(Vk) Vipul Kumar

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Partner | Delhi Darling | Family Hospitality Venture | @ Delhi Darling
Chapel Hill, NC, US
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Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area, United States
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About (Vk) Vipul Kumar

Top 10 list on me:1. Veteran: Twenty Two years of career experience surviving many shocks including Y2K hype, internet bubble and the great recession (laid off from work twice).2. Achiever (Heart, Body and Soul): Over ten years experiencing lots of success but also great deal of failures as well. Biggest learning is how to keep persistence in low and difficult times. 3. Roaming Feet: Got wonderful opportunity to travel to eleven countries for both work and fun. Look forward to experience many more. 4. What I Understand of myself: Have taken considerable amount of time in understanding my mission, which is making a significant difference in the environment where I contribute. 5. Toughest question to Answer: What is your best achievement? 6. Work – Life (Do I really know how to handle?): Love golf, audiophile, loves cross country drives and family time [Work like a demon, Party like a devil and Sleep like an angel]7. Always grateful: To a wonderful bunch of colleagues, great mentors, tough clients, awesome management team and support of a large family fraternity. 8. What I do best: Technology, product, go to market, sales, talk, motivate, create, drive, result.9. What I can’t do (learning a lot, still lagging): Diplomacy, ideation.10. Journey ahead: Self assessment tells me of a long road ahead. It took me more than a decade to achieve the “private victory” of 7 habits (proactive, first thing first, begin with the end in mind). Now focusing on achieving “public victory”My BOSI DNA check (http://www.bosidna.com), is attached for ref. Basically it stats - What to watch out for in "High Growth Builder" individual. My Primary DNA - "Builder"a) Strategic planning and problem solvingb) Designing systems for scalable growthc) Recruiting investors, partners, employees and customersSecondary DNA - "Innovator" - is the part of me that comes up with breakthrough ideas and product. It gives me an almost limitless innovation pipeline

(Vk) Vipul Kumar's Current Company Details
Delhi Darling

Delhi Darling

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Partner | Delhi Darling | Family Hospitality Venture |
Chapel Hill, NC, US
Website:
birlasoft.com
Employees:
9485
(Vk) Vipul Kumar Work Experience Details
  • Delhi Darling
    Partner | Delhi Darling | Family Hospitality Venture |
    Delhi Darling
    Chapel Hill, Nc, Us
  • Birlasoft
    Global Practice Director
    Birlasoft
    Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
    Driving the global practice of Platform & API engineering and GTM strategy. Responsible for technology and computing platform incubation, building industry led solution offerings, data harvesting and ISV led platform revenue growth. Focus areas to target and fill lot of white spaces across industry with modern architecture and platform approach.
    Exciting times.
  • Vkdesignlabs
    Owner
    Vkdesignlabs
    Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
    VKDesignLabs is my thought delivery vehicle. Plenty of my creative sides and out of the box thinkings are expressed via this website. Be it technology, innovation, business, even some of my travelogues. Sole purpose of this website is to share and learn knowledge. It's like sharing my 2 cents to already super knowledgeable communities around :)
    The ideas, thoughts and stories shared here are completely based on my own experience of things and have no conflicting interest with any of my professional work. Further more, this is a non-profit initiative of mine.
  • Lifeboat Foundation
    Member Of Advisory Board
    Lifeboat Foundation
  • Kpit Technologies Ltd.
    Kpit Technologies Ltd. 2014-09 - 2018-12
    Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
    Creating business opportunities in AR VR, Enterprise Wearable, cognitive and learning next wave of digital revolutions bringing the "Internet of Value"
    1) Created "WorkWear" - KPIT Wearable Platform for AR / VR/ Mixed Reality
    2) "KwikPick" and "Respial"- AR VR Smart Glass accelerators supporting Smart and Industry 4.0 eco-system
    3) Cognitive and AI / Machine Learning - Experimenting with industrial use case :)

    Responsible for;
    - Ideate and create global product offerings.
    - Create scale-able and sustainable business values.
    - Set up and mentor lean start-up teams.
    - Create competencies and values in Cognitive & Machine Learning, Robotics
    - Evangelism and mentor ecosystems of Customers, Product partners and tech enthusiast.
  • The Founder Institute
    The Founder Institute 2014-08 - 2017-04
    Pune Area, India
    The World's Largest Entrepreneur Training & Start-up Launch Program.

    Goal: To empower entrepreneurs to build next generation of technology companies.

