned commodities.

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Lead teams to design & launch New Production Lines by interfacing with Product Engineering, R&D, Quality, Operations teams while Designing-Validating product, processes, equipments.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Project Manager for New Product Introductions for Spine, Wrist & OBC coils by managing the transition of the engineering product to production.

Gainesville, Fl, Us

Industrial Engineer• Lead project to define & implement LOMS-Laboratory Operations Management Systems. System is designed to work at supervisory level in laboratories.ERP Consultant:• Lead teams and efforts to implement new ERP system.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Industrial & System Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering