Independent consulting and entrepreneurial career.
•Consultant, Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (massentrepreneurship.org)
•Consultant, Leadership, Innovation and Sustainability to Tata Group
•Consultant, ESG Investing to a mid-sized private equity company
•Consultant, Strategy and Venture investing to Tata Group Researched contemporary and historic management theories, and work of emerging management thinkers and built a comparative study and an independent point of view Volunteered for multiple community events, ecological and sustainability causes to learn more about regenerative businesses, community and other impact solutions.

Corporate Strategy
– Tata Communications Nominated for Tata Group Emerging Leaders Seminar
– Part 1 of the Group's 3 tier Leadership Development series. 20 Day Program
designed for mid managers with 8-15 years' experience.
- Runners Up at Tata Business Leadership Awards contest : 'Cloud Story for Global Leadership in ICT sector'.
- Winner of Tata Innoverse Contest – worked with MD of Tata Motors to implement innovative sales models, engagement models in line with trends such as car sharing, Uber and models such as internet sales, internet of things, M2M communications, self-driving and electric cars, etc.
- Published Thought Leadership papers at journals such as GigaOm and Tata Review, Tata Sphere and Tata World

Drive 3-year strategic planning process for $600M annual revenue global carrier solutions (data services) business and $1.7B annual revenue global service provider segment business including key portfolio initiatives, go to market strategies, key strategic initiatives and program management plan

Focus on Corporate Initiatives of the company and drive development of Strategy 2.0 Focus on Major Growth Drivers based on key industry such as cloud, mobility, IoT and other macro trends Drive disruptive innovation Volunteered for Tata Group's on-ground flood relief efforts in Jammu and Kashmir during Aug-Sept 2014 Senior Manager Feb 2010 – Mar 2012 Corporate Strategy - Tata Communications Serve the Global Management Committee and Business Units as Internal Consulting Unit on Strategy Agenda; Lead Internal Consulting Team, Representative projects:
●Focus on Global Enterprise Business Strategy Development; Move globally from India – in position to a focused global challenger;
●Impact of Mobile Data and OTP trends on Global Voice Business & Strategic Plan
●Strategic Options for India Voice Business
●Strategic Evaluation for new home markets in the Emerging Markets area; finding the next frontier after India and South Africa
●Operating Strategies and Models for Verticalization and P

Business and Operations Strategy, Strategy and Change Services IBM Business Consulting, Atlanta, United States Work with senior leadership on strategic issues and potential solutions to maximize top and bottom line impact focusing on telecom and media verticals. Representative projects:
●Developed an ingenious mind share and spend share paradigm to develop go to market strategy, market size, new revenue models and scope for a large 'Big 4' business solutions firm for Order to Cash market (Telco) and articulated industry trends, competitor analysis, capability and asset gaps, and strategic options to meet market share potential.
●Developed a market size, scope, solution and product rationalization, go to market strategy for a large 'Big 4' business solutions firm for Order to Cash market (Telco), NGN and articulated industry trends, competitor analysis, capability and asset gaps, and strategic options to meet market share potential
●Conducted a Process Improvement assessment for a ma

Led strategic projects for diversification in new business areas as media and entertainment, and new media
●Led the business analysis and product management for implementing an international calling card e-business that grew to $100M sales with 150,000 subscribers in 6 months. Developed a business plan including market study, competitive analysis, product, pricing and marketing strategy for international calling cards, focusing on top 6 country opportunities.
●Identified opportunity in traffic route optimization that provided an opportunity to do a value-based pricing after a promotional predatory pricing strategy. The value-based pricing model had an impact of $10M annual value.
●Successfully identified, initiated and led a team to improve abandonment rate of a 100-seater dedicated call center by analyzing traffic patterns and simulating capacity model. The analysis led to a voluntary split-shift arrangement that reduced capacity costs by 30%.

Guidance and critique of 300 short films developed by 60 students in 3 semesters for 'Cinema Technique and Communications' core course for film and TV under-graduate major student; Developed a direct relationship and mentored students from more than 10 different countries and diverse backgrounds

Conducted industry stakeholder interviews and data gathering analysis exercise to arrive at different business and financial models for digital cinema business unit. Managed a product demonstration road show and developed road show collateral. Real Image has gone through second round of funding from Intel Venture Fund for this particular business unit.