    Pune : (Exploratory phase is now open). More info at www.fi.co
    A structured approach of;
    1) Idea and customer development
    2) Company and Team formation
    3) Product development and distribution
    4) Go to Market, Bootstrapping & Fund raising.
    Please see the curriculum here: http://fi.co/curriculum

    I look forward to connect with great Mentors for the "Founder Institute". As a Mentor, you give a 30 minute talk on a business building subject of your choosing. You then answer some questions through email, and, if you want, you can meet with founders for coffee. In exchange, you receive equity upside in all of the graduating businesses.

    The list of over 2,500 Mentors worldwide includes Marc Pincus, Aaron Patzer, Phil Libin, Jason Calacanis and Naval Ravikant.

    There are a number of subjects that might be a good fit for you:
    - Vision and Ideas
    - Research and Customer Development
    - Revenue and Customers
    - Naming and Positioning
    - Mentor Idea Review
    - Startup Legal and IP
    - Team and Advisors
    - Product Development
    - Mentor Progress Review
    - Sales and Traction
    - Branding and Marketing
    - Bootstrapping and Fundraising

    If this is something that you are interested in, you can write me back or just sign-up below:
    - http://FI.co/mentor/1171
  • Wiztango
    Wiztango 2012-07 - 2014-02
    Pune
    Key accomplishments :

    1. User growth: Wiztango penetration increasing from 0 to 3000+ in 6 months.
    2. New launches: From Beta to Full fledged roll out, Wiz on Android, Wiz 2.0, Learner’s Marketplace, OS commerce with Citi and PayPal gateway.
    3. First: Social & Informal Learning platform from AWS cloud.
    4. Historic Moment: 2013 Aegis Graham Bell Award, 2013 Red Herring 100 Asia winner,
    5. Market expansion: Through direct sales, 300 % growth in 8 months. Won two of the largest training company in India.
    6. India to APAC: Expanded to Singapore and Japan in last 6 months.
    7. Affiliate partners: Initiated. Target to go from Zero to 10 in 6 months.
    8. Team retention: 90%+, Burn Rate reduction – 70%+

    Few failures;
    1. Build a start-up culture in India (Struggling)
    2. Secure 3rd series of funding from Indian VCs

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    Wiztango creates a free social engagement wrapper for any real-world (classroom or virtual) training activity. The training activity can be transacted upon by the Users in The Learning Market (TLM) and expand their sales reach thru various sales channels. The learner achieves learning in a collaborative social network with the training activity as the context.

    Wiztango serves its three stakeholders Corporate, Trainers & Learners with a distinct & measurable value for each.

    Wiztango has been conceived and developed by Metabridge Pte Ltd., a Singapore corporation founded in 2011. The technology development and support centre are based in Pune, India.

    Drop me an email to explore synergies to learn, collaborate and to be associated with us. vk@wiztango.com.

    Lets Learn – lets Wiztango
    Visit my "Social-in-Learning" activity here: bit.ly/10S94UN
    Wiztango Trainer' Intro: bit.ly/1e4vEBZ
  • Softbridge Solutions
    Softbridge Solutions 2012-07 - 2014-02
    Pune
    Top achievements;
    1. Customer Satisfaction: our graduates are deployed and successful on global projects & overseas assignments
    2. Track record: Japan’s top corporations and 95% repeat
    3. Trainees range: from fresher to mid management
    4. Programs: our ability to deliver core curriculum in multiple disciplines through both open & customized programs
    5. Full control: from sales engagement, orientation, delivery, continuous feedback & response (no outsourcing)
    6. Cross Culture: Deep understanding of Japanese corporate mindset and requirements
    7. Location: India-based training provides first-hand experience of working in fast-growing economies and cross-culture work scenarios
    8. Risk Management: State-of-the-art systems, processes and relationships for managing the risk associated with having overseas trainees in India comparable to global best-practices

    We help enterprises build a truly global employee resource pool ready to take leadership positions anywhere in the world

    What I am doing now;
    1. Researching and creating next gen Online training delivery methodology (Disruptive)

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    Softbridge offers its highly successful structured and customized corporate training programs to some of the top enterprises in Japan
    • Our delivery model leverages India as a global training destination with state-of-the-art training infrastructure and faculty with the added advantage of first-hand cross-cultural training and experience for trainees
    • Our training programs help our customers to train their human resources on technology and management disciplines with a global perspective and with a thorough grounding in English communication to create the next generation of global employees
  • Prejas Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
    Prejas Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 2009 - 2012-10
    Pune
    Achievement:
    1. Build and sold for US $ 500,000
    2. Product and Technology: Product definition and development for Core Banking Systems, Financial Inclusion, Micro Finance solutions and many other products related to e- Governance.
    3. Revenue and Growth: Primary target market engagements (District Co-op banks), New market penetration strategy, Govt. Alliances, Strategic Partner Associations, Securing Investor Funding,
  • Centhrix Technologies
    Centhrix Technologies 2011-11 - 2012-06
    Mumbai Area, India
    Failed:
    Sold the stocks and exited. Realized early that this is not what I want to do.

