Akash Agarwal is a well-accomplished tech entrepreneur with over 22 years of experience in the industry, having held several leadership positions across various public and VC-backed companies. He is currently the GM and Global Vice President of Mobile and IoT at SAP, leading a multi-hundred million revenue business focused on selling a suite of Mobile Solutions – Application, Security, and Platform solutions – to enterprise customers worldwide.

Agarwal boasts expertise in mobile, analytics, business applications, security, CRM, social networks/media, and SaaS. He has keenly developed both B2B and B2C SaaS Business Models with key industry experience spanning telecoms, media, energy, retail, and financial services. His entrepreneurial experience includes being Founder and CEO of two VC-backed companies that were subsequently acquired by public companies.

The Harvard Business School MBA graduate also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with honors from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England. Agarwal is an active investor and advisor at multiple startups, including Braze (formerly Appboy), BigTinCan, nolb9, Fortella, Aliro, Corrux, Zenput, Jieski Health, Infinibeam (public), Paytm, among others.

Under Agarwal's leadership as GM of SAP's Enterprise Mobile Business, the annual revenue has significantly grown year over year, consistently ranking the enterprise mobile market's number one. He was also a former advisor to the Board at Braze, a mobile marketing automation startup.