University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of Engineering

Mother's International School

Growth Leadership  -  Innovation Ecosystems  -  Global Impact  -  Stakeholder Capitalism

Advise founders and leaders of emerging growth companies on growth and capital raise, with specific emphasis on market segmentation and ideal customer profiles. Industries advised: biopharma, HR tech, medical devices, telecom.

Aashrey, LLC

Executive Strategy Advisor

As Venture Partner, advise investors and executive teams on pricing, target markets, corporate rebrand, IP protection, technology team management, and M&A preparation. As Executive-in-Residence, serve as Chief Strategy Officer for portfolio company focused on ultra-high-speed network optimization.

Hillcrest Venture Partners

Venture Partner & Executive-in-Residence

Founded public policy advocacy group focused on sustainable development and Indo-US bilateral relations. Evangelize Gandhian Nonviolent Transformation to global civil society through various public forums, highlighting strategic framework necessary to achieve sustainable change.

Designed and co-sponsored 10+ briefings with Members of Congress advocating a holistic view of India. Advocate to US legislators to apply to India-US relations dignity-enhancing, people-centered policies and strategic approach inspired by Thoreau-Gandhi-King connection. 

Extensive experience working with pan-India elected and civil society leaders. Lead team to provide scientific perspective and advocate for alternative policy legislation in Indian Parliament, resulting in transformational laws on Right to Education, National Employment Guarantee, Rural & Urban Water Supply, Rural Courts, Seeds and Electrification.

Young India, Inc.

Founder and President

Taught complexities of globalization and coached Executive MBA and MBA students to advise Indian multinational and startup companies on expansion to new global markets. Leveraged CAGE systems framework to highlight interplay of cultures, geographies, regulatory environments and economies across borders.

University of Maryland College Park

Adjunct Faculty - Globalization 

Source, adopt and champion innovation to develop internal transformations and external business opportunities
•	Service integration in cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and enterprise tech for multi-functional process acceleration.
•	Edge Intelligent ecosystem that enables AI/ML distributed enterprises to transform service delivery at edge locations.
•	Lead collaboration with Silicon Valley incubator Plug N Play to identify cutting-edge startups. Vet 75+ companies as potential vendor partners. Founding Partner of Future of Telecom Working Group. Earned 2020 Plug N Play Corporate Innovation Award.

Design and champion strategies with internal and external stakeholders to expand markets. 
•	Strategy curation and execution with operating partners VMware, Fortinet, and Cisco.
•	Internet of Things (IoT) service focused on low-powered wide-area solutions.
•	Point of Care diversification for healthcare industry
        o  Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) for care at edge of top-growing American health systems.
        o. Value based care with ambulatory and home focus leveraging telehealth.
        o. Novel business model for expanding telecom sales to Senior Care market with largest underwriter     of community-based care facilities. 

As thought leader, speak publicly, write, and curate innovation events. Blog on emerging tech.

Hughes

Innovation & New Markets Business Development Leader  – Strategic Enterprise Solutions 

Led engineering support teams for 50+ US and international enterprise and government customers to offer high quality access and security to their end users – design to post-sales support. Engineering Liaison to one of first in-flight internet access services.

Collaborated on system integrations for multi-generation, large-scale distributed-network optimizations and deployments. 

Overhauled call center service methodologies by encoding system behavior over symptom reporting, significantly increasing customer satisfaction. Innovative framework continues in use for more than decade.

Rohit Tripathi