    Spent my time on:
    1. Conceptualized the product.
    2. Done the framework and architecture. Ruby on rails.
    3. Proud of: Start-up team building and mentoring. Hiring from IIT
    4. Go to Market strategy, Zero cost.
    5. Investor Pitch and Pre Series A funding plan, US $ 250,000 (Partially successful).
    6. Partner Alliances.
  • Gepl Capital Pvt. Ltd
    Gepl Capital Pvt. Ltd 2007-11 - 2009-06
    Mumbai Area, India
    Top achievements;

    1. Technology Cost reduction of 30%+, Team retention-100%.
    2. Guaranteed Uptime of 96%.
    3. Business time to market reduced by 50%.
    4. New Launches: Online trading system. Moved 20% of Equity trading on Online.
    5. Historic Moment: Build Tier 4 Data center to feed 60+ odd locations.
    6. Initiatives: Made Distribution business plan and executed for over 6 months.
  • Anand Rathi Securites Ltd
    Anand Rathi Securites Ltd 2006-01 - 2007-11
    Mumbai Area, India
    Top achievements;

    1. Technology growth: 300%+
    2. Designed and developed some 40+ applications / Platforms - Front office, Back office, Distribution.
    3. First - Enterprise level Sugar CRM rollout 1600+ users.
    4. Process: Solutions catering to Cost reduction and optimization, Process and Productivity enhancements.
    5. Market Expansion: 60 to around 500+ locations in less than 2 years.
    6. Historic Moment: Re-branding with Ogilvy & Mather.
  • Synechron Technologies
    Synechron Technologies 2004-12 - 2005-12
    Pune Area, India
    1. Technology Lead Consultant, Offsite Account and Delivery Manager for Aurora Loan Service (A Lehman Brother Company),
    2. Development and delivery of multiple programs Java and .NET platforms.
    3. Proud of: Interface development and data parsing with the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
    4. Historic Moment: Led the SEPG driving group for CMM Level 3 certification.
  • Kpit Cummins Infosystems Ltd
    Kpit Cummins Infosystems Ltd 2003-06 - 2004-11
    Pune Area, India
    Top Achievements:
    1. Flagship clients: BNP Paribas Security Services, Paris. Capital One, UK, Deutsche Bank, UK.
    2. Proud of: My Exchange side programs Written for Clearing & Custody, matching and simulation engines.
    3. Learned: Collaborative development, J2EE, Extreme and Aglie.
    4. Recognition: Best Project Manager in BNPP team.
    5. Responsible for: P& L (Capital One Account)
  • Digital Dispatch Systems
    Digital Dispatch Systems 2001-05 - 2003-06
    Vancouver, Canada Area
    Key Contributions:
    1. Developed: Java Call booker for DDS's world leading automated taxi dispatch product, "Pathfinder".
    2. Proud of: My dispatch algorithm in Java & PL/SQL
    3. Historic Moment: Making in Production at Taxi Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Ipcs Inc.
    Ipcs Inc. 1996-08 - 2001-05
    New Delhi Area, India
    Key Contributions:

    1. Software Programs in C, C++ for Internet based loan origination system (IBLOS).
    2. Development Projects in Java for Standard Chartered bank Mutual Fund Division
    3. Learned: Legacy to Java Migration

(Vk) Vipul Kumar Skills

Mysql Domain Names Open Source Investment Banking .net Java Java Enterprise Edition Software Development Sdlc Cloud Computing Agile Methodologies Requirements Analysis Strategy Saas Integration Enterprise Software Start Ups Program Management Management Enterprise Architecture Project Management Databases Oracle Entrepreneurship Testing Leadership Security Training Business Analysis Team Management Outsourcing Business Process Pre Sales Software Project Management Vendor Management Business Intelligence Data Center Solution Architecture It Strategy Product Development Crm Business Planning Agile Project Management Product Management Business Development Architectures Team Building Mobile Applications Consulting Mobile Devices

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