Nirav Shah

Current

• Senior Consultant at IBM Strategy and Change Consulting

Past

• Corporate Strategy, Product Management at Reliance
• Business Development at Real Image Media Technologies Pvt Ltd

Education

• University of Southern California
• Gujarat University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Company
• My Company
• My Company

Nirav Shah’s Summary

* Corporate strategy and development, product management skills in consumer internet, media, telecom, retail, infrastructure and real estate sectors.
* Interested in enterpreneurial, innovation led areas. Have innovated in core traditional businesses.
* Interested in startup, venture capital, private equity, asset reconstruction, corporate restructuring, m&a

Nirav Shah’s Specialties:

* business and financial structure, core operations, program management, business launch, startup, finance, enterpreneurship experience

Nirav Shah’s Experience

• Senior Consultant

  IBM Strategy and Change Consulting

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years)

  Working in mature US market in strategy consulting, based in Atlanta. Good peer group, great clients. Not only learning from clients, but also a great view into how one of the largest process driven company operates to grow, innovate and globalize.
  
  Reliance and IBM are similarly sized leaders - but extremely different from each other in operations, strategy, execution, culture. Same end, different means.

• Corporate Strategy, Product Management

  Reliance

  (Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

  I worked at Reliance (largest private sector company in India), right after Masters in US. Some of my publications and thought leadership opened the opportunity for me in Reliance chairman office to work on diversification, new industries.
  
  Worked in small team to launch a business that grew to $100M. Worked on diversification business planning to deploy free cash flow. Great experience challenging incumbent thinking, breaking old barriers and moulds - growth, transformation, globalization.

• Business Development

  Real Image Media Technologies Pvt Ltd

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)

  During summer break, i worked for Real Image. Conducted data gathering sessions with business stakeholders / ecosystem. Developed one of the first business and financial model options for planned digital cinema business unit with the CFO. Participated in a product/business demo roadshow. Publsihed a paper
  http://www.broadcastpapers.com/whitepapers/Digital-Cinema-in-India.cfm?objid=32&pid=289&fromCategory=41
  
  Real Image digital cinema business has executed the business plan - and recieved second round funding from Intel Capital.
  Nice People. Leaders in Indian Cinema Technology.

Nirav Shah’s Education

• University of Southern California

  MS , Communications Technology and Management , 2002 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Teaching Assistant at George Lucas School of Cinema / TV
  Scholarship from Annenberg School of Communications

• Gujarat University

  BE , Computer Science , 1998 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Features Writer for Times of India, Indian Express, Asian Age

Additional Information

Nirav Shah’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company
• My Company

Nirav Shah’s Interests:

development economics, operations and finance, innovation, public service

Nirav Shah’s Groups:

TiE
IBM WDI (World Development Initiative) - Innovation That Matters for the Base of the Pyramid

•    The Official USC Alumni Association Group
•    The Indus Entrepreneur
•    L.D.C.E. Alumni Association
•    TechMediaTelecom Talent at Deloitte

Nirav Shah’s Honors:

IBM India Bravo Award

Nirav Shah’s Contact Settings

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