
Founder - Change Zealot, Pigtail Pundits
Bombay Area, India

Founder - Change Zealot, Pigtail Pundits
Bombay Area, India
Professional Experience
>> 12 years of rigour in professional advertising in top-notch Indian ad agencies.
>> 3 years of beating the street in personal selling.
>> 10 years in online/ interactive communications helping clients in the US, UK, Canada and India develop Wow web presences/ applications/ e-commerce, usable web sites, multimedia and print ads that work.
Goals
>> Seeking cost-conscious, but discerning, international clients and associates who are keen on outsourcing online communications, community and e-commerce development to world-class professionals
>> Seeking quality-conscious community builders who are keen on expert advise and insights into community building
>> Seeking partners who work in Open Source and wish to expand their offerings and portfolio
Do checkout our work at: http://pigtailpundits.com/
>> Online Branding and Identity
>> Web Interface Design
>> Web Strategy Building
>> Community Building
>> SEO & SEM
>> Usability, Information Architecture
>> Open Source software and applications
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 1997 — Present (12 years 3 months)
As a Founder Director, I enjoy a variety of roles at Pigtail Pundits.
>> I am primarily responsible for new business development and account management in India, US and UK. I have travelled to these markets to strengthen relationships with clients and explore opportunities.
>> I work as a strategic consultant to clients to help them with marketing, branding, web strategy, web usability, information architecture, identity creation, interface design, software execution, open source software implementation and training.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 1996 — May 1997 (9 months)
As Associate Account Director at Enterprise Advertising, Mumbai (part of the Lowe Group), I was responsible for new business development and handling the advertising and strategy for brands of the Times Group (Femina, Filmfare, Economic Times, Maharashtra Times and Times of India, Times Internet), the Shogun Group, etc
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 1993 — September 1996 (3 years 2 months)
Handled account management of Proctor & Gamble's development brands, National Panasonic's television and audio brands, The Indian Express Group, UTI's financial and investment schemes, Indian Oil, Nivea amongst others.
MMM , Marketing , June 1987 — June 1990
B.Sc , Physics, Mathematics , June 1977 — June 1980
SSC ,
Web Strategy, Usability, Information Architecture, Interface Design, Networking, Network Theory & Science, Western & Indian Philosophy, English Literature, Marketing
Am Moderator of the first and largest Indian network on Ryze, the Mumbai Business Networking Mixer - http://mumbai-network.ryze.com/