The topic for the fireside chat is "Product Management vs User Experience"
Akash has worked and created global Consumer Internet, SaaS, Enterprise products, and solutions and delivered to global customers. Akash was also Founder & CEO of Hoopz, a global product startup company in mobile internet and AI ecosystem, now acquired by Persistent Systems Limited (BSE Listed company) having built world-class products and solutions in mobility, artificial intelligence, search & discovery, machine learning, digital advertisements, and personalization. While at Hoopz, Akash won the prestigious Aegis Graham Bell Telecom Award (2012) for Innovation in Mobility.
Akash will talk about his experience of product building and touch base the aspect of Product Management and User Experience.
Serial Entrepreneur with Exit
Global Advisor
Akash Sureka, a serial entrepreneur with successful exit to a public company, comes with a strong background with more than 20 years of varied technology products and business leadership experience in Global technology companies
Akash Sureka, a serial entrepreneur with successful exit to a public company, comes with a strong background with more than 20 years of varied technology products and business leadership experience in Global technology companies – having worked, handled and owned large global teams, global technology lead businesses and P&Ls, global partnerships, Enterprise SaaS and Consumer Internet technologies, while building and delivering global products in marquee companies like NVIDIA, Onlinesales.ai, Bilcare, Persistent Systems, Nokia, & Motorola. Akash has worked and created global Consumer Internet, SaaS, Enterprise products, and solutions and delivered to global customers. Akash was also Founder & CEO of Hoopz, a global product startup company in mobile internet and AI ecosystem, now acquired by Persistent Systems Limited (BSE Listed company) having built world-class products and solutions in mobility, artificial intelligence, search & discovery, machine learning, digital advertisements, and personalization. While at Hoopz, Akash won the prestigious Aegis Graham Bell Telecom Award (2012) for Innovation in Mobility. He has been nominated for Young Entrepreneur by Business World, Top 100 Asian Companies, and nominated as Top TechnologyPioneer by World Economic Forum for “Auto Search and Content Discovery” technology for mobile internet. He recently got nominated as Corporate Game Changer by European Corporate Vision magazine for his new corporate thought leadership. Akash has co-authored international publications like “Everything Guide To Mobile Apps” published by International publishing agency Adams Media, bringing out his perspective on global mobile app ecosystem and trends. He has several patents applied in his name under mobile, digital advertisements, Enterprise IT, web applications, and consumer internet fields and is constantly sought after by global startups, entrepreneurs and investment ecosystem for advise and mentor-ship where he serves advisory and mentorship to them. He has been featured in international books, publications, dailies on his thought leadership, advisory, and achievements. Akash Sits on the board of many global organizations and startups, and also advisory to Nasscom 10K, TiE, Accelerators, Cross-border Angels group, VCs, and similar organizations across the globe
Mindbowser
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About Ayush:
He’s native of India with 10+ years of experience working both in the US and India. He started his first company Mindbowser in 2012 that grew to 50+ employees and crossed 1M+ in annual revenue in 4 years. The company is still running. He has been chapter director of StartupGrind for Pune for last 3 years. Ayush is now working on his second startup, RemotePanda.
About RemotePanda:
RemotePanda is a marketplace to hire the best talent for your software development work. Their model is not just based on hiring but on getting results. RemotePanda sources and vets talent all across India. They make sure that client KPIs and quality standards are met. They assign a success manager is assigned to each project for on-the-ground support. They are an option to Upwork/Fiverr but with more personalized and attention, and they do the heavy lifting of your remote initiatives so that you can do what you love to